Bonnie Bassler
Bonnie Bassler, the Squibb
Professor in Molecular Biology and
a Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Investigator, was among five scientists
worldwide selected to receive
the 2012 For Women in Science
Award presented by UNESCO and
cosmetics company L’Oréal. The
award, now in its 14th year, recognizes
women whose work promotes
the advancement of science. Bassler
and her fellow honorees received
their awards and a prize of $100,000
during a ceremony at the UNESCO
headquarters in Paris.
Bassler is the second Princeton
recipient after President Shirley M.
Tilghman, a renowned molecular
biologist who received the award in
2002. Bassler has been a faculty
member at the University since
1994 and is best known for her
efforts to understand quorum
sensing, the process by which
bacteria communicate.
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