Quorum Sensing: Rediscovering the Rules of Bacterial Life Featuring Wolf Prize and Canada Gairdner Award Laureate Bonnie Bassler
In this episode of TNQ Distinguished Lectures, Professor Bonnie Bassler, a molecular biologist and Wolf Prize and Canada Gairdner Award Laureate, talks about her work in quorum sensing – a process of cell-to-cell communication in bacteria. We learn about how she was part of the revolutionary discovery of quorum sensing that challenged the 500 year-old dogma that bacteria are simple, solitary creatures, and how her work can potentially lead to new treatments for bacterial infections and novel ways to control harmful bacteria. Joining her in conversation is Ramaseshan Ramachandran, well-known science journalist and former science correspondent for The Hindu newspaper and Frontline Magazine. To know more about Bonnie Bassler and her work, visit https://www.tnqdistinguishedlectures.org/about-speaker/bonnie-bassler.php To know more about TNQ and the Distinguished Lectures series, visit https://www.tnqdistinguishedlectures.org TNQ Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation set up in India to support basic research in mathematics and the life sciences. The Foundation also supports the arts and animal welfare. The Foundation's main outreach programme is the annual series of lectures in life sciences and mathematics, called the TNQ Distinguished Lectures in Life Sciences and TNQ Distinguished Lectures in Mathematics', respectively. It also manages the TNQ Inspiring Science Awards for the life sciences and TNQ Numbers & Shapes for mathematics. https://tnq.foundation CREDITS Host: Dr Ramaseshan Ramachandran Guest: Professor Bonnie Bassler Produced and Created for TNQ This is a Maed in India production Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar Director & Video Editor: Jishnu Guha Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni Asst. Sound Recordist & Sound Editor: Nihar Temkar Production Coordinator: Natasha Vakil
