Richard L. Weiss, Ph.D.

A Short Biography:

Dr. Weiss received his B.S. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Work Titles
UCLA Lab Director, R. Weiss Lab Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Member, Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology Member, Molecular Biology Institute Researcher, Biochemistry Researcher, Chemical Biology
Education:
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Washington
B.S., Stanford University
Professional Societies:
NIH Senior Fellow
ACS Fellow
NIH Fellow

Contact Information:

Fax Number:

(310) 206-5213

Work Phone Number:

1 (310) 825-3621

Work Address:

Young Hall 5072A
Mail Code: 156905


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Barbieri John S, Weiss Richard L   Collapse of aortic tube graft during systole Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 2013; 30(4): E108-9.
Ferrari Giovanni, Sainger Rachana, Beckmann Erik, Keller Gianluca, Yu Pey-Jen, Monti Maria Cristina, Galloway Aubrey C, Weiss Richard L, Vernick William, Grau Juan B   Validation of plasma biomarkers in degenerative calcific aortic stenosis The Journal of surgical research, 2010; 163(1): 12-7.
Dunlap Jay C, Borkovich Katherine A, Henn Matthew R, Turner Gloria E, Sachs Matthew S, Glass N Louise, McCluskey Kevin, Plamann Michael, Galagan James E, Birren Bruce W, Weiss Richard L, Townsend Jeffrey P, Loros Jennifer J, Nelson Mary Anne, Lambreghts Randy, Colot Hildur V, Park Gyungsoon, Collopy Patrick, Ringelberg Carol, Crew Christopher, Litvinkova Liubov, DeCaprio Dave, Hood Heather M, Curilla Susan, Shi Mi, Crawford Matthew, Koerhsen Michael, Montgomery Phil, Larson Lisa, Pearson Matthew, Kasuga Takao, Tian Chaoguang, Basturkmen Meray, Altamirano Lorena, Xu Junhuan   Enabling a community to dissect an organism: overview of the Neurospora functional genomics project Adv. Genet, 2007; 57(2): 49-96.
Colot Hildur V, Park Gyungsoon, Turner Gloria E, Ringelberg Carol, Crew Christopher M, Litvinkova Liubov, Weiss Richard L, Borkovich Katherine A, Dunlap Jay C   A high-throughput gene knockout procedure for Neurospora reveals functions for multiple transcription factors Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, 2006; 103(27): 10352-7.
Turner Gloria Ellen, Weiss Richard L   Developmental expression of two forms of arginase in Neurospora crassa Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2006; 1760(6): 848-57.
Borkovich Katherine A, Alex Lisa A, Yarden Oded, Freitag Michael, Turner Gloria E, Read Nick D, Seiler Stephan, Bell-Pedersen Deborah, Paietta John, Plesofsky Nora, Plamann Michael, Goodrich-Tanrikulu Marta, Schulte Ulrich, Mannhaupt Gertrud, Nargang Frank E, Radford Alan, Selitrennikoff Claude, Galagan James E, Dunlap Jay C, Loros Jennifer J, Catcheside David, Inoue Hirokazu, Aramayo Rodolfo, Polymenis Michael, Selker Eric U, Sachs Matthew S, Marzluf George A, Paulsen Ian, Davis Rowland, Ebbole Daniel J, Zelter Alex, Kalkman Eric R, O'Rourke Rebecca, Bowring Frederick, Yeadon Jane, Ishii Chizu, Suzuki Keiichiro, Sakai Wataru, Pratt Robert   Lessons from the genome sequence of Neurospora crassa: tracing the path from genomic blueprint to multicellular organism Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev, 2004; 68(1): 1-108.
Marathe S, Yu Y G, Turner G E, Palmier C, Weiss R L   Multiple forms of arginase are differentially expressed from a single locus in Neurospora crassa J. Biol. Chem, 1998; 273(45): 29776-85.
Parra-Gessert L, Koo K, Fajardo J, Weiss R L   Processing and function of a polyprotein precursor of two mitochondrial proteins in neurospora crassa J. Biol. Chem, 1998; 273(14): 7972-80.
Keenan K A, Weiss R L   Characterization of vacuolar arginine uptake and amino acid efflux in Neurospora crassa using cupric ion to permeabilize the plasma membrane Fungal Genet. Biol, 1997; 22(3): 177-90.
Yu Y G, Turner G E, Weiss R L   Acetylglutamate synthase from Neurospora crassa: structure and regulation of expression Mol. Microbiol, 1996; 22(3): 545-54.
Kim, J. H. and Weiss, R. L.   Genetic Analysis of Interactions between arg-14 and arg-6 Gene Products in Neurospora crassa Mol. Cells, 1995; 5: 461-466.
Gessert S F, Kim J H, Nargang F E, Weiss R L   A polyprotein precursor of two mitochondrial enzymes in Neurospora crassa. Gene structure and precursor processing J. Biol. Chem, 1994; 269(11): 8189-203.
Yu Y G, Weiss R L   Arginine transport in mitochondria of Neurospora crassa J. Biol. Chem, 1992; 267(22): 15491-5.
Kanamori K, Weiss R L, Roberts J D   Efficiency factors and ATP/ADP ratios in nitrogen-fixing Bacillus polymyxa and Bacillus azotofixans J. Bacteriol, 1990; 172(4): 1962-8.
Kanamori K, Weiss R L, Roberts J D   Ammonia assimilation pathways in nitrogen-fixing Clostridium kluyverii and Clostridium butyricum J. Bacteriol, 1989; 171(4): 2148-54.
Paek Y L, Weiss R L   Identification of an arginine carrier in the vacuolar membrane of Neurospora crassa J. Biol. Chem, 1989; 264(13): 7285-90.
Davis R H, Weiss R L   Novel mechanisms controlling arginine metabolism in Neurospora Trends Biochem. Sci, 1988; 13(3): 101-4.

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