Robert G Thorne
Assistant Professor
Trainer - NTP, CNTP & CMP Training Programs; KL2 Scholar, IC
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
United States of America
Biography
Professional Interests: Biological barriers to drug delivery and distribution; Drug action and design; Animal models of neurodegenerative disease and brain trauma Education: Postdoc 2008 Physiology & Neuroscience - New York University School of Medicine PhD 2002 Pharmaceutics - University of Minnesota BS 1990 Chemical Engineering - University of Washington Other: Elected Vice-President (President-elect), International Brain Barriers Society (IBBS), 2017-2018 Elected Chair, 2016 Gordon Research Conference - 'Barriers of the CNS' Elected Vice-Chair, 2014 Gordon Research Conference - 'Barriers of the CNS' NIH Special Emphasis Panel Member (2014) International Scientific Committee Member. International Conference on Cerebral Vascular Biology. 8th (Sendai, Japan, 2009), 9th (Leiden, the Netherlands, 2011), 11th (Paris, France, 2015), and 12th (Melbourne, Australia, 2017) Conferences
Research Interest
Biological barriers to drug delivery and distribution. Drug action and design; Animal models of neurodegenerative disease and brain trauma
Publications
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Lochhead, J.J., D.J. Wolak, M.E. Pizzo, and R.G. Thorne. Rapid transport within cerebral perivascular spaces underlies widespread tracer distribution in the brain after intranasal administration. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 35:371–381 (2015).
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Wolak, D.J., M.E. Pizzo, and R.G. Thorne. Probing the extracellular diffusion of antibodies in brain using in vivo integrative optical imaging and ex vivo fluorescence imaging. Journal of Controlled Release 197:78-86 (2015). FEATURED COVER STORY - Park, K. Antibody transport within the brain. Journal of Controlled Release 197:219 (2015).
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Kumar, N.N., M. Gautam, J.J. Lochhead, D.J. Wolak, V. Ithapu, V. Singh and R.G. Thorne. Relative vascular permeability and vascularity across different regions of the rat nasal mucosa: implications for nasal physiology and drug delivery. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 31732 (2016).
