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Bonnie Bassler, biologist and educator

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Bonnie Bassler is a biologist at Princeton University who has discovered quorum sensing that govern the way bacteria communicate with each other. Her discoveries could lead to important medical breakthroughs in limiting the harm caused by bacteria. She is also the author of around 30 scholarly papers that were printed in journals as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), Nature, Cell, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Author: Orens, Geoff
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Biologists, Bassler, Bonnie

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Jeffrey Wigand

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A biography of the science teacher and former business executive of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company Jeffrey Wigand is presented. Wigand's ordinary life changed when he agreed to help the Food and Drug Administration and give evidence in their investigation of the tobacco industry.

Author: Orens, Geoff
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2000
Biography, Wigand, Jeffrey

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Jonathan Haas, timpanist

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Jonathan Haas, the jazz and rock timpanist has raised the profile of the kettledrum. He received widespread acclaim for his performance with the American symphony orchestra for two timpanists and orchestra.

Author: Orens, Geoff
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2003
Haas, Jonathan

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