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958
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2009 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter Wipf is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, oncology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist has a strong presence in topics such as heat shock proteins research, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease mechanisms, protein tyrosine phosphatases, effects of radiation exposure, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and crystallization and solubility studies.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter Wipf are the following:

  • The human milk oligosaccharides 2'-fucosyllactose and 6'-sialyllactose protect against the development of necrotizing enterocolitis by inhibiting toll-like receptor 4 signaling (2020, Pediatric Research)
  • Toll-like receptor 4-mediated enteric glia loss is critical for the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (2021, Science Translational Medicine)
  • Maternal aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation protects newborns against necrotizing enterocolitis (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Anti-Ferroptosis Drug Enhances Total-Body Irradiation Mitigation by Drugs that Block Apoptosis and Necroptosis (2020, Radiation Research)
  • Regulation and targeting of androgen receptor nuclear localization in castration-resistant prostate cancer (2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation)

Peter Wipf frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Elizabeth R. Sharlow (12 joint publications)
  • John S. Lazo (12 joint publications)
  • Jeffrey L. Brodsky (11 joint publications)
  • Nikhil R. Tasker (10 joint publications)
  • Michael W. Epperly (9 joint publications)

Their work is often published in notable scientific venues, notably:

  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (8 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (6 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)
  • Organic Letters (4 publications)
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (4 publications)

Peter Wipf has received several professional distinctions throughout their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2010)
  • Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1994)

The broad scope of their expertise encompasses both fundamental and applied aspects of chemistry and molecular biology, with a notable focus on mechanisms related to disease, chemical synthesis, and radiation effects. Their collaborative efforts and extensive publication record contribute to advancing multiple intersecting fields of biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticles in cellular drug delivery.

    Amir H. Faraji;Peter Wipf

  • Synthetic Studies of Biologically Active Marine Cyclopeptides

    Peter. Wipf

  • Fluorous Synthesis: A Fluorous-Phase Strategy for Improving Separation Efficiency in Organic Synthesis

    Armido Studer;Sabine Hadida;Rafael Ferritto;Sun-Young Kim

  • Synthesis of Functionalized Oxazolines and Oxazoles with DAST and Deoxo-Fluor

    Andrew J. Phillips;Yoshikazu Uto;Peter Wipf;Michael J. Reno

  • Cytochrome c/cardiolipin relations in mitochondria: a kiss of death

    Valerian E. Kagan;Hülya A. Bayır;Natalia A. Belikova;Olexandr Kapralov

  • Molecular pharmacology and antitumor activity of PX-866, a novel inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase signaling.

    Nathan T Ihle;Ryan Williams;Sherry Chow;Wade Chew

  • A SOLID PHASE PROTOCOL OF THE BIGINELLI DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS SUITABLE FOR COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY

    Peter Wipf;April Cunningham

  • 2.3 A Resolution Cryo-Em Structure of Human P97 and Mechanism of Allosteric Inhibition

    Soojay Banerjee;Alberto Bartesaghi;Alan Merk;Prashant Rao

  • A new synthesis of highly functionalized oxazoles

    Peter Wipf;Chris P. Miller

  • Stereochemical control in the ester enolate Claisen rearrangement. 1. Stereoselectivity in silyl ketene acetal formation

    Robert E. Ireland;Peter Wipf;Joseph D. Armstrong

  • A common pharmacophore for a diverse set of colchicine site inhibitors using a structure-based approach.

    Tam Luong Nguyen;Connor McGrath;Ann R Hermone;James C Burnett

  • SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS OF ORGANOCHLOROZIRCONOCENE COMPLEXES

    Peter Wipf;Heike Jahn

  • Fluorous Synthesis: Fluorous Protocols for the Ugi and Biginelli Multicomponent Condensations

    Armido Studer;Patrick Jeger;Peter Wipf;Dennis P. Curran

  • Mutations in the Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Pathway Predict for Antitumor Activity of the Inhibitor PX-866 whereas Oncogenic Ras Is a Dominant Predictor for Resistance

    Nathan T. Ihle;Robert Lemos;Peter Wipf;Adly Yacoub

  • Stochastic Voyages into Uncharted Chemical Space Produce a Representative Library of All Possible Drug-Like Compounds

    Aaron M. Virshup;Julia Contreras-García;Julia Contreras-García;Peter Wipf;Weitao Yang;Weitao Yang

  • Lipidomics identifies cardiolipin oxidation as a mitochondrial target for redox therapy of brain injury

    Jing Ji;Anthony E Kline;Andrew Amoscato;Alejandro K Samhan-Arias

  • Ring-strain-enabled reaction discovery: new heterocycles from bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes.

    Maciej A. A. Walczak;Maciej A. A. Walczak;Tanja Krainz;Peter Wipf

  • Small Molecule Modulators of Endogenous and Co-chaperone-stimulated Hsp70 ATPase Activity *

    Sheara W. Fewell;Christine M. Smith;Michael A. Lyon;Teodora Pene Dumitrescu

  • A short, stereospecific synthesis of dihydrooxazoles from serine and threonine derivatives

    Peter Wipf;Chris P. Miller

  • Preparation of allylic alcohols by alkene transfer from zirconium to zinc

    Peter Wipf;Wenjing Xu

  • Zirconocene−Zinc Transmetalation and in Situ Catalytic Asymmetric Addition to Aldehydes

    Peter Wipf;Seth Ribe

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel S. Greenberger
Joel S. Greenberger University of Pittsburgh
Michael W. Epperly
Michael W. Epperly University of Pittsburgh
John S. Lazo
John S. Lazo University of Virginia
Valerian E. Kagan
Valerian E. Kagan University of Pittsburgh
Jeffrey L. Brodsky
Jeffrey L. Brodsky University of Pittsburgh
Song Li
Song Li University of Pittsburgh
David N. Beratan
David N. Beratan Duke University
Billy W. Day
Billy W. Day University of Pittsburgh
Corey R. J. Stephenson
Corey R. J. Stephenson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hülya Bayır
Hülya Bayır University of Pittsburgh

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