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Weiping Tang is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The subfields they contribute to include molecular biology, organic chemistry, hematology, oncology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their research topics cover several areas related to protein science and chemical biology, notably:

  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

Key recent publications authored or coauthored by Tang include:

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of Vinylcyclopropanes in Cycloaddition Reactions, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) delivery system: advancing protein degraders towards clinical translation, 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Development of Triantennary N-Acetylgalactosamine Conjugates as Degraders for Extracellular Proteins, 2021, ACS Central Science
  • A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi, 2020, Science
  • Development of Selective Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) Degraders Recruiting Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, 2020, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Tang include:

  • Junzhuo Liao
  • Xueqing Nie
  • Haibo Xie
  • Yaxian Zhou
  • Ka Yang

Tang's publications often appear in several scientific venues, notably:

  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Best Publications

  • Small Molecules Efficiently Direct Endodermal Differentiation of Mouse and Human Embryonic Stem Cells

    Malgorzata Borowiak;René Maehr;René Maehr;Shuibing Chen;Shuibing Chen;Alice E. Chen;Alice E. Chen

  • Enantioselective bromolactonization of conjugated (Z)-enynes.

    Wei Zhang;Suqing Zheng;Na Liu;Jenny B. Werness

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Selective Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Vinylcyclopropanes in Cycloaddition Reactions

    Jianhua Wang;Stephanie A Blaszczyk;Xiaoxun Li;Weiping Tang

  • Divergent Enantioselective Synthesis of (−)-Galanthamine and (−)-Morphine

    Barry M. Trost;Weiping Tang;F. Dean Toste

  • Single nanocrystals of anatase-type TiO2 prepared from layered titanate nanosheets: formation mechanism and characterization of surface properties.

    Puhong Wen;Hiroshi Itoh;Weiping Tang;Qi Feng

  • Terpenoids As Therapeutic Drugs and Pharmaceutical Agents

    Guangyi Wang;Weiping Tang;Robert R. Bidigare

  • Development of Triantennary N-Acetylgalactosamine Conjugates as Degraders for Extracellular Proteins

    Yaxian Zhou;Peng Teng;Nathan T. Montgomery;Xiaolei Li

  • Development of Multifunctional Histone Deacetylase 6 Degraders with Potent Antimyeloma Activity.

    Hao Wu;Ka Yang;Zhongrui Zhang;Eric D Leisten

  • Development of the first small molecule histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) degraders

    Ka Yang;Yanling Song;Haibo Xie;Hao Wu

  • Neuroendocrine Tumor-Targeted Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based Micelles for Simultaneous NIR-Controlled Combination Chemotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy, and Fluorescence Imaging.

    Guojun Chen;Renata Jaskula-Sztul;Corinne R. Esquibel;Irene Lou

  • Rhodium-catalyzed acyloxy migration of propargylic esters in cycloadditions, inspiration from the recent "gold rush".

    Xing-Zhong Shu;Dongxu Shu;Casi M. Schienebeck;Weiping Tang

  • Enantioselective synthesis of (-)-codeine and (-)-morphine.

    Barry M Trost;Weiping Tang

  • A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi

    Fan Zhang;Miao Zhao;Doug R. Braun;Spencer S. Ericksen

  • Trace derivatives of kynurenine potently activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)

    Seung-Hyeon Seok;Zhi-Xiong Ma;John B. Feltenberger;Hongbo Chen

  • Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Tropones and Tropolones.

    Na Liu;Wangze Song;Casi M. Schienebeck;Min Zhang

  • Generation of Rhodium(I) Carbenes from Ynamides and Their Reactions with Alkynes and Alkenes

    Renhe Liu;Gabrielle N. Winston-McPherson;Zhong-Yue Yang;Xin Zhou

  • Synthesis of Li1.33Mn1.67O4 spinels with different morphologies and their ion adsorptivities after delithiation

    Xiaojing Yang;Hirofumi Kanoh;Weiping Tang;Kenta Ooi

  • Stereoselective total synthesis of hainanolidol and harringtonolide via oxidopyrylium-based [5 + 2] cycloaddition.

    Min Zhang;Na Liu;Weiping Tang

  • Cinchona Alkaloids as Organocatalysts in Enantioselective Halofunctionalization of Alkenes and Alkynes

    Suqing Zheng;Casi M. Schienebeck;Wei Zhang;Hao‐Yuan Wang

  • DABCO-catalyzed 1,4-bromolactonization of conjugated enynes: highly stereoselective formation of a stereogenic center and an axially chiral allene.

    Wen Zhang;Huadong Xu;Hui Xu;Weiping Tang

  • Preparation of plate-form manganese oxide by selective lithium extraction from monoclinic Li2MnO3 under hydrothermal conditions

    Weiping Tang;Hirofumi Kanoh;and Xiaojing Yang;Kenta Ooi

  • Electrochemical Intercalation of Alkali-Metal Ions into Birnessite-Type Manganese Oxide in Aqueous Solution

    Hirofumi Kanoh;Weiping Tang;and Yoji Makita;Kenta Ooi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilia A. Guzei
Ilia A. Guzei University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xing-Zhong Shu
Xing-Zhong Shu Lanzhou University
wei zhang
wei zhang Wake Forest University
Peng Liu
Peng Liu University of Pittsburgh
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost Stanford University
Ralph Mazitschek
Ralph Mazitschek Harvard University
Stephen J. Haggarty
Stephen J. Haggarty Harvard University
Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber Harvard University
James E. Bradner
James E. Bradner Amgen (United States)

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