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  • 1957 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert K. Crane was affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields with a primary focus on physics and astronomy, as well as medicine. Within those domains, the scientist worked extensively in the subfields of radiation, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and nuclear and high energy physics.

Their work covered several main research topics, including:

  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Nuclear physics research studies
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments

Robert K. Crane published in a variety of scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
  • URSI Radio Science Bulletin

Among their recent papers were:

  • "Commissioning measurements on an Elekta Unity MR-Linac," 2022, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
  • "Commissioning Measurements On An Elekta Unity MR-Linac," 2021, Research Square (Research Square)
  • "Development of a low energy loss micro-channel plate based position-sensitive detector for the Rare Radio-Isotope Ring," 2024, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
  • "In memoriam: Robert Crane," 2021, URSI Radio Science Bulletin
  • "Abstract 4143001: Rapid Diuresis Protocol in Decompensated Heart Failure: Improving Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Titration and Timely Outpatient Follow-up," 2024, Circulation

Frequent co-authors during their career included Paul M. Weber, Sherilyn Munoz, Mazin Habhab, M Korn, and Marcus Powers.

Robert K. Crane was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1957.

Best Publications

  • Purification of the human intestinal brush border membrane.

    J. Schmitz;H. Preiser;D. Maestracci;B.K. Ghosh

  • Intestinal Absorption of Sugars

    Robert K. Crane

  • Substrate specificity of brain hexokinase.

    Alberto Sols;Robert K. Crane

  • The effect of arsenate on aerobic phosphorylation.

    Robert K. Crane;Fritz Lipmann

  • The association of hexokinase with particulate fractions of brain and other tissue homogenates.

    Robert K. Crane;Alberto Sols

  • The digestive function of the epithelium of the small intestine. II. Localization of disaccharide hydrolysis in the isolated brush border portion of intestinal epithelial cells.

    David Miller;Robert K. Crane

  • The gradient hypothesis and other models of carrier-mediated active transport.

    R. K. Crane

  • The active transport of sugars by various preparations of hamster intestine.

    Robert K. Crane;Paul Mandelstam

  • The non-competitive inhibition of brain hexokinase by glucose-6-phosphate and related compounds.

    Robert K. Crane;Alberto Sols

  • The digestive function of the epithelium of the small intestine. I. An intracellular locus of disaccharide and sugar phosphate ester hydrolysis.

    David Miller;Robert K. Crane

  • Phlorizin as a competitive inhibitor of the active transport of sugars by hamster small intestine, in vitro

    Francisco Alvarado;Robert K. Crane

  • Hypothesis for mechanism of intestinal active transport of sugars.

    R K Crane

  • A rapid method for the isolation of kidney brush border membranes.

    P. Malathi;H. Preiser;P. Fairclough;P. Mallett

  • STUDIES ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BRUSH BORDER IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS: I. Tris Disruption of Isolated Hamster Brush Borders and Density Gradient Separation of Fractions

    Alexander Eichholz;Robert K. Crane

  • Studies on the mechanism of intestinal absorption of sugars. V. The influence of several cations and anions on the active transport of sugars, in vitro, by various preparations of hamster small intestine.

    Ivan Bihler;Robert K. Crane

  • Studies on the mechanism of the intestinal absorption of sugars X. An effect of Na+ concentration on the apparent michaelis constants for intestinal sugar transport, in vitro☆

    Robert K. Crane;Gordon Forstner;Alexander Eichholz

  • In Vitro Method for the Study of the Rate of Intestinal Absorption of Sugars

    R K Crane;T H Wilson

  • Intestinal lactase deficiency and lactose intolerance in adults. Preliminary report.

    Arne Dahlqvist;James B. Hammond;Robert K. Crane;James V. Dunphy

  • Isolation of brush border membranes in vesicular form from the intestinal spiral valve of the small dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula).

    Robert K. Crane;Gerard Boge;Alain Rigal

  • Studies of tissue permeability. I. The penetration of sugars into the Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.

    Crane Rk;Field Ra;Cori Cf

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Kozarek
Richard A. Kozarek Virginia Mason Medical Center
Eric G. Ball
Eric G. Ball Harvard University
Stephen M. Krane
Stephen M. Krane Harvard University
Fritz Lipmann
Fritz Lipmann Harvard University
Carl F. Cori
Carl F. Cori Harvard University
Raymond F. Burk
Raymond F. Burk Vanderbilt University
Thomas B. Tomasi
Thomas B. Tomasi Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow Stanford University
Ernst J.M. Helmreich
Ernst J.M. Helmreich University of Würzburg
Sherwood L. Gorbach
Sherwood L. Gorbach Tufts University

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