Weihan Li

Weihan Li

Alumni Graduate Student

weihan@walterlab.ucsf.edu

Current Position

Weihan Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Robert H. Singer’s Lab
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Ave – Golding bldg 601
Bronx, NY 10461 USA
Phone: +1.718.430.3230
weihanli89@gmail.com
 

Former Lab Affiliations

2007-2011 Prof. Leihan Tang – Undergraduate Student Researcher, Hong Kong Baptist University
2010 Prof. Mogens Jensen – Visiting Researcher, Niels Bohr Institute

Education

2007-2011 B.S. Applied Physics – Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
2011-Present Ph.D – University of California, San Francisco, USA

Selected Publications

Yildirim Z, Baboo S, Hamid SM, Dogan AE, Tufanli O, Robichaud S, Emerton C, Diedrich JK, Vatandaslar H, Nikolos F, Gu Y, Iwawaki T, Tarling E, Ouimet M, Nelson DL, Yates JR 3rd, Walter P, Erbay E. Intercepting IRE1 kinase-FMRP signaling prevents atherosclerosis progression. EMBO Mol Med 14(4):e15344, 2022
(PMID: 35191199

Le Thomas A, Ferri E, Marsters S, Harnoss JM, Lawrence DA, Zuazo-Gaztelu I, Modrusan Z, Chan S, Solon M, Chalouni C, Li W, Koeppen H, Rudolph J, Wang W, Wu TD, Walter P, Ashkenazi A. Decoding non-canonical mRNA decay by the endoplasmic-reticulum stress sensor IRE1α. Nat Comms DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27597-7, 2021
(PMID: not available) 

Li W, Crotty K, Garrido Ruiz D, Voorhies M, Rivera C, Sil A, Mullins RD, Jacobson MP, Peschek J, Walter PProtomer alignment modulates specificity of RNA substrate recognition by Ire1. eLife 10:e6742, 2021
(PMID: 33904404

Li W, Crotty K, Ruiz DG, Voorhies M, Rivera C, Sil A, Mullins RD, Jacobson MP, Peschek J, Walter PProtomer alignment modulates specificity of RNA substrate recognition by Ire1. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.10.430655, 2021
(PMID: not available) 

Vilarrasa-Blasi J, Fauser F, Onishi M, Ramundo S, Patena W, Millican M, Osaki J, Philp C, Nemeth M, Salomé PA, Li X, Wakao S, Kim RG, Kaye Y, Grossman AR, Niyogi KK, Merchant S, Cutler S, Walter P, Dinneny JR, Jonikas MC, Jinkerson RE. Systematic characterization of gene function in a photosynthetic organism. bioRxiv - preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.11.420950, 2020
(PMID: not available) 

Krukowski K, Nolan A, Frias ES, Boone M, Ureta G, Grue K, Paladini M-S, Elizarraras E, Delgado L, Bernales S, Walter P, Rosi S. Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related memory decline in mice. eLife 9:e62048, 2020
(PMID: 33258451

Schoof M, Faust B, Saunders RA, Sangwan S, Rezelj V, Hoppe N, Boone M, Billesbølle CB, Puchades C, Azumaya CM, Kratochvil HT, Zimanyi M, Deshpande I, Liang J, Dickinson S, Nguyen HC, Chio CM, Merz GE, Thompson MC, Diwanji D, Schaefer K, Anand AA, Dobzinski N, Zha BS, Simoneau CR, Leon K, White KM, Chio US, Gupta M, Jin M, Li F, Liu Y, Zhang K, Bulkley D, Sun M, Smith AM, Rizo AN, Moss F, Brilot AF, Pourmal S, Trenker R, Pospiech T, Gupta S, Barsi-Rhyne B, Belyy V, Barile-Hill AW, Nock S, Liu Y, Krogan NJ, Ralston CY, Swaney DL, García-Sastre A, Ott M, Vignuzzi M, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Walter P, Manglik A. An ultra-potent synthetic nanobody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 by stabilizing inactive Spike. Science. 10.1126/science.abe3255, 2020
(PMID: 33154106

Rabouw HH, Visser LJ, Passchier TC, Langereis MA, Liu F, Giansanti P, van Vliet ALW, Dekker JG, van der Grein SG, Saucedo JG, Anand AA, Trellet ME, Bonvin AMJJ, Walter P, Heck AJR, de Groot RJ, van Kuppeveld FJM. Inhibition of the integrated stress response by viral proteins that block p-eIF2–eIF2B association. Nat Microbiol 5(11):1361-1373, 2020
(PMID: 32690955

Walter P, Mullins RD. To fight Covid-19, open access to scientific publishing. STAT, available online, 2020
(PMID: not available) 

Costa-Mattioli M, Walter PThe integrated stress response: From mechanism to disease. Science 368:eaat5314. Review, 2020
(PMID: 32327570

Carter SD, Hampton CM, Langlois R, Melero R, Farino ZJ, Calderon MJ, Li W, Wallace CT, Tran NH, Grassucci RA, Siegmund SE, Pemberton J, Morgenstern TJ, Eisenman L, Aguilar JI, Greenberg NL, Levy ES, Yi E, Mitchell WG, Rice WJ, Wigge C, Pilli J, George EW, Aslanoglou D, Courel M, Freyberg RJ, Javitch JA, Wills ZP, Area-Gomez E, Shiva S, Bartolini F, Volchuk A, Murray SA, Aridor M, Fish KN, Walter P, Balla T, Fass D, Wolf SG, Watkins SC, Carazo JM, Jensen GJ, Frank J, Freyberg Z. Ribosome-associated vesicles: A dynamic subcompartment of the endoplasmic reticulum in secretory cells. Sci Adv 6:eaay9572, 2020
(PMID: 32270040

Zhu PJ, Khatiwada S, Cui Y, Reineke LC, Dooling SW, Kim JJ, Li Wei, Walter P, Costa-Mattioli M. Activation of the ISR mediates the behavioral and neurophysiological abnormalities in Down syndrome. Science 366:843-849, 2019
(PMID: 31727829

Walter P, Mullins D. From symbiont to parasite: the evolution of for-profit science publishing. Mol. Biol. Cell. 30:2537-2542, 2019
(PMID: 31539315

Torres SE, Gallagher CM, Plate L, Gupta M, Liem CR, Guo X, Tian R, Stroud RM, Kampmann M, Weissman JS, Walter PCeapins block the unfolded protein response sensor ATF6α by inducing a neomorphic inter-organelle tether. eLife 8:e46595, 2019
(PMID: 31149896

Acosta-Alvear D, Karagöz GE, Fröhlich F, Li H, Walther T, Walter PThe unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum protein targeting machineries converge on the stress sensor IRE1. eLife 7:e43036, 2018
(PMID: 30582518

Li W, Okreglak V, Peschek J, Kimmig P, Zubradt M, Weissman J, Walter PEngineering ER-stress dependent non-conventional mRNA splicing. eLife 7:e35388, 2018
(PMID: 29985129

Chou A, Krukowski K, Jopson T, Zhu PJ, Costa-Mattioli M, Walter P, Rosi S. Inhibition of the integrated stress response reverses cognitive deficits after traumatic brain injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci E6420–E6426, 2017
(PMID: 28696288

Tufanli O, Telkoparan-Akillilar P, Acosta-Alvear D, Kocaturk B, Onata UI, Hamida SM, Cimen I, Walter P, Weber C, Erbay E. Targeting IRE1 with small molecules counteracts progression of atherosclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 114:E1395-E1404, 2017
(PMID: 28137856

Placzek AN, Prisco GV, Khatiwada S, Sgritta M, Huang W, Krnjević K, Kaufman RJ, Dani JA, Walter P, Costa-Mattioli M. eIF2α-mediated translational control regulates the persistence of cocaine-induced LTP in midbrain dopamine neurons. eLife e17517, 2016
(PMID: 27960077

Sabnis AJ, Guerriero CG, Olivas V, Sayana A, Shue J, Flanagan J, Asthana S, Paton A, Paton J, Gestwicki J, Walter P, Weissman J, Wipf P, Brodsky J, Bivona TG. Combined chemical-genetic approach identifies cytosolic HSP70 dependence in rhabdomyosarcoma. Proc Natl Acad Sci 113:9015-20, 2016
(PMID: 27450084

Placzek AN, Molfese DL, Khatiwada S, Di Prisco GV, Huang W, Sidrauski C, Krnjević K, Amos CL, Ray R, Dani JA, Walter P, Salas R, Costa-Mattioli M. Translational control of nicotine-evoked synaptic potentiation in mice and neuronal responses in human smokers by eIF2α. eLife 5:e12056, 2016
(PMID: 26928076

Huang W, Placzek AN, Di Prisco GV, Khatiwada S, Sidrauski C, Krnjević K, Walter P, Dani JA, Costa-Mattioli M. Translational control by eIF2α regulates adolescent vulnerability to the synaptic and 2 behavioral effects of cocaine. eLife 5:e12052, 2016
(PMID: 26928234

Li X, Colvin T, Rauch JN, Acosta-Alvear D, Kampmann M, Dunyak B, Hann B, Aftab BT, Murnane M, Cho M, Walter P, Weissman JS, Sherman MY, Gestwicki JE. Validation of the Hsp70-Bag3 protein-protein interaction as a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Mol Cancer Ther 14:642-8, 2015
(PMID: 25564440

Mendez A, Alfaro J, Morales-Soto MA, Dar AC, McCullagh E, Gotthardt K, Li H, Acosta-Alvear D, Sidrauski C, Korennykh AV, Bernales S, Shokat KM, Walter PEndoplasmic reticulum stress-independent activation of unfolded protein response kinases by a small molecule ATP-mimic. eLife 4:e07314, 2015
(PMID: 25875391

Sidrauski C, McGeachy A, Ingolia N, Walter PThe small molecule ISRIB reverses the effects of eIF2α phosphorylation on translation and stress granule assembly. eLife 4:e05033, 2015
(PMID: 25719440) (PDF)

Noriega T, Chen J, Walter P, Puglisi J. Real-time observation of signal recognition particle binding to actively translating ribosomes. eLife 3:e04418, 2014
(PMID: 25358118

Noriega T, Tsai A, Elvekrog M, Petrov A, Neher S, Chen J, Bradshaw N, Puglisi J, Walter PSignal recognition particle-ribosome binding is sensitive to nascent chain length. J Biol Chem 289:19294-305, 2014
(PMID: 24808175

Di Prisco G, Huang W, Buffington S, Hsu C, Bonnen P, Placzek A, Sidrauski C, Krnjević K, Kaufman R, Walter P, Costa-Mattioli M. Translational control of mGluR-dependent long-term depression and object-place learning by eIF2α. Nat Neurosci 17:1073-82, 2014
(PMID: 24974795

Lim B, Miyazaki R, Neher S, Siegele DA, Ito K, Walter P, Akiyama Y, Yura T, Gross CA. Heat shock transcription factor σ32 co-opts the signal recognition particle to regulate protein homeostasis in E. coli. PLoS Biol 11:e1001735, 2013
(PMID: 24358019

Sidrauski C, Acosta-Alvear D, Khoutorsky A, Vedantham P, Hearn B, Li H, Gamache K, Gallagher C, Ang K, Wilson C, Okreglak V, Ashkenazi A, Hann B, Nader K, Arkin M, Renslo A, Sonenberg N, Walter PPharmacological brake-release of mRNA translation enhances cognitive memory. eLife 2:e00498, 2013
(PMID: 23741617

Kimmig P, Diaz M, Zheng J, Williams C, Lang A, Aragón T, Li H, Walter PThe unfolded protein response in fission yeast modulates stability of select mRNAs to maintain protein homeostasis. eLife 1:e00048, 2012
(PMID: 23066505

Moreira K, Schuck S, Schrul B, Fröhlich F, Moseley J, Walther T, Walter PSeg1 controls eisosome assembly and shape. J Cell Biol 198:405-20, 2012
(PMID: 22869600

Castillo K, Rojas-Rivera D, Lisbona F, Caballero B, Nassif M, Court F, Schuck S, Ibar C, Walter P, Sierralta J, Glavic A, Hetz C. BAX inhibitor-1 regulates autophagy by controlling the IRE1α branch of the unfolded protein response. EMBO J 30:4465-78, 2011
(PMID: 21926971

Li H, Korennykh AV, Behrman SL, Walter PMammalian endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor IRE1 signals by dynamic clustering. Proc Natl Acad Sci 107:16113–18, 2010
(PMID: 20798350

Pincus D, Chevalier MW, Aragón T, van Anken E, Vidal SE, El-Samad H, Walter PBiP binding to the ER-stress sensor Ire1 tunes the homeostatic behavior of the unfolded protein response. PLoS Biol 8:e1000415, 2010
(PMID: 20625545

Aguilar PS, Fröhlich F, Rehman M, Shales M, Ulitsky I, Olivera-Couto A, Braberg H, Shamir R, Walter P, Mann M, Ejsing CS, Krogan NJ, Walther TC. A plasma-membrane E-MAP reveals links of the eisosome with sphingolipid metabolism and endosomal trafficking. Nat Struct Mol Biol 7:901-8, 2010
(PMID: 20526336

Aguilar PS, Heiman MG, Walther TC, Engel A, Schwudke D, Gushwa N, Kurzchalia T, Walter PStructure of sterol aliphatic chains affects yeast cell shape and cell fusion during mating. PNAS 9:4170-5, 2010
(PMID: 20150508

Fröhlich F, Moreira K, Aguilar P, Hubner N, Mann M, Walter P, Walther TA genome-wide screen for genes affecting eisosomes reveals Nce102 function in sphingolipid signaling. J Cell Biol 185:1227-42, 2009
(PMID: 19564405

Hollien J, Lin J, Li H, Stevens N, Walter P, Weissman J. Regulated Ire1-dependent decay of messenger RNAs in mammalian cells. J Cell Biol 186:323-31, 2009
(PMID: 19651891

Kornmann B, Currie E, Collins S, Schuldiner M, Nunnari J, Weissman J, Walter PAn ER-mitochondria tethering complex revealed by a synthetic biology screen. Science 325:477-81, 2009
(PMID: 19556461

Jonikas M, Collins S, Denic V, Oh E, Quan E, Schmid V, Weibezahn J, Schwappach B, Walter P, Weissman J, Schuldiner M. Comprehensive characterization of genes required for protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. Science 323:1693-7, 2009
(PMID: 19325107

Lisbona F, Rojas-Rivera D, Thielen P, Zamorano S, Todd D, Martinon F, Glavic A, Kress C, Lin J, Walter P, Reed J, Glimcher L, Hetz C. BAX inhibitor-1 is a negative regulator of the ER stress sensor IRE1alpha. Mol Cell 33:679-91, 2009
(PMID: 19328063

Lin J, Li H, Zhang Y, Ron D, Walter PDivergent effects of PERK and IRE1 signaling on cell viability. PLoS ONE 4:e4170, 2009
(PMID: 19137072

Lin J, Li H, Yasumura D, Cohen H, Zhang C, Panning B, Shokat K, Lavail M, Walter PIRE1 signaling affects cell fate during the unfolded protein response. Science 318:944-9, 2007
(PMID: 17991856

Walther T, Aguilar P, Fröhlich F, Chu F, Moreira K, Burlingame A, Walter PPkh-kinases control eisosome assembly and organization. EMBO J 26:4946-55, 2007
(PMID: 18034155

Patil C, Li H, Walter PGcn4p and novel upstream activating sequences regulate targets of the unfolded protein response. PLoS Biol 2:E246, 2004
(PMID: 15314660

Chu F, Shan S, Moustakas D, Alber F, Egea P, Stroud R, Walter P, Burlingame A. Unraveling the interface of signal recognition particle and its receptor by using chemical cross-linking and tandem mass spectrometry. Proc Natl Acad Sci 101:16454-9, 2004
(PMID: 15546976

Brown J, Hann B, Medzihradszky K, Niwa M, Burlingame A, Walter PSubunits of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae signal recognition particle required for its functional expression. EMBO J 13:4390-400, 1994
(PMID: 7925282

Selinger D, Brennwald P, Althoff S, Reich C, Hann B, Walter P, Wise J. Genetic and biochemical analysis of the fission yeast ribonucleoprotein particle containing a homolog of Srp54p. Nucleic Acids Res 22:2557-67, 1994
(PMID: 8041618

Wolin S, Walter PDiscrete nascent chain lengths are required for the insertion of presecretory proteins into microsomal membranes. J Cell Biol 121:1211-9, 1993
(PMID: 8389768

Hann B, Stirling C, Walter PSEC65 gene product is a subunit of the yeast signal recognition particle required for its integrity. Nature 356:532-3, 1992
(PMID: 1313947

Wolin S, Walter PSignal recognition particle mediates a transient elongation arrest of preprolactin in reticulocyte lysate. J Cell Biol 109:2617-22, 1989
(PMID: 2556403

Andrews D, Lauffer L, Walter P, Lingappa V. Evidence for a two-step mechanism involved in assembly of functional signal recognition particle receptor. J Cell Biol 108:797-810, 1989
(PMID: 2537835

Lingelbach K, Zwieb C, Webb J, Marshallsay C, Hoben P, Walter P, Dobberstein B. Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone encoding the 19 kDa protein of signal recognition particle (SRP): expression and binding to 7SL RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 16:9431-42, 1988
(PMID: 2460823

Wolin S, Walter PRibosome pausing and stacking during translation of a eukaryotic mRNA. EMBO J 7:3559-69, 1988
(PMID: 2850168

Walter P, Lingappa V. Mechanism of protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Annu Rev Cell Biol 2:499-516, 1986
(PMID: 3030381

Bonatti S, Migliaccio G, Blobel G, Walter PRole of signal recognition particle in the membrane assembly of Sindbis viral glycoproteins. Eur J Biochem 140:499-502, 1984
(PMID: 6723645

Blobel G, Walter P, Chang C, Goldman B, Erickson A, Lingappa V. Translocation of proteins across membranes: the signal hypothesis and beyond. Symp Soc Exp Biol 33:9-36, 1979
(PMID: 524275

Walter P, Jackson R, Marcus M, Lingappa V, Blobel G. Tryptic dissection and reconstitution of translocation activity for nascent presecretory proteins across microsomal membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci 76:1795-9, 1979
(PMID: 109833