Lois S. Weisman

Past Members

Lois S. Weisman

University of Michigan Professor

Cell BiologyBiochemistry

1993-1999

University of Iowa, Dept. of Biochemistry, Assistant Professor

1999-2004

University of Iowa, Associate Professor

2004-2005

University of Iowa, Professor

2005-

University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute and Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology, Professor

1996

NSF Early Career Development Award

2001

American Heart Established Investigator Award

2009

NIH NIGMS MERIT Award

2012

Elected, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

CDK5/Pho85 regulation of PI3,5P2 lipid signaling from the vacuole/lysosome provides early protection to stress prior to long-term adaptation. (in press) Jin N, Jin Y, Weisman LSJ. Cell Biol.

2015

The vacuole/lysosome is required for cell-cycle progression. Jin Y, Weisman LS. (2015) eLife 4, e08160

2014

Activity-dependent PI(3,5)P2 synthesis controls AMPA receptor trafficking during synaptic depression. (2014) McCartney, A.J., Zolov, S.N., Kauffman, E.J., Strunk, B.S., Zhang, Y., Weisman, L.S. and Sutton, M. PNAS, 111:E4896-48905.

2014

Release from myosin V via spatially regulated recruitment of an E3 Ub ligase controls organelle localization. (2014) Yau RGW, Peng Y, Valiathan R, Birkeland SR, Wilson TE and Weisman LS (2014) Dev. Cell28:520-533.

2012

In vivo, Pikfyve generates PI(3,5)P2, which serves as both a signaling lipid and the major precursor for PI5P. (2012) Zolov SN, Bridges D, Zhang Y, Lee WW, Riehle E, Verma R, Lenk GM, Converso-Baran K, Weide T, Albin RL, Saltiel AR, Meisler MH, Russell MW and Weisman LS (2012) PNAS109: 17472-7.