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P.S. Horanyi is a structural biologist whose work has significantly advanced high-throughput protein crystallography. As a key contributor to the Southeast Collaboratory for Structural Genomics (SECSG), Horanyi helped develop an automated pipeline that streamlined the entire process from protein expression to structure determination. Their most cited work, "The high-throughput protein-to-structure pipeline at SECSG" (2005, 24 citations), describes the integration of robotics and automation procedures to screen and solve protein structures at an unprecedented scale. This pipeline enabled the rapid characterization of proteins from diverse organisms, accelerating the field of structural genomics. Horanyi’s contributions lie in bridging the gap between molecular biology and computational automation, making structural biology more accessible and efficient. Their work has been instrumental in demonstrating how high-throughput methods can transform the discovery of novel protein folds and functions, providing a foundation for subsequent advances in drug design and enzyme engineering. For students and researchers, Horanyi’s achievements highlight the power of interdisciplinary approaches—combining robotics, bioinformatics, and crystallography—to tackle large-scale biological questions.