1.0STEM Programs/stemmayper/stem/author/mayper/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RWnEU0i5S4"><a href="/stem/2014/04/08/stem-news/">Bonnie Bassler Visits Augsburg</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/stem/2014/04/08/stem-news/embed/#?secret=RWnEU0i5S4" width="600" height="338" title="“Bonnie Bassler Visits Augsburg” — STEM Programs" data-secret="RWnEU0i5S4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> This week Augsburg’s students and faculty were honored to host two talks by molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University. She explained her ongoing research which focuses on how bacteria communicate by chemical means (watch her TED talk) and also spoke about how breakthroughs in this area of biology may lead to new antibiotics and ...http://www.augsburg.edu/stem/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2014/04/photo-4-300x225.jpg