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Overview

Richard P. Hsung is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Dermatology, Cell Biology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to dermatological and cellular processes. Key topics of their work include:

  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases

Hsung has contributed to multiple publications, collaborating frequently with authors such as Xiangmei Hua, Jun Dai, Hannah Dorsey, Peiling Wang, and Yang Sun. The volume of coauthored work highlights ongoing research partnerships, particularly with Xiangmei Hua, with whom Hsung has published four papers.

Research has appeared in several journals, notably:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2 publications)
  • The FASEB Journal (1 publication)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1 publication)

Highlighted recent papers include:

  • "Loss of haspin suppresses cancer cell proliferation by interfering with cell cycle progression at multiple stages," 2021, The FASEB Journal
  • "Epidermal Loss of RORα Enhances Skin Inflammation in a MC903-Induced Mouse Model of Atopic Dermatitis," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "140 The clock protein BMAL1 maintains the diploid status of human keratinocytes via a functional interaction with c-myc," 2021, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • "042 Epidermal loss of RORα accelerates skin inflammation in a mouse model of atopic dermatitis," 2022, Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Best Publications

  • Ynamides: A Modern Functional Group For The New Millennium

    Kyle A. DeKorver;Hongyan Li;Andrew G. Lohse;Ryuji Hayashi

  • Ynamides in Ring Forming Transformations

    Xiao-Na Wang;Hyun-Suk Yeom;Li-Chao Fang;Shuzhong He

  • Rates of Interfacial Electron Transfer through π-Conjugated Spacers

    Sandra B. Sachs;Stephen P. Dudek;Richard P. Hsung;Lawrence R. Sita

  • SELF-ASSEMBLY OF CONJUGATED MOLECULAR RODS : A HIGH-RESOLUTION STM STUDY

    Al-Amin Dhirani;Robert W. Zehner;Richard P. Hsung;Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

  • Copper sulfate-pentahydrate-1,10-phenanthroline catalyzed amidations of alkynyl bromides. Synthesis of heteroaromatic amine substituted ynamides.

    Yanshi Zhang;Richard P. Hsung;Michael R. Tracey;Kimberly C. M. Kurtz

  • The emergence of allenamides in organic synthesis.

    Lin-Li Wei;Hui Xiong;Richard P. Hsung

  • Allenamides: A Powerful and Versatile Building Block in Organic Synthesis

    Ting Lu;Zhenjie Lu;Zhi-Xiong Ma;Yu Zhang

  • Recent advances in the chemistry of ynamines and ynamides

    Craig A. Zificsak;Jason A. Mulder;Richard P. Hsung;C. Rameshkumar

  • Tuning the Work Function of Gold with Self-Assembled Monolayers Derived from X−[C6H4−C⋮C−]nC6H4−SH (n = 0, 1, 2; X = H, F, CH3, CF3, and OCH3)

    Robert W. Zehner;Bradley F. Parsons;Richard P. Hsung;Lawrence R. Sita

  • A copper-catalyzed C-N bond formation involving sp-hybridized carbons. A direct entry to chiral ynamides via N-alkynylation of amides.

    Michael O. Frederick;Jason A. Mulder;Michael R. Tracey;Richard P. Hsung

  • Copper(II)-catalyzed amidations of alkynyl bromides as a general synthesis of ynamides and Z-enamides. An intramolecular amidation for the synthesis of macrocyclic ynamides.

    Xuejun Zhang;Yanshi Zhang;Jian Huang;Richard P. Hsung

  • (4+3) cycloaddition reactions of nitrogen-stabilized oxyallyl cations.

    Andrew G. Lohse;Richard P. Hsung

  • Brønsted acid-catalyzed highly stereoselective arene-ynamide cyclizations. A novel keteniminium Pictet-Spengler cyclization in total syntheses of (+/-)-desbromoarborescidines A and C.

    Yanshi Zhang;Richard P Hsung;Xuejun Zhang;Jian Huang

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Unsymmetric Ferrocene-Terminated Phenylethynyl Oligomers Cp2Fe-[C.tplbond.C-C6H4]n-X, (X = SH, SMe, SOMe, and SO2Me)

    Richard P. Hsung;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Lawrence R. Sita

  • A Formal [3 + 3] Cycloaddition Approach to Natural-Product Synthesis

    Richard P. Hsung;Aleksey V. Kurdyumov;Nadiya Sydorenko

  • The first successful base-promoted isomerization of propargyl amides to chiral ynamides. Applications in ring-closing metathesis of ene-ynamides and tandem RCM of diene-ynamides.

    Jian Huang;Hui Xiong;Richard P. Hsung;C. Rameshkumar

  • Efficient preparations of novel ynamides and allenamides

    Lin Li Wei;Jason A. Mulder;Hui Xiong;Craig A. Zificsak

  • Chiral Lewis acid-catalyzed highly enantioselective [4 + 3] cycloaddition reactions of nitrogen-stabilized oxyallyl cations derived from allenamides.

    Jian Huang;Richard P Hsung

  • The first epoxidations of 1-amidoallenes. A general entry to nitrogen-substituted oxyallyl cations in highly stereoselective [4 +3] cycloadditions.

    Hui Xiong;Richard P. Hsung;Craig R. Berry;C. Rameshkumar

  • A Copper-Catalyzed C—N Bond Formation Involving sp-Hybridized Carbons. Direct Entry to Chiral Ynamides via N-Alkynylation of Amides.

    Michael O. Frederick;Jason A. Mulder;Michael R. Tracey;Richard P. Hsung

  • Ynamides: A Modern Functional Group for the New Millennium

    Kyle A. De Korver;Hongyan Li;Andrew G. Lohse;Ryuji Hayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian Huang
Jian Huang University of Iowa
William D. Wulff
William D. Wulff Michigan State University
Mike J. McLaughlin
Mike J. McLaughlin University of Adelaide
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Hong C. Shen
Hong C. Shen Roche (Switzerland)
Lawrence R. Sita
Lawrence R. Sita University of Maryland, College Park
Christopher E. D. Chidsey
Christopher E. D. Chidsey Stanford University
Xiaoyang Zhu
Xiaoyang Zhu Columbia University
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Glenn P. A. Yap
Glenn P. A. Yap University of Delaware

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