Wolf Prize and Canada Gairdner
Award
Laureate
‘A Chemical Language that Enables
Communication
Between Diverse Organisms’
New Delhi | Bengaluru | Mumbai
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Professor Bonnie Bassler, the 2022 winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry and the 2023 winner of the Canada Gairdner Award, is the fourteenth speaker of the TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences. Bonnie Bassler is a renowned molecular biologist and professor at Princeton University, best known for her groundbreaking work in the field of bacterial communication, or quorum sensing. Her research has transformed our understanding of how bacteria interact with each other and coordinate behaviour—a discovery with significant implications for medicine, environmental science, and biotechnology.
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Jawaharlal Auditorium
All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Campus
Introduction by
Professor Nikhil Tandon
J. N. Tata Auditorium
Indian Institute of Science
(IISc) Campus
Introduction by
Professor Usha Vijayraghavan
Homi Bhabha Auditorium
Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research (TIFR) Campus
Introduction by
Professor Vidita Vaidya
The Strange and Wonderful World of Symplectic Geometry
Highly Accurate Protein Structure Predictions: Using AI to Solve Biology Problems in Minutes Instead of Years
How We Sense Pain
The TNQ Distinguished Lectures are a series of talks by renowned scientists and thought leaders, designed to inspire and educate the scientific community in India.
The lectures are open to all individuals who register through tnqdistinguishedlectures.org.
Seating will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
The location of the lecture varies depending on the specific speaker. For detailed information regarding the venue, please refer to the respective lecture's webpage.
There is no registration fee; attendance is completely free of charge.
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Registration is kept open until a pre-defined count since there
are usually dropouts on the day of the event and the seats are
provisioned on a first-come basis.
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you are added to our database upon registration.
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Yes, there will be high tea served soon after the Lecture is completed.
No, recording the talk is strictly not allowed as the talk may contain unpublished research material.
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