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D-Index
81
Citations
20121
World Ranking
1116
National Ranking
507

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Caroline S. Harwood is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, with a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their work encompasses fields such as molecular biology, ecology, genetics, environmental engineering, and endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics include microbial community ecology and physiology, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Harwood's notable recent papers include:

  • Iron-Only and Vanadium Nitrogenases: Fail-Safe Enzymes or Something More? (2020), published in Annual Review of Microbiology
  • The Wsp system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa links surface sensing and cell envelope stress (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Metabolic Reprogramming and Longevity in Quiescence (2022), published in Annual Review of Microbiology
  • CsrA-Controlled Proteins Reveal New Dimensions of Acinetobacter baumannii Desiccation Tolerance (2022), published in Journal of Bacteriology
  • Rhodopseudomonas palustris (2021), published in Trends in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Caroline S. Harwood include Yasuhiro Oda, Breah LaSarre, James B. McKinlay, Liang Yin, and Elizabeth M. Fones.

Harwood publishes regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Annual Review of Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and BIO-PROTOCOL.

Among their recognitions, Caroline S. Harwood has received the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 2010. They were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 and named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • THE β-KETOADIPATE PATHWAY AND THE BIOLOGY OF SELF-IDENTITY

    Caroline S. Harwood;Rebecca E. Parales

  • A chemosensory system that regulates biofilm formation through modulation of cyclic diguanylate levels.

    Jason W. Hickman;Delia F. Tifrea;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris

    Frank W Larimer;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain;Loren John Hauser;Loren John Hauser;Jane Lamerdin

  • Identification of FleQ from Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a c-di-GMP-responsive transcription factor

    Jason W. Hickman;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Anaerobic metabolism of aromatic compounds via the benzoyl‐CoA pathway

    Caroline S Harwood;Gerhard Burchhardt;Heidrun Herrmann;Georg Fuchs

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rugose Small-Colony Variants Have Adaptations That Likely Promote Persistence in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung

    Melissa Starkey;Jason H. Hickman;Luyan Ma;Niu Zhang

  • A new class of homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signals

    Amy L. Schaefer;E. P. Greenberg;Colin M. Oliver;Yasuhiro Oda

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa RpoS regulon and its relationship to quorum sensing

    Martin Schuster;Andrew C. Hawkins;Caroline S. Harwood;E. P. Greenberg

  • Self-produced exopolysaccharide is a signal that stimulates biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Yasuhiko Irie;Bradley R. Borlee;Jennifer R. O’Connor;Preston J. Hill

  • Responses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to low oxygen indicate that growth in the cystic fibrosis lung is by aerobic respiration

    Carolina Alvarez-Ortega;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Carbon dioxide fixation as a central redox cofactor recycling mechanism in bacteria

    James B. McKinlay;Caroline S. Harwood

  • The FleQ protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa functions as both a repressor and an activator to control gene expression from the pel operon promoter in response to c-di-GMP

    Claudine Baraquet;Keiji Murakami;Matthew R. Parsek;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Subcellular location characteristics of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa GGDEF protein, WspR, indicate that it produces cyclic‐di‐GMP in response to growth on surfaces

    Zehra Tüzün Güvener;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Metabolic Diversity in Aromatic Compound Utilization by Anaerobic Microbes

    Jane Gibson;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Toluene-Degrading Bacteria Are Chemotactic towards the Environmental Pollutants Benzene, Toluene, and Trichloroethylene

    Rebecca E. Parales;Jayna L. Ditty;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Photobiological production of hydrogen gas as a biofuel

    James B McKinlay;Caroline S Harwood

  • Regulation of benzoate-CoA ligase in Rhodopseudomonas palustris

    Min Kyung Kim;Caroline S. Harwood

  • Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism of diverse aromatic compounds by the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris.

    C S Harwood;J Gibson

  • Identification of the pcaRKF Gene Cluster from Pseudomonas Putida: Involvement in Chemotaxis, Biodegradation, and Transport of 4-Hydroxybenzoate

    C. S. Harwood;N. N. Nichols;Min-Kyung Kim;J. L. Ditty

  • Construction and use of a new broad-host-range lacZ transcriptional fusion vector, pHRP309, for gram- bacteria.

    Rebecca E. Parales;Caroline S. Harwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Federico E. Rey
Federico E. Rey University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dale A. Pelletier
Dale A. Pelletier Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matthew R. Parsek
Matthew R. Parsek University of Washington
Lance C. Seefeldt
Lance C. Seefeldt Utah State University
John W. Peters
John W. Peters Washington State University
Eric S. Boyd
Eric S. Boyd Montana State University
Ernesto S. Nakayasu
Ernesto S. Nakayasu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Frank W. Larimer
Frank W. Larimer Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Loren Hauser
Loren Hauser Digital Infuzion (United States)
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory

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