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Overview

Richard J. Weinberg is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily covers Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. Within these broader fields, their work frequently addresses Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology.

Their research spans multiple main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Cellular transport and secretion

They have published extensively in venues such as UNC Libraries, with 64 publications, as well as contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eNeuro, Science, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Synaptic dysfunction and abnormal behaviors in mice lacking major isoforms of Shank3, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Postsynaptic Positioning of Endocytic Zones and AMPA Receptor Cycling by Physical Coupling of Dynamin-3 to Homer, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Ube3a is required for experience-dependent maturation of the neocortex, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Altered mGluR5-Homer scaffolds and corticostriatal connectivity in a Shank3 complete knockout model of autism, 2020, UNC Libraries

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably A Burette, Morgan Sheng, Juli G. Valtschanoff, Eunjoon Kim, and Kristina D. Micheva.

Best Publications

  • Shank, a Novel Family of Postsynaptic Density Proteins that Binds to the NMDA Receptor/PSD-95/GKAP Complex and Cortactin

    Scott Naisbitt;Eunjoon Kim;Jian Cheng Tu;Bo Xiao

  • Cortico-striatal synaptic defects and OCD-like behaviours in Sapap3 -mutant mice

    Jeffrey M. Welch;Jing Lu;Ramona M. Rodriguiz;Nicholas C. Trotta

  • A β2 Adrenergic Receptor Signaling Complex Assembled with the Ca2+ Channel Cav1.2

    Monika A. Davare;Vladimir Avdonin;Duane D. Hall;Erik M. Peden

  • Synaptic dysfunction and abnormal behaviors in mice lacking major isoforms of Shank3

    Xiaoming Wang;Portia A. McCoy;Ramona M. Rodriguiz;Yanzhen Pan

  • Polarized Secretory Trafficking Directs Cargo for Asymmetric Dendrite Growth and Morphogenesis

    April C. Horton;Bence Rácz;Eric E. Monson;Anna L. Lin

  • Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons

    Yumei Wu;Christina Whiteus;C. Shan Xu;Kenneth J. Hayworth

  • Ultrastructure of Synapses in the Mammalian Brain

    Kristen M. Harris;Richard J. Weinberg

  • The Rac1-GEF Tiam1 Couples the NMDA Receptor to the Activity-Dependent Development of Dendritic Arbors and Spines

    Kimberley F. Tolias;Kimberley F. Tolias;Jay B. Bikoff;Jay B. Bikoff;Alain Burette;Suzanne Paradis;Suzanne Paradis

  • Direct Interaction of CASK/LIN-2 and Syndecan Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan and Their Overlapping Distribution in Neuronal Synapses

    Yi Ping Hsueh;Fu Chia Yang;Viktor Kharazia;Scott Naisbitt

  • CRIPT, a novel postsynaptic protein that binds to the third PDZ domain of PSD-95/SAP90.

    Martin Niethammer;Juli G Valtschanoff;Tarun M Kapoor;Daniel W Allison

  • A Unique Population of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons Inhibits the Lateral Habenula to Promote Reward

    Alice M. Stamatakis;Joshua H. Jennings;Randall L. Ung;Grace A. Blair

  • Smaller Dendritic Spines, Weaker Synaptic Transmission, but Enhanced Spatial Learning in Mice Lacking Shank1

    Albert Y. Hung;Kensuke Futai;Carlo Sala;Juli G. Valtschanoff

  • Identification of an elaborate complex mediating postsynaptic inhibition.

    Akiyoshi Uezu;Daniel J. Kanak;Tyler W. A. Bradshaw;Erik J. Soderblom

  • Novel Anchorage of GluR2/3 to the Postsynaptic Density by the AMPA Receptor–Binding Protein ABP

    S Srivastava;P Osten;F.S Vilim;L Khatri

  • NADPH diaphorase in the spinal cord of rats.

    Juli G. Valtschanoff;Richard J. Weinberg;Aldo Rustioni

  • Laminar organization of the NMDA receptor complex within the postsynaptic density.

    Juli G. Valtschanoff;Richard J. Weinberg

  • Ube3a is required for experience-dependent maturation of the neocortex

    Koji Yashiro;Koji Yashiro;Thorfinn T Riday;Kathryn H Condon;Adam C Roberts

  • Altered mGluR5-Homer scaffolds and corticostriatal connectivity in a Shank3 complete knockout model of autism

    Xiaoming Wang;Alexandra L. Bey;Brittany M. Katz;Alexandra Badea

  • Interaction between GRIP and Liprin-α/SYD2 Is Required for AMPA Receptor Targeting

    Michael Wyszynski;Eunjoon Kim;Eunjoon Kim;Anthone W. Dunah;Maria Passafaro

  • Postsynaptic positioning of endocytic zones and AMPA receptor cycling by physical coupling of dynamin-3 to Homer.

    Jiuyi Lu;Thomas D. Helton;Thomas A. Blanpied;Bence Rácz

Frequent Co-Authors

Juli G. Valtschanoff
Juli G. Valtschanoff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Aldo Rustioni
Aldo Rustioni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Viktor Kharazia
Viktor Kharazia University of California, San Francisco
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Michael D. Ehlers
Michael D. Ehlers MPM BioImpact
Benjamin D. Philpot
Benjamin D. Philpot University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen J. Smith
Stephen J. Smith Allen Institute for Brain Science
William C. Wetsel
William C. Wetsel Duke University
Ramona M. Rodriguiz
Ramona M. Rodriguiz Duke University

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