Lois S Weisman
Sarah Winans Newman Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Medical School and Research Professor
Life Sciences Institute
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Lois S Weisman
Research Professor
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Center MemberRogel Cancer Center
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
Recent Publications
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Chavis GD, Rivero-Ríos P, Uygun T, Tsukahara T, Hayami T, Lee GY, Lee M, Pace C, Czesak FN, Hilde KL, Li F, Iwase S, Murphy GG, Morrow JD, Akil H, Weisman LS, Sutton MA. Neuroscience, 2025 Dec 15; 591: 205 - 221.Journal ArticleDual endomembrane recycling pathways function in parallel to support synapse maintenance and plasticity
DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.11.009 PMID: 41238049 -
Myers G, Friedman A, Yu L, Pourmandi N, Kerpet C, Ito MA, Saba R, Tang V, Ozel AB, Bergin IL, Johnson CN, Ku CJ, Wang Y, Balbin-Cuesta G, Lim KC, Lin Z, Drysdale C, McGee B, Kurita R, Nakamura Y, Liu X, Siemieniak D, Singh SA, Lyssiotis CA, Maillard I, Weisman LS, Engel JD, Khoriaty R. Nature Communications, 2025 Dec 1; 16 (1):Journal ArticleA genome-wide screen identifies genes required for erythroid differentiation
DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-58739-w PMID: 40221460 -
Rivero-Ríos P, Uygun T, Chavis GD, Lee H, Duan B, Sutton MA, Weisman LS. Journal of Cell Biology, 2025 Nov 3; 224 (11):Journal ArticlePI(3)P coordinates SNX17- and SNX27-dependent protein recycling for long-term synaptic plasticity
DOI:10.1083/jcb.202411198 PMID: 40920104 -
Parton RG, Weisman LS. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2025 Aug 1; 95:Journal ArticleEditorial Overview - Membrane traffic; orchestrating the symphony of life
DOI:10.1016/j.ceb.2025.102532 PMID: 40441072 -
Hahn HJ, Pashkova N, Cianfrocco MA, Weisman LS. Journal of Cell Biology, 2025 Jul 7; 224 (7):Journal ArticleCargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport
DOI:10.1083/jcb.202408006 PMID: 40377475 -
Zhang L, Uygun T, Hahn HJ, Liu Y, Rivero-Ríos P, Li D, Navratna V, Bristow E, Luo G, Kovarzin A, Bo Y, Gadde S, Côté M, Ko DC, Mosalaganti S, Reinisch KM, Weisman LS. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2025 Jul 1; 36 (7):Journal ArticleVAC14 oligomerization is essential for the function of the FAB1/PIKfyve–VAC14–FIG4 complex
DOI:10.1091/mbc.E24-11-0490 PMID: 40305106 -
Cheng C, Hu J, Mannan R, He T, Bhattacharyya R, Magnuson B, Wisniewski JP, Peters S, Karim SA, MacLean DJ, Karabürk H, Zhang L, Rossiter NJ, Zheng Y, Xiao L, Li C, Awad D, Mahapatra S, Bao Y, Zhang Y, Cao X, Wang Z, Mehra R, Morlacchi P, Sahai V, Pasca di Magliano M, Shah YM, Weisman LS, Morton JP, Ding K, Qiao Y, Lyssiotis CA, Chinnaiyan AM. Nature, 2025 Jun 19; 642 (8068): 776 - 784.Journal ArticleTargeting PIKfyve-driven lipid metabolism in pancreatic cancer
DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-08917-z PMID: 40269157 -
Hahn HJ, Pashkova N, Cianfrocco MA, Weisman LS. 2025 Mar 25;PreprintCargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport.
DOI:10.1101/2025.03.24.645041 PMID: 40196620
Featured News & Stories
Department News
Hüseyin Karabürk receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
For his dissertation, Karabürk is investigating the molecular mechanisms of how cells move within the body.
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New Publication by Pilar Rivero-Ríos (Weisman lab)
New Publication by Pilar Rivero-Ríos (Weisman lab), “PI(3)P coordinates SNX17- and SNX27-dependent protein recycling for long-term synaptic plasticity,” has been published in Journal of Cell Biology.
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New view of cellular delivery trucks reveals unexpected hitch
The Life Sciences Institute News reported research from the Weisman lab on how a class of proteins uses a transport system to reach their destinations in the cell.
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New Publication by Lily Hahn (Weisman lab)!
The Journal of Cell Biology published "Cargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport."
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Congratulations to Craig Johnson and Lois Weisman!
Congratulations to our Endowment for Basic Sciences (EBS) winners Craig Johnson, CDB Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist, and Lois Weisman, Sarah Winans Newman Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences and CDB Professor.
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Pilar Rivero-Rios and Lois Weisman just published a Perspective in Science
Pilar Rivero-Rios and Lois Weisman just published a Perspective in Science