“2023 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureates: Drs. Bassler, Greenberg and Silverman”

Bonnie L. Bassler, E. Peter Greenberg, and Michael R. Silverman are awarded the 2023 Canada Gairdner International Award for their discoveries of how bacteria communicate with each other and surrounding non-bacterial cells, providing a new paradigm for how microbes behave and yielding novel avenues for therapeutics against infectious diseases.