title: Working together at the interface of physics and biology.
abstract: Good communication, whether it is between quorum-sensing bacteria or the different scientists studying those critters, is the key to a successful interdisciplinary collaboration, Bonnie Bassler and Ned Wingreen provide a personal perspective on working at the interface between the physical and biological sciences.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
authors.forename: Bonnie L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Bassler
authors.forename: Ned S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wingreen
mesh_terms: D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D053038:Quorum Sensing