Weiping Tang
Professor Director, Medicinal Chemistry Center
Professo Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Weiping Tang joined the faculty of UW-Madison in 2007. His lab focuses on synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and chemical biology. Please visit his lab website (link on the left) for updated information. Education: BS 1997 Chemistry - Peking University MS 1999 Chemistry - New York University PhD 2005 Organic Chemistry - Stanford University Postdoc 2007 Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery - Harvard University
Research Interest
Novel compounds for the treatment of hyperlipidemia, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases. new methods for the synthesis and modification of biologically active alkaloids and carbohydrates.
Publications
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Stereoselective Preparation of Cyclobutanes with Four Different Substituents: Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Pipercyclobutanamide A and Piperchabamide G." Liu, R.; Zhang, M.; Wyche, T. P.; Winston-McPherson, G. N.; Bugni, T. S.; Tang, W.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7503-7506.
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 2,3'-Diindolylmethanes as Agonists of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor." Winston-McPherson, G.N.; Shu, D.; Tang, W.* Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett. 2014, 24, 4023-4025.
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Tumor Suppressor Role of Notch3 in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Revealed by Genetic and Pharmacological Induction." Jaskula-Sztul, R.; Eide, J.; Tesfazghi, S.; Dammalapati, A; Harrison, A.D.; Yu, X-M.; Scheinebeck, C.; Winston-McPherson, G.; Kupcho, K.R.; Robers, M.B.; Hundal, A.K.; Tang, W.;*Chen, H.* Mol. Cancer Therapy. 2015, 14, 499.
