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D-Index
55
Citations
8370
World Ranking
15282
National Ranking
6379

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

J. Philip Thornber was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States during their academic career. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields, including Nursing, Medicine, and Health Professions, with a focus on several interconnected subfields such as Nutrition and Dietetics, Surgery, and Speech and Hearing.

Their work covered a range of topics primarily centered around Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, and Dysphagia Assessment and Management. These topics reflect an interdisciplinary approach integrating surgical practices with nutritional and rehabilitative care.

One of Thornber's notable publications was "The principles of enhanced recovery after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (ERaPEG): a UK tertiary center experience," published in 2024 in the journal Pediatric Surgery International.

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Omar Nasher
  • Joanne Dean
  • Jenny Goldthorpe
  • Linsay Rajfeld
  • Liz Smith

Thornber's contributions appeared in the journal Pediatric Surgery International, indicating a focus on pediatric surgical issues as part of their research dissemination.

During their career, Thornber was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976. This fellowship represents a formal acknowledgment within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Composition of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Normal Barley Leaves and a Mutant Lacking Chlorophyll b

    J. Philip Thornber;Harry R. Highkin

  • Primary photochemical processes in isolated reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas viridis

    Dewey Holten;Maurice W. Windsor;William W. Parson;J.Philip Thornber

  • A nomenclature for the genes encoding the chlorophylla/b-binding proteins of higher plants

    Stefan Jansson;Eran Pichersky;Roberto Bassi;Beverley R. Green

  • The P700-chlorophyll a-protein. Isolation and some characteristics of the complex in higher plants.

    Judith A. Shiozawa;Randall S. Alberte;J.Philip Thornber

  • Structure and biogenesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii photosystem I.

    Gadi Schuster;Rachel Nechushtai;Paulo. C. G. Ferreira;J. Philip Thornber

  • Higher plant chloroplasts: Evidence that all the chlorophyll exists as chlorophyll-protein complexes.

    John P. Markwell;J. Philip Thornber;Russell T. Boggs

  • PLANT CHLOROPHYLL‐PROTEIN COMPLEXES: RECENT ADVANCES

    J. Philip Thornber;John P. Markwell;Sally Reinman

  • Functional and mutational analysis of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein of thylakoid membranes.

    B D Kohorn;E Harel;P R Chitnis;J P Thornber

  • Water Stress Effects on the Content and Organization of Chlorophyll in Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts of Maize

    Randall S. Alberte;J. Philip Thornber;Edwin L. Fiscus

  • Isolation and spectral characterization of photochemical reaction centers from the thermophilic green bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus strain J-10-f1.

    Beverly K. Pierson;J. Philip Thornber

  • Light-harvesting pigment—protein complexes of purple photosynthetic bacteria

    R.J. Cogdell;J.P. Thornber

  • The major light-harvesting complex of Photosystem II: aspects of its molecular and cell biology

    Parag R. Chitnis;J. Philip Thornber

  • Further studies on the composition and spectral properties of the photochemical reaction centers of bacteriochlorophyll b-containing bacteria.

    J.P. Thornber;R.J. Cogdell;R.E.B. Seftor;G.D. Webster

  • Photosynthetic unit size, carotenoids, and chlorophyll—protein composition of Prochloron sp., a prokaryotic green alga

    N W Withers;R S Alberte;R A Lewin;J P Thornber

  • Photooxidation of cytochromes in reaction center preparations from Chromatium and Rhodopseudomonas viridis.

    George D. Case;William W. Parson;J.Philip Thornber

  • Biochemical Evidence that the Higher Plant Photosystem II Core Complex is Organized as a Dimer

    Gary F. Peter;J. Philip Thornber

  • Assembly of the precursor and processed light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein of Lemna into the light-harvesting complex II of barley etiochloroplasts.

    P R Chitnis;E Harel;B D Kohorn;E M Tobin

  • Solubilization and two-dimensional electrophoretic procedures for studying the organization and composition of photosynthetic membrane polypeptides

    Gary F. Peter;Tracey Takeuchi;J. Philip Thornber

  • Photosynthesis in trees: organization of chlorophyll and photosynthetic unit size in isolated gymnosperm chloroplasts.

    Randall S. Alberte;Peter R. McClure;J. Philip Thornber

  • Pigment‐protein complexes of purple photosynthetic bacteria: An overview

    J. Philip Thornber;Richard J. Cogdell;Beverly K. Pierson;Richard E. B. Seftor

Frequent Co-Authors

Randall S. Alberte
Randall S. Alberte University of Chicago
Parag R. Chitnis
Parag R. Chitnis Iowa State University
Richard J. Cogdell
Richard J. Cogdell University of Glasgow
Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Cheryl A. Kerfeld Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William W. Parson
William W. Parson University of Washington
L. Andrew Staehelin
L. Andrew Staehelin University of Colorado Boulder
Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis University of California, Berkeley
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Stefan Jansson
Stefan Jansson Umeå University
Neil R. Baker
Neil R. Baker University of Essex

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