Bonnie Bassler Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“All these bacteria that coat our skin and live in our intestines, they fend off bad bacteria. They protect us. And you can't even digest your food without the bacteria that are in your gut. They have enzymes and proteins that allow you to metabolize foods you eat.”

“Bacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see.”

“I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.”

“So, okay, I'm not a genius. Vincent Van Gogh and Albert Einstein were geniuses.”

“You live in intimate association with bacteria, and you couldn't survive without them.”

“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.”

“When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.”

“I am lucky because I get to work with the smartest, most creative, and most devoted group of students and postdoctoral fellows imaginable.”

“The goal of scientists is you hope that the thing you're working on is bigger than the thing you're pipetting into that tube at that moment.”

“As a kid, I loved doing puzzles, solving riddles, and reading mystery books. I also loved animals and always had pets.”