Robert Thorne

Professor, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow

Professional Experience

Cornell committee service:

University Faculty Committee

University Educational Policy Committee

University Mental Health Review Committee

University Conflict of Interest Committee

A&S Educational Policy Committee

A&S Academic Records Committee

A&S Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Academic Calendar Committee

Entrepreneurship at Cornell Search Committee

Faculty Senate

 

 

 

Publications

Millisecond mix-and-quench crystallography (MMQX) enables time-resolved studies of PEPCK with remote data collection.  J. A. Clinger, D. W. Moreau, M. J. McLeod, T. Holyoak, and R. E. Thorne. IUCrJ 8, 784-792 (2021). DOI: 10.1107/S2052252521007053

High-resolution single-particle cryo-EM of samples vitrified in boiling nitrogen.  T. Engstrom, J. A. Clinger, K. A. Spoth, O. B. Clarke, R. Jayne, B. A. Apker and R. E. Thorne.  IUCrJ 8, 867-877 (2021). DOI: 10.1107/S2052252521008095

Integrated sample handling and mounting system for fixed-target serial synchrotron crystallography.  G. Illava, R. Jayne, A. D. Finke, D. Closs, W. Zeng, S. K. Milano, Q. Huang, I. Kriksunov, P. Sidorenko, F. W. Wise, W. R. Zipfel, B. A. Apker and R. E. Thorne.  Acta Cryst. D 77, 628-644 (2021). DOI: 10.1107/S2059798321001868.

Hypothesis for a mechanism of beam-induced motion in cryo-electron microcopy.  R. E. Thorne. IUCrJ 7, 416-421 (2020). DOI: 10.1107/S2052252520002560.

Resolution and dose dependence of radiation damage in biomolecular systems. H. Atakisi, L. Conger, D. W. Moreau, and R. E. Thorne. IUCrJ 6, 1040-1053 (2019).  DOI: 10.1107/S2052252519008777

Solvent flows, conformation changes and lattice reordering in a cold protein crystal. D. W. Moreau, H. Atakisi and R. E. Thorne.  Acta Cryst. D 75, 980-994 (2019). DOI: 10.1107/S2059798319013822

Ice formation and solvent nanoconfinement in protein crystals. D. W. Moreau, H. Atakisi, and R. E. Thorne.  IUCrJ 6, 346-356 (2019).  DOI: 10.1107/S2052252519001878

Lifetimes and spatio-temporal response of protein crystals in intense X-ray microbeams.  M. A. Warkentin, H. Atakisi, J. B. Hopkins, D. Walko, and R. E. Thorne, IUCrJ 4, 785-794 (2017).  DOI: 10.1107/S2052252517013495

Mapping the Conformational Landscape of a Dynamic Enzyme by XFEL and Multitemperature Crystallography. D. A. Keedy, L. R. Kenner, M. Warkentin, J. B. Hopkins, R. A. Woldeyes, M. C. Thompson, A. S. Brewster, A. H. Van Benschoten, E. L. Baxter, M. Uervirojnangkoorn, J. M. Holton, W. I. Weis, A. T. Brunger, S. M. Soltis, H. Lemke, A. Gonzalez, N. K. Sauter, A. E. Cohen, H. van den Bedem, R. E. Thorne and J. S. Fraser. Elife 4, e07574 (2015). DOI: 10.7554/eLife/07574

Breaking the radiation damage limit with cryo-SAXS. S. P. Meisburger, M. Warkentin, H. Chen, J. B. Hopkins, R. E. Gillilan, L. Pollack and R. E. Thorne. Biophys. J. 104, 227-236 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.3817

Application of X-ray fluorescence imaging to ceramics from the American Southwest. E. C. Geil, S. A. LeBlanc, D. S. Dale and R. E. Thorne. J. Arch. Sci. 40, 4780-4784 (2013). DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.05.014

Critical droplet theory explains the glass formability of aqueous solutions. M. Warkentin, J. P. Sethna and R. E. Thorne. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 015703 (2013). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.015703

X-ray fluorescence recovers writing from ancient inscriptions.  J. Powers, N. Dimitrova, R. Huang, D. M. Smilgies, D. H. Bilderback, K. Clinton, and R. E. Thorne. Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 152, 221 (2005).

Growth and disorder of macromolecular crystals: insights from atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction studies. A. J. Malkin and R. E. Thorne. Methods 34, 273 (2004). DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2004.03.020

Charge-density-wave conductors. R. E. Thorne. Physics Today. May 1996, p. 42. DOI: 10.1063/1.881498