Bonnie Bassler Quotes & Sayings

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37 most famous Bonnie Bassler quotes and sayings (scientist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“When antibiotics became industrially produced following World War II, our quality of life and our longevity improved enormously. No one thought bacteria were going to become resistant.”
Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“You can find bacteria everywhere. They're invisible to us. I've never seen a bacterium, except under a microscope. They're so small, we don't see them, but they are everywhere.”
Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“We mostly don't get sick. Most often, bacteria are keeping us well.”
“We've all been sick; we're all afraid of infection. I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.”
Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“What's great about bacteria is you have a surprise every day waiting for you because they're so fast, they grow overnight.”
Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.”
“I called up and said, 'Dad, I won a MacArthur.' My father goes: 'I always thought your sister would win that,' and I said, 'Dad, just say congratulations and keep your private thoughts private.' At that point he laughed, then burst into tears, and it was obvious that he was so happy and proud.”
Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“In my lab, we are always thinking about how cells, bacterial cells, can talk to each other and then organize themselves into enormous groups that function in unison.”
“Science is difficult and slow no matter who you are. The hours are long, and the glorious 'aha' days come only very infrequently. You have to keep believing that if you put in the hours, those days will indeed come!”
Bonnie Bassler Quotes
“Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, who do you think made up the rules for how to perform collective behaviors? It had to be the bacteria.”

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