Lois S. Weisman

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Lois S. Weisman is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lois S. Weisman has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Cell Biology, 59 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Lois S. Weisman's work include Cellular transport and secretion (66 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (27 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (19 papers). Lois S. Weisman is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (66 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (27 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (19 papers). Lois S. Weisman collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Lois S. Weisman's co-authors include Natalie L. Catlett, Yanling Zhang, William Wickner, Jason E. Duex, Scott D. Emr, Yui Jin, Johnathan J. Nau, Fusheng Tang, Jonathan D. Gary and Emily J. Kauffman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lois S. Weisman

89 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

PI(3,5)P2 controls membrane trafficking by direct activation of mucolipin Ca2+ release channels in the endolysosome

2010 484 citations Xiang Wang, Yanling Zhang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lois S. Weisman United States	49	4.3k	4.2k	1.6k	1.2k	672	89	6.9k
Susan Ferro‐Novick United States	54	5.7k 1.3×	6.3k 1.5×	690 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	457 0.7×	110	8.3k
Lars Ellgaard Denmark	37	4.7k 1.1×	4.0k 1.0×	279 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	464 0.7×	62	7.5k
Barth D. Grant United States	45	3.9k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	474 0.3×	488 0.4×	484 0.7×	87	6.9k
Rainer Duden Germany	32	3.9k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	458 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	763 1.1×	60	5.9k
Christian Ungermann Germany	56	6.6k 1.5×	6.5k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.8×	450 0.7×	149	10.0k
Andrew A. Peden United Kingdom	33	3.1k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	515 0.3×	778 0.7×	598 0.9×	64	5.3k
Lennert Janssen Netherlands	33	3.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	635 0.4×	689 0.6×	334 0.5×	47	5.3k
Charles Barlowe United States	42	5.0k 1.2×	5.6k 1.3×	402 0.3×	614 0.5×	380 0.6×	83	7.6k
Christian Behrends Germany	36	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	695 0.4×	3.1k 2.6×	602 0.9×	85	6.1k
Christopher J. Stefan United States	35	3.7k 0.9×	2.8k 0.7×	374 0.2×	543 0.5×	374 0.6×	59	5.0k

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Pashkova, Natalya, et al.. (2025). Cargo adaptors use a handhold mechanism to engage with myosin V for organelle transport. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(7). 1 indexed citations

Rivero-Ríos, Pilar, et al.. (2023). Recruitment of the SNX17-Retriever recycling pathway regulates synaptic function and plasticity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(7). 5 indexed citations

Giridharan, Sai Srinivas Panapakkam, Pilar Rivero-Ríos, Hélène Tronchère, et al.. (2022). Lipid kinases VPS34 and PIKfyve coordinate a phosphoinositide cascade to regulate retriever-mediated recycling on endosomes. eLife. 11. 30 indexed citations

Weisman, Lois S., et al.. (2021). Let it go: mechanisms that detach myosin V from the yeast vacuole. Current Genetics. 67(6). 865–869. 3 indexed citations

Weisman, Lois S., et al.. (2021). Roles and regulation of myosin V interaction with cargo. Advances in Biological Regulation. 79. 100787–100787. 10 indexed citations

Hepowit, Nathaniel L., Sarah A. Port, Richard G. Yau, et al.. (2020). Cargo Release from Myosin V Requires the Convergence of Parallel Pathways that Phosphorylate and Ubiquitylate the Cargo Adaptor. Current Biology. 30(22). 4399–4412.e7. 9 indexed citations

Bissig, Christin, Xavier Heiligenstein, Ilse Hurbain, et al.. (2019). PIKfyve complex regulates early melanosome homeostasis required for physiological amyloid formation. Journal of Cell Science. 132(5). 22 indexed citations

Yau, Richard G., et al.. (2017). Spatial regulation of organelle release from myosin V transport by p21-activated kinases. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(6). 1557–1566. 12 indexed citations

Al‐Ramahi, Ismael, Sai Srinivas Panapakkam Giridharan, Yu‐Chi Chen, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of PIP4Kγ ameliorates the pathological effects of mutant huntingtin protein. eLife. 6. 51 indexed citations

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McCartney, Amber J., Sergey N. Zolov, Emily J. Kauffman, et al.. (2014). Activity-dependent PI(3,5)P ₂ synthesis controls AMPA receptor trafficking during synaptic depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(45). E4896–905. 47 indexed citations

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Yau, Richard G., Yutian Peng, Rajeshwari R. Valiathan, et al.. (2014). Release from Myosin V via Regulated Recruitment of an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Controls Organelle Localization. Developmental Cell. 28(5). 520–533. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Xinran, Xiang Wang, Xiaoli Zhang, et al.. (2013). Genetically encoded fluorescent probe to visualize intracellular phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate localization and dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(52). 21165–21170. 116 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanling, Amber J. McCartney, Sergey N. Zolov, et al.. (2012). Modulation of synaptic function by VAC14, a protein that regulates the phosphoinositides PI(3,5)P ₂ and PI(5)P. The EMBO Journal. 31(16). 3442–3456. 42 indexed citations

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Jin, Yui, et al.. (2012). Overlap of cargo binding sites on myosin V coordinates the inheritance of diverse cargoes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 198(1). 69–85. 70 indexed citations

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Jin, Yui, et al.. (2008). PTC1Is Required for Vacuole Inheritance and Promotes the Association of the Myosin-V Vacuole-specific Receptor Complex. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(5). 1312–1323. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanling, Sergey N. Zolov, Clement Y. Chow, et al.. (2007). Loss of Vac14, a regulator of the signaling lipid phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate, results in neurodegeneration in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(44). 17518–17523. 176 indexed citations

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Duex, Jason E., Fusheng Tang, & Lois S. Weisman. (2006). The Vac14p–Fig4p complex acts independently of Vac7p and couples PI3,5P2 synthesis and turnover. The Journal of Cell Biology. 172(5). 693–704. 117 indexed citations

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Weisman, Lois S.. (2003). Yeast Vacuole Inheritance and Dynamics. Annual Review of Genetics. 37(1). 435–460. 110 indexed citations

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Catlett, Natalie L. & Lois S. Weisman. (2000). Divide and multiply: organelle partitioning in yeast. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 12(4). 509–516. 62 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hui, et al.. (1996). Multiple classes of yeast mutants are defective in vacuole partitioning yet target vacuole proteins correctly.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 7(9). 1375–1389. 83 indexed citations

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