Publications

• Withorn, J.M.; Ramcharan, K.; Mendoza, A.G.; Fu, J.; Alfano, N.; Byrne, K.E.; Multani, S.; Guercio, D.; Sharma, G.; Oasima, K.; MacDermott, A.; Boon, E.M.* (2025) The role of NahK in the GacS muti-kinase network. In submission (bioRxiv 2025.09.24.678285).

• Anantharaman, S.; Fu, J.; Boon, E.M.* (2025) The histidine kinase NahK in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is essential for nitric oxide-stress resistance in nutrient starved media. In revision (bioRxiv 2025.07.03.662950).

• Guercio, D.; Boon, E.M.* (2024) The Histidine Kinase NahK Regulates Denitrification and Nitric Oxide Accumulation through RsmA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 2007:e00408-24. (DOI: 10.1128/jb.00408-24).

• Mendoza, A.G.; Guercio, D.; Smiley, M.K.; Sharma, G.K.; Withorn, J.M.; Hudson-Smith, N.V.; Ndukwe, C.; Dietrich, L.E.P; Boon, E.M.* (2024) The Histidine Kinase NahK Regulates Pyocyanin Production through the PQS system. Journal of Bacteriology, 206, e00276-23. (DOI: 10.1128/jb.00276-23).

• Anantharaman, S.; Guercio, G.; Mendoza, A.G.; Withorn, J.M.; Boon, E.M.* (2023) Negative regulation of biofilm formation by Nitric Oxide Sensing Proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions, 51, 1447-1458 (DOI: 10.1042/BST20220845).

• Fu, J.; Nisbett, L.M.; Guo, Y.; Boon, E.M.* (2023) NosP detection of heme modulates Burkholderia thailandensisbiofilm formation. Biochemistry, 62, 2426-2441 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00187).

• Williams, D.E; Nesbitt, N.M.; Muralidharan, S.; Hossain, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2023) H-NOX Regulates Biofilm Formation in Agrobacterium Vitis in Response to NO. Biochemistry, 62, 912-922 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00639).

• Shen, J.; Guerico, D.; Heckler, I.; Jiang, T.; Laughlin, S.; Boon, E.M.*; Bhatia, S.* (2022) Self-patterned nanoscale topography of thin copolymer films prepared by evaporative assembly resist early-stage bacterial adhesion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5, 3870-3882 (DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00416).

• Hughes, H.Q.; Floyd, K.A.; Hossain, S.; Anantharaman, S.; Kysela, D.T.; Zöldi, M.; Barna, L.; Yu, Y.; Kappler, M.P.; Dalia, T.N.; Podicheti, R.C.; Rusch, D.B.; Zhuang, M.; Fraser, C.L.; Brun, Y.V.; Jacobson, S.C.; McKinlay, J.B.; Yildiz, F.H.; Boon, E.M.; Dalia, A.B.* (2022) Nitric oxide stimulates type IV MSHA pilus retraction in Vibrio choleraevia activation of the phosphodiesterase CdpA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 119, e2108349119 (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108349119). 

• Fu, J.; Hall, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2021) Recent evidence for multifactorial biofilm regulation by heme sensor proteins NosP and H-NOX. Chemistry Letters, 50, 1095-1103 (DOI: 10.1246/cl.200945). 

• Heckler, I.; Hossain, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2020) Heme inhibits the activity of a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase in Vibrio cholerae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 529, 1112-1116 (DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.06.048). 

• Nisbett, L.M.; Binnenkade, L.; Bacon, B.A.; Hossain, S.; Kotloski, N.J.; Brutinel, E.D.; Hartmann, R.; Drescher, K.; Arora, D.P.; Muralidharan, S.; Thormann, K.; Gralnick, J.A.; Boon, E.M.* (2019) NosP signaling controls the NO/H-NOX-mediated multicomponent cyclic-di-GMP network and biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis. Biochemistry, 58, 4827-4841 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00706). **ACS Editor’s choice 

• Fischer, J.T.; Hossain, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2019) NosP modulates cyclic-di-GMP signaling in Legionella pneumophila. Biochemistry, 58, 4325-4334 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00618). 

• Heckler, I.; Boon, E.M.* (2019) Insights into nitric oxide modulated quorum sensing pathways. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2174 (DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02174).

• Ueno, T.; Fischer, J.T.; Boon, E.M.* (2019) Nitric oxide enters quorum sensing via the H-NOX signaling pathway in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2108 (DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02108). 

• Bacon, B.; Liu, Y.; Kincaid, J.; Boon, E.M.* (2018) Spectral characterization of a novel NO-sensing protein in bacteria: NosP. Biochemistry, 57, 6187-6200 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00451).

• Williams, D.E.; Boon, E.M.* (2018) Towards understanding the molecular basis of NO-regulated group behaviors in pathogenic bacteria. Journal of Innate Immunology (DOI: 10.1159/000494740). 

• Hossain, S.; Heckler, I.; Boon, E.M.* (2018) Discovery of a nitric oxide responsive quorum sensing circuit in Vibrio cholera. American Chemical Society Chemical Biology, 13, 1964–1969 (DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00360).

• Williams, D.E.; Nisbett, L.M.; Bacon, B.A.; Boon, E.M.* (2018) Bacterial heme-based sensors of nitric oxide. Forum issue themed “Metallocofactors in Sensing,” Booker, S.J., ed. In Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 29,1872-1887 (DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7235). 

• Hossain, S.; Nisbett, L.M.; Boon, E.M.* (2017) Discovery of two bacterial nitric oxide-responsive proteins and their roles in bacterial biofilm regulation. Accounts of Chemical Research, 50, 1633-1639 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00095). 

• Bacon, B.A.; Nisbett, L.M.; Boon, E.M.* (2017) Bacterial haemoprotein sensors of NO: H-NOX and NosP. Themed issue “Metals and Antimicrobials,” Poole, R., ed. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 70, 1-36 (DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.01.004). 

• Hossain, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2017) NosP: Discovery of a novel nitric oxide binding protein and nitric oxide-responsive signaling pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. American Chemical Society Infectious Diseases, 3, 454-461 (DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00027). **Cited by the Faculty of 1000 (http://f1000.com/727368716); ACS Editor’s choice selection; Featured on cover; 2017 3rd most read article 

• Fischer, J.T.; Johnson, R.A.; Boon, E.M.* (2016) Quantification of bacterial histidine kinase autophosphorylation using a nitrocellulose binding assay. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 119, e55129 (DOI: JoVE55129R1).

• Nisbett, L.M.; Boon, E.M.* (2016) Nitric oxide regulation of H-NOX signaling pathways in bacteria. Biochemistry, 55, 4873-4884 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem. 6b00754). 

• Sun, Y.; Benabbas, A.; Zeng, W.; Muralidharan, S.; Boon, E.M., Champion, P.M.* (2016) Kinetic control of O2reactivity in H-NOX domains. Physical Chemistry B, 120, 5351-5358 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03348).

• Ueno, T.B.; Johnson, R.A.; Boon, E.M.* (2015) Optimized assay for the quantification of histidine kinase autophosphorylation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 465, 331-337 (DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.07.121).

• Arora, D.P.; Hossain, S.; Xu, Y.; Boon, E.M.* (2015) Nitric oxide regulation of bacterial biofilms. Biochemistry, 54, 3717-3728 (DOI: 10.1021/bi501476n).

• Nesbitt, N.M.; Arora, D.P.; Johnson, R.A.; Boon, E.M.* (2015) Modification of a bi-functional diguanylate cyclase-phosphodiesterase to efficiently produce cyclic di-guanylate monophosphate. Biotechnology Reports, 7, 30-37 (DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2015.04.008).

• Lahiri, T.; Luan, B.; Raleigh, D.P.; Boon, E.M.* (2014) A structural basis for the regulation of an H-NOX-associated cyclic-di-GMP synthase/phosphodiesterase enzyme by nitric oxide-bound H-NOX. Biochemistry, 53, 2126-2135 (DOI: 10.1021/bi401597m). 

• Henares, B.M.; Xu, Y.; Boon, E.M.* (2013) A nitric oxide-responsive quorum sensing circuit in Vibrio harveyiregulates flagella production and biofilm formation. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 14, 16473-16484 (DOI: 10.3390/ijms140816473). 

• Kosowicz, J.G.; Boon, E.M.* (2013) Insights into the distal pocket of H-NOX using fluoride as a probe for H-bonding interactions. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 126, 91-95 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.05.012).

• Arora, D.P.; Boon, E.M.* (2013) Unexpected biotinylation using ATP-γ-Biotin-LC-PEO-amine as a kinase substrate. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 432, 287-290 (DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.01.115).

• Henares, B.M.; Higgins, K.E.; Boon, E.M.* (2012) Discovery of a nitric oxide-responsive quorum sensing circuit in Vibrio harveyi. American Chemical Society Chemical Biology, 7, 1331-1336 (DOI: 10.1021/cb300215t). **Featured in Chemical & Engineering News (http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/web/2012/05/Nitric-Oxide-Regulates-Group-Behavior.html) and the ACS Chemical Biology podcast (volume 7, episode 8)

• Arora, D.P.; Boon, E.M.* (2012) Nitric oxide regulated two-component signaling in Pseudoalteromonas atlantica. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 421, 521-526 (DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.04.037).

• Liu, N.; Xu, Y.; Hossain, S.; Huang, N.; Coursolle, D.; Gralnick, J.; Boon, E.M.* (2012) Nitric oxide regulation of cyclic di-GMP synthesis and hydrolysis in Shewanella woodyi. Biochemistry, 51, 2087-2099 (DOI: 10.1021/bi201753f). **Cited by the Faculty of 1000 (http://f1000.com/714897822).

• Dai, Z.; Farquhar, E.R.; Arora, D.P.; Boon, E.M.* (2012) Is histidine dissociation a critical component of the NO/H-NOX signaling mechanism? Insights from X-ray absorbance spectroscopy. Dalton Transactions, 41, 7984-7993(DOI: 10.1039/C2DT30147D). 

• Muralidharan, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2012) Heme flattening is sufficient for signal transduction in the H-NOX family. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134, 2044-2046 (DOI: 10.1021/ja211576b).

• Dai, Z.; Boon, E.M.* (2011) Probing the local electronic and geometric properties of the heme iron center in an H-NOX domain. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 105, 784-792 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.03.002). 

• Tran, R.; Weinert, E.E.; Boon, E.M.; Mathies, R.A.; Marletta, M.A. (2011) Determinants of the heme-CO vibrational modes in the H-NOX family. Biochemistry, 50, 6519-6530.

• Dai, Z.; Boon, E.M.* (2010) Engineering of the heme pocket of an H-NOX domain for direct cyanide detection and quantification. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 11496-11503 (DOI: 10.1021/ja101674z).

• Liu, N.; Pak, T.; Boon, E.M.* (2010) Characterization of a diguanylate cyclase from Shewanella woodyi with cyclase and phosphodiesterase activities. Molecular BioSystems, 6, 1561-1564 (DOI: 10.1039/c002246b).

• Tran, R.; Boon, E.M.; Marletta, M.A.; Mathies, R.A. (2009) Resonance Raman spectra of an O2-binding H-NOX domain reveals heme relaxation upon mutation. Biochemistry, 48, 8568-8577.

• Olea, C.; Boon, E.M.; Pellicena, P.; Kuriyan, J.; Marletta, M.A. (2008) Probing the function of heme distortion in the H-NOX family. American Chemical Society Chemical Biology, 3, 703-710.

• Boon, E.M.; Marletta, M.A. (2006) Sensitive and selective detection of nitric oxide using an H-NOX domain.Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 10022-10023.

• Boon, E.M.; Davis, J.H.; Karow, D.S.; Huang, S.H.; Tran, R.; Miazgowicz, M.M.; Mathies, R.; Marletta, M.A. (2006) Nitric oxide binding to prokaryotic homologs of the soluble guanylate cyclase b1 H-NOX domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281, 21892-21902.

• Boon, E.M.; Marletta, M.A. (2005) Ligand discrimination in soluble guanylate cyclase and the H-NOX family of heme sensor proteins. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 9, 441-446.

• Boon, E.M.; Huang, S.H.; Marletta, M.A. (2005) A molecular basis for NO selectivity in soluble guanylate cyclase. Nature Chemical Biology, 1, 53-59.

• Boon, E.M.; Marletta, M.A. (2005) Ligand specificity of H-NOX domains: From sGC to bacterial NO sensors. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 99, 892-902.

• Yavin, E.; Boal, A.K.; Stemp, E.D.A.; Boon, E.M.; O’Shea, V.L.; David, S.S.; Barton, J.K. (2005) Protein-DNA charge transport: Redox activation of a DNA repair protein by guanine radical. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 102, 3546-3551.

• Pellicena, P.; Karow, D.S.; Boon, E.M.; Marletta, M.A.; Kuriyan, J. (2004) Crystal structure of an oxygen-binding heme domain related to soluble guanylate cyclases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 101, 12854-12859. **Cited by the Faculty of 1000 (http://f1000.com/1020824).

• Boon, E.M.; Barton, J.K. (2003) DNA electrochemistry as a probe of base pair stacking in A-, B-, and Z-form DNA. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 14, 1140-1147.

• Boon, E.M.; Barton, J.K.; Bhaghat, V.; Nersissian, M.; Wang, W.; Hill, M.G. (2003) Reduction of ferricyanide by methylene blue at a DNA-modified rotating-disk electrode. Langmuir, 19, 9255-9259.

• Boon, E.M.; Livingston, A.L.; Chmiel, N.H.; David, S.S.; Barton, J.K. (2003) DNA-mediated charge transport for DNA repair. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 100, 12543-12547.

• Boon, E.M.; Jackson, N.M.; Wightman, M.D.; Kelley, S.O.; Hill, M.G.; Barton, J.K. (2003) Intercalative stacking: A critical feature of DNA charge transport electrochemistry. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, 11805-11812.

• Boon, E.M.; Kisko, J.L.; Barton, J.K. (2002) Detection of base mismatches using intercalators. Methods in Enzymology, 353, 506-522.

• Boon, E.M.; Barton, J.K. (2002) Charge transport in DNA. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 12, 320.

• Boon, E.M.; Barton, J.K.; Pradeepkumar, P.I.; Isaksson, J.; Petit, C.; Chattopadhyaya, J. (2002) An electrochemical probe of DNA stacking in an antisense oligonucleotide containing a C3’-endo locked sugar. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 114, 3552-3555.

• Boon, E.M.; Pope, M.A.; Williams, S.D.; David, S.S.; Barton, J.K. (2002) DNA-mediated charge transport as a probe of MutY/DNA interaction. Biochemistry, 41, 8464-8470.

• Boon, E.M.; Salas, J.E.; Barton, J.K. (2002) An electrical probe of DNA-protein interactions on DNA-modified surfaces. Nature Biotechnology, 20, 282-286.

• Sam, M.†; Boon, E.M.†; Barton, J.K.; Hill M.G.; Spain, E. (2001) Morphology of 15-mer duplexes tethered to Au(111) through 3' and 5' linkages via scanning probe microscopy. Langmuir, 17, 5727-5730. †equal authorship

• Boon, E.M.; Ceres, D.M.; Drummond, T.G.; Hill, M.G.; Barton, J.K. (2000) Mutation detection by electrocatalysis at DNA-modified electrodes. Nature Biotechnology, 18, 1096-1100.

• Kelley, S.O.; Boon, E.M.; Barton, J.K.; Jackson, N.M.; Hill, M.G. (1999) Single base mismatch detection based on charge transduction through DNA. Nucleic Acids Research, 27, 4830-4837.

• Bhatia, S.R.; Boon, E.M.; Shen, J.; Laughlin, S.; Guercio, D.R.; Heckler, I.; Jiang, T. (2022) Self-patterning films with nanoscale roughness that resist bacterial adhesion. Stony Brook Invention ID IPR 22 067.

• Nesbitt, N.M.; Johnson, R.A.; Boon, E.M. (2014) Engineering of a bi-functional diguanylate cyclase-phosphodiesterase to improve the enzymatic production of cyclic-di-GMP. Patent application number: 20140170689.

• Cary, S.P.L.; Boon, E.M.; Weinert, E.E.; Winger, J.; Marletta, M.A. (2007) Compositions and methods for the delivery of oxygen. Patent number US 9,493,526 issued November 15, 2016. PCT Int. Appl. WO/2007/139791.

• Cary, S.P.L.; Boon, E.M.; Winger, J.; Marletta, M.A. (2007) Compositions and methods for the delivery of nitric oxide. Patent number US 9,493,527 issued November 15, 2016. PCT Int. Appl. WO/2007/139767.

• Boon, E.M.; Marletta, M.A. (2005) Sensitive and selective detection of NO using an H-NOX domain. Patent disclosure submitted, UC case number B06-064.

• Barton, J.K.; Boon, E.M.; Kelley, S.O.; Hill, M.G. (2001) Electrochemical sensor using intercalative, redox-active moieties. PCT Int. Appl. WO/2003/023365.

• Fischer, J.T.; Heckler, I.; Boon, E.M.* (2020) SDS-PAGE and dot blot autoradiography: Tools for quantifying histidine kinase autophosphorylation. In Histidine Phosphorylation, 37-49. Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 2077). Eyers, C., ed., New York, NY: Humana.

• Williams, D.E.; Fischer, J.T.; Heckler, I.L.; Boon, E.M.* (2018) Haem-based sensors of nitric oxide. In Gas Sensing in Cells, 15-36. Aono, S., ed., London, United Kingdom: The Royal Society of Chemistry (DOI: 10.1039/9781788012836).

• Arora, D.P.; Muralidharan, S.; Boon, E.M.* (2016) NO/H-NOX-regulated two-component signaling. In Stress and Environmental Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria, 268-276. de Bruijn, F.J., ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Boon, E.M.*; Muralidharan. S. (2014) The biological relevance of metal complexes of nitric oxide. In Yearbook of Science and Technology, 34-38. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

• Anantharaman, S., Ph.D. August 2025 for thesis entitled Unraveling the Roles of the Signaling Molecules Heme and Nitric Oxide in the Regulation of Biofilms in Pathogenic Bacteria.

• Guercio, D., Ph.D. August 2024 for thesis entitled Characterizing the role of the histidine kinase NahK in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Mendoza, A., Ph.D. May 2023 for thesis entitled The role of histidine kinase NahK in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 

• Fu, J., Ph.D. August 2023 for thesis entitled Investigation of Roles of NosP/NahK Pathway in Gram-negative Pathogens: Detection of Host-derived Signaling Factors Heme and Nitric Oxide, and Regulation of Biofilms.

• Hall, S., Ph.D. August 2022 for thesis entitled Spectroscopic approaches for studying the structure of a novel nitric oxide sensing protein, NosP.

• Heckler, I., Ph.D. August 2020 for thesis entitled Heme and Bacterial Behavior: Investigation into the Role of a Novel Hemoprotein in Biofilm, Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance.

• Fischer, J.T, Ph.D. August 2019 for thesis entitled Investigation of the relationship between nitric oxide, cyclic-di-GMP, and biofilm development in bacteria.

• Nisbett, L-M.P., Ph.D. December 2018 for thesis entitled Nitric oxide sensing from the bacterial perspective by NosP: A novel nitric oxide sensing protein.

• Bacon, B.A., Ph.D. August 2018 for thesis entitled Spectral characterization of a novel NO sensing protein in bacteria: NosP.

• Hossain, S., Ph.D. December 2016 for thesis entitled Discovery of a novel nitric oxide sensing protein, NosP.

• Ueno, T.B., Ph.D. May 2015 for thesis entitled Characterization of bacterial multi-component regulatory systems: nitric oxide, quorum sensing, and two-component signaling.

• Xu, Y., Ph.D. August 2014 for thesis entitled It’s a NO for bacterial settlement: nitric oxide regulated biofilm formation and protein expression.

• Lahiri, T., Ph.D. December 2013 for thesis entitled Untangling the interactions: Structural basis of nitric oxide regulated cyclic-di-GMP metabolism in bacteria.

• Arora, D.P., Ph.D. May 2013 for thesis entitled Biofilms, two-component signaling, and nitric oxide sensing: Putting it together.

• Liu, N., Ph.D. August 2012 for thesis entitled Nitric oxide regulation of c-di-GMP metabolism and biofilm formation in Shewanella woodyi.

• Henares, B.M., Ph.D. August 2012 for thesis entitled The molecular basis of a nitric oxide-responsive quorum sensing circuit in Vibrio harveyi.

• Dai, Z., Ph.D. August 2011 for thesis entitled The molecular basis of diatomic molecule binding by H-NOX domains.

• Boon, E.M., Ph.D. August 2002 for thesis entitled Electrochemical sensors based on DNA-mediated charge transport chemistry.

• Alfano, N., M.S. May 2025 for thesis entitled Elucidating the Role of Histidine Kinase NahK Within the Gac Multi-Kinase Network in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 

• Sharma, G., M.S. May 2023 for thesis entitled The role of NahK in virulence and bacterial communication in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Ramcharan, K., M.S. May 2023 for thesis entitled Determining the role of the Pseudomonas aeruginosaNosP/NahK TCSS in c-di- GMP metabolism, and identification of inhibitors of c-di-GMP production in biofilm forming pathogens.

• Faizi, A., M.S. May 2020 for thesis entitled Domain-domain interactions in SwHaCE and implications for SwH-NOX signal transduction.

• Zielinski, P., M.S. August 2013 for thesis entitled Analysis of the Interaction of H-NOX with DGC using in vivo methods and analytical ultracentrifugation.

• Kosowicz, J., M.S. May 2012 for thesis entitled Fluoride as a probe for hydrogen-bonding in the distal heme pocket of Tt H-NOX.

• Gorgani, F., M.S. December 2010 for thesis entitled Determining ligand binding induced conformational changes in H-NOX domains.

• Christiansen, M., M.S. August 2008 for thesis entitled Towards understanding the biological role of the conserved H-NOX domain in bacteria.

• Alfano, N., B.S. May 2024 for thesis entitled Histidine kinase NahK regulates toxin production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Multani, S. B.S. May 2023 for thesis entitled Characterizing kinase interactions for biofilm regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 

• Oasima, K, B.S. May 2023 for thesis entitled The role of NosP signaling on bacterial motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Sharma, G., B.S. May 2022 for thesis entitled Understanding the connection between quorum sensing, NosP, and NahK through the GacS multikinase pathway.

• Muttath, A., B.S. May 2020 for thesis entitled Effect of nitric oxide sensing protein (NosP) on twitching motility mediated colony expansion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Ha, K., B.S. May 2020 for thesis entitled Plate-based assay for swimming and swarming motilities in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Cheng, O., B.S. May 2014 for thesis entitled Characterization of a novel putative nitric oxide sensor in Vibrio harveyi.

• Zielinski, P., B.S. May 2012 for thesis entitled Preliminary steps to evaluating the interaction of H-NOX with DGC in Shewanella woodyi.

• Huang, N., B.S. May 2012 for thesis entitled Qualitative analysis of nitric oxide in aerobic and anaerobic biofilm formation.

• Jacob, S., B.S. May 2011 for thesis entitled Investigations of the role of H-NOX in Pseudoalteromonas atlantica.

• Kosowicz, J., B.S. May 2011 for thesis entitled Sensitive and selective detection of cyanide using an H-NOX domain.

• Pak, T., B.S. May 2010 for thesis entitled The role of nitric oxide on biofilm formation-degradation in Shewanella woodyi.

• Taha, F., B.S. May 2008 for thesis entitled FRETing H-NOX.

• Boon, E.M., B.A. with Highest Honors June 1997 for thesis entitled Effects of reactant interactions on oxidation in metal-EDTA/amino acid-p-nitroanilide model systems.

We are grateful for generous funding from these sources:

• Stony Brook University

• New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation

• The Office of Naval Research

• PECASE

• The National Science Foundation

• The Stony Wold-Herbert Fund

• The National Institutes of Health