PLAS Concentrator Sofia Quinodoz ’13 – Studying the unseen activity in bacteria chatter and a nation’s bereavement

Article from Princeton University’s News at Princeton; by Morgan Kelly, Office of Communications

Photos by Denise Applewhite

In some ways, both of the theses Princeton University senior Sofia Quinodoz took on pertain to an unseen and not fully understood action that is nonetheless felt by those it afflicts, be it in the form of an infection or the void of a loved one suddenly erased.

As a molecular biology major, her primary thesis involves uncovering how bacteria communicate to coordinate group behaviors, such as their activity inside a host organism.

The thesis for her certificate in Latin American studies focuses on how Argentine families remember through Continue reading