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Seminar - Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria
- Speaker:
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Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University
- Starts:
- February 23, 2009 at 04:15 pm
- Ends:
- February 23, 2009 at 05:15 pm
- Location:
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Biological Laboratories Lecture Hall, Rm 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
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Description
Bacteria, primitive single-celled organisms, communicate with chemical languages that allow them to synchronize their behavior and thereby act as enormous multicellular organisms. This process, called quorum sensing, enables bacteria to successfully infect and cause disease in plants, animals, and humans. Investigations of the molecular mechanisms underlying quorum sensing are advancing the development of novel strategies to interfere with the process. These strategies form the basis of new therapies to be used as antibiotics.
This lecture is designed for the interested layperson and is free and open to the public.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
