Roberto Weigert
Senior Investigator
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Weigert obtained his B.Sc. in chemistry in 1992 from the University of Catania (Italy). He joined the Department of Cell Biology at the Mario Negri Institute (Dr. Alberto Luini) and in 2000 he received his Ph.D. from the Open University of London. In 2001 Dr. Weigert joined the NHLBI at NIH, as a research fellow in the Laboratory of Cell Biology (Dr. Julie Donaldson). In 2006, he joined the NIDCR as chief of the Intracellular Membrane Trafficking Unit, and he was tenured in 2014. In 2015, Dr. Weigert joined the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the NCI.
Research Interest
Membrane trafficking and remodeling, Intravital Microscopy, Actin Cytoskeleton, Bioenergetics, Exocytosis and Endocytosis
Publications
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Amornphimoltham P, Rechache K, Thompson J, Masedunskas A, Leelahavanichkul K, Patel V, Molinolo A, Gutkind JS, Weigert R. Rab25 regulates invasion and metastasis in head and neck cancer. Clinical cancer research. 2013 Jan 22.
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Masedunskas A, Sramkova M, Parente L, Sales KU, Amornphimoltham P, Bugge TH, Weigert R. Role for the actomyosin complex in regulated exocytosis revealed by intravital microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011 Aug 16;108(33):13552-7.
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Sramkova M, Masedunskas A, Parente L, Molinolo A, Weigert R. Expression of plasmid DNA in the salivary gland epithelium: novel approaches to study dynamic cellular processes in live animals. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 2009 Dec 1;297(6):C1347-57.
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Masedunskas A, Weigert R. Intravital Twoâ€Photon Microscopy for Studying the Uptake and Trafficking of Fluorescently Conjugated Molecules in Live Rodents. Traffic. 2008 Oct 1;9(10):1801-10.
