doi:10.3850/978-981-07-1445-1_plenary8
| Plenary 8 | Quorum-Sensing Control of Gene Expression: Taming a Gene Regulatory System for Synthetic Biology |
| Presenter | Prof. E. Peter Greenberg, University of Washington, USA |
Prof. Greenberg received his Bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University, a master’s from the University of Iowa, PhD from the University of Massachusetts. After a postdoctoral at Harvard he joined the faculty at Cornell University, eventually moved back to the University of Iowa and finally returned to the Pacific Northwest his boyhood home as a member of the University of Washington School of Medicine Microbiology faculty. Dr. Greenberg has spent his scientific career studying microbial social behavior. He has focused in communication and coordination of social activities in Proteobacteria. Bacterial communication controls virulence in a variety of pathogenic bacteria and has thus become a target for development of new therapeutic strategies. Bacteria have also become models for studies of selection for and evolution of cooperative behavior. The work carried out by members of the Greenberg research group has been recognized by his election as a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Microbiology.
