chemistry

Patrick Sung

Patrick Sung is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Patrick Sung rather than just read about it. In short: Patrick Sung is an American professor of structural biology and biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is known for his work on DNA repair.

Key takeaways

Patrick Sung belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Patrick Sung to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Patrick Sung from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Patrick Sung is an American professor of structural biology and biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is known for his work on DNA repair.

Biography Sung was born on May 24, 1959, in Hong Kong. In 1981, he got his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Liverpool and four years later got his Ph.D. from Oxford University. From 1993 to 1997 he was an assistant professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch and from that year till 2001 served as an associate professor of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where he also became chairman of its graduate program and even became a professor of its Department of Molecular Medicine. In 2000 Sung became an editor of the Molecular and Cellular Biology and in 2003 was an associate editor of the Genes to Cells journal. The same year he became professor at both Therapeutic Radiology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry departments of Yale University and from that year till 2005 served at the Genes & Developments' editorial board. From 2003 till 2004 he was Special Emphasis Panels' member.

Personal life In 1984 he was married to Ines Cuadrado.

References

External links Patrick Sung publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Patrick Sung

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Patrick Sung claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Patrick Sung before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Patrick Sung ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Patrick Sung

In research: Patrick Sung appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Patrick Sung in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Patrick Sung is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1959 births, Alumni of the University of Liverpool, Alumni of the University of Oxford, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Patrick Sung outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Patrick Sung in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Patrick Sung means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Patrick Sung in simple terms?

Patrick Sung is an American professor of structural biology and biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is known for his work on DNA repair.

Why does Patrick Sung matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Patrick Sung?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Patrick Sung.