Lois S Weisman
Sarah Winans Newman Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Research Professor
Life Sciences Institute and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Available to mentor
Lois S Weisman
Research Professor
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Preprint
      A non-canonical CDK, Pho85 regulates the restart of the cell-cycle following stress.
      Jin N, Jin Y, Oikawa Y, Nakano A, Ohsumi Y, Weisman LS. 2024 Aug 27; DOI:10.1101/2024.08.27.609989
      PMID: 39253458
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      The SNX17-Retriever endosomal recycling pathway is a key regulator of synaptic function and plasticity in hippocampal neurons
      Chavis G, Rivero-Rios P, Tsukahara T, Uygun T, Iwase S, Weisman L, Sutton M. Physiology, 2024 May; 39 (S1): 665 DOI:10.1152/physiol.2024.39.s1.665
    • Journal Article
      Rescuing Alpha-synuclein Toxicity Through Neuron-specific Enhancement of Autophagy (P7-3.003)
      Chua J, Barmada S, Weisman L, Dawson V, Dawson T. Neurology, 2024 Apr 9; 102 (17_supplement_1): DOI:10.1212/wnl.0000000000208252
    • Journal Article
      Upregulation of the ESCRT pathway and multivesicular bodies accelerates degradation of proteins associated with neurodegeneration.
      Benyair R, Giridharan SSP, Rivero-Ríos P, Hasegawa J, Bristow E, Eskelinen E-L, Shmueli MD, Fishbain-Yoskovitz V, Merbl Y, Sharkey LM, Paulson HL, Hanson PI, Patnaik S, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J, Marugan J, Weisman LS. Autophagy Rep, 2023 2 (1): DOI:10.1080/27694127.2023.2166722
      PMID: 37064812
    • Journal Article
      A signaling lipid drives synapse formation.
      Rivero-Ríos P, Weisman LS. Science, 2023 Oct 13; 382 (6667): 155 - 156. DOI:10.1126/science.adk5037
      PMID: 37824634
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      RECRUITMENT OF THE SNX17-DEPENDENT ENDOMEMBRANE RECYCLING PATHWAY REGULATES SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY
      Rivero-Rios P, Tsukahara T, Uygun T, Chen A, Chavis G, Giridharan S, Iwase S, Sutton M, Weisman L. IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2023 Oct; 15: s333 DOI:10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.615
    • Journal Article
      Recruitment of the SNX17-Retriever recycling pathway regulates synaptic function and plasticity.
      Rivero-Ríos P, Tsukahara T, Uygun T, Chen A, Chavis GD, Giridharan SSP, Iwase S, Sutton MA, Weisman LS. J Cell Biol, 2023 Jul 3; 222 (7): DOI:10.1083/jcb.202207025
      PMID: 37141105
    • Preprint
      Recruitment of the SNX17-Retriever recycling pathway regulates synaptic function and plasticity
      Rivero-Ríos P, Tsukahara T, Uygun T, Chen A, Chavis GD, Giridharan SSP, Iwase S, Sutton MA, Weisman LS. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.02.20.529299
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    Department News
    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.
    Department News
    Pilar Rivero-Rios and Lois Weisman just published a Perspective in Science
    Pilar Rivero-Rios and Lois Weisman just published a Perspective in Science