1995   Munich, Technische Universität München, Physik Department, Biophysics, PhD
1992   Zagreb, Zagreb University, Biophysics, MSc
1988   Zagreb, Zagreb University, Faculty of natural sciences and mathematics, Physics, BSc

• Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility, graduate program in Biology, Faculty of natural sciences, University of Zagreb
• Cell Biophysics, postgraduate doctoral program in Biophysics, University of Split
• Advanced Light Microscopy, postgraduate doctoral program in Biophysics, University of Zagreb

• Marinović, M., Mijanović, L., Šoštar, M., Vizovišek, M., Junemann, A., Fonović, M., Turk, B, Weber, I., Faix, J., Filić, V. (2019). IQGAP-related protein IqgC suppresses Ras signaling during large-scale endocytosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116(4):1289-1298.
• Filić, V., Marinović, M., Šoštar, M., Weber, I. (2018). Modulation of small GTPase activity by NME proteins. Lab. Investig. 98: 589.
• Marinović, M., Xiong, H., Rivero, F., Weber, I. (2018). Assaying Rho GTPase–dependent processes in Dictyostelium discoideum. Methods Mol. Biol. 1821: 371.
• Junemann, A., Filić, V., Winterhoff, M., Nordholz, B., Litschko, C., Schwellenbach, H., Stephan, T., Weber, I., Faix, J. (2016). A Diaphanous-related formin links Ras signaling directly to actin assembly in macropinocytosis and phagocytosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113: E7464.
• Ramalingam, N., Franke, C., Jaschinski, E., Winterhoff, M., Lu, Y., Brühmann, S., Junemann, A., Meier, H., Noegel, A.A., Weber, I., Zhao, H., Merkel, R., Schleicher, M., Faix, J. (2015). A resilient formin-derived cortical actin meshwork in the rear drives actomyosin-based motility in 2D-confinement. Nat. Commun. 6: 8496.
• Filić, V., Marinović, M., Faix, J., Weber, I. (2014). The IQGAP-related protein DGAP1 mediates signaling to the actin cytoskeleton as an effector and a sequestrator of Rac1 GTPases. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 71: 2775.
• Faix, J., Weber, I. (2013). A dual role model for active Rac1 in cell migration. Small GTPases 4: 110.
• Filić, V., Marinović, M., Faix, J., Weber, I. (2012). A dual role for Rac1 GTPases in the regulation of cell motility. J. Cell Sci. 125: 387.

Books and book chapters

Book chapters

• Marinović, M., Xiong, H., Rivero, F. & Weber, I. (2018) Assaying Rho GTPase–dependent processes in Dictyostelium discoideum. U: Rivero, F. (ur.) Rho GTPases. New York, NY, Humana Press, str. 371-392 doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-8612-5_25.

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• Weber, I. (2011) Interference Reflection Microscopy. U: Zheng, Y. (ur.) Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, str. 1-6 doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0002636.pub2.

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• Weber, I. (2003) Dynamic organization of the actin cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium. U: Pandalai, S. (ur.) Recent Research Developments in Molecular Cellular Biology. Kerala, India, Research Singpost, str. 273-295.

• Albrecht, R. & Weber, I. (2002) Interference reflection microscopy. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London, Nature Publishing Group, str. Vol. 10, 369-371.

• Weber, I. & Gerisch, G. (2002) Cortexillins. Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine. New York, John Wiley & Sons, str. Vol. 1, 914-916.

• Dunn, G., Weber, I. & Zicha, D. (1997) Protrusion, retraction and the efficiency of cell locomotion. U: Alt, W., Deutsch, A. & Dunn, G. (ur.) Dynamics of Cell and Tissue Motion. Basel, Birkhäuser Verlag, str. 215-223.

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Jagić, M., Vuk, T., Škiljaica, A., Markulin, L., Vičić Bočkor, V., Tokić, M., Miškec, K., Razdorov, G., Habazin, S., Šoštar, M., Weber, I., Bauer, N. & Leljak Levanić, D. (2022) BPM1 regulates RdDM-mediated DNA methylation via a cullin 3 independent mechanism. Plant Cell Reports, 41, 2139-2157 doi:10.1007/s00299-022-02911-9.

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• Mijanović, L. & Weber, I. (2022) Adhesion of Dictyostelium Amoebae to Surfaces: A Brief History of Attachments. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 10, 910736, 9 doi:10.3389/fcell.2022.910736.

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• Šafranko, S., Stanković, A., Hajra, S., Kim, H., Strelec, I., Dutour-Sikirić, M., Weber, I., Herak Bosnar, M., Grbčić, P., Kraljević Pavelić, S., Széchenyi, A., Mishra, Y., Jerković, I. & Jokić, S. (2021) Preparation of multifunctional N-doped carbon quantum dots from citrus clementina peel: investigating targeted pharmacological activities and the potential application for Fe3+ sensing. Pharmaceuticals, 14 (9), 857, 18 doi:10.3390/ph14090857.

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• Filić, V., Mijanović, L., Putar, D., Talajić, A., Ćetković, H. & Weber, I. (2021) Regulation of the Actin Cytoskeleton via Rho GTPase Signalling in Dictyostelium and Mammalian Cells: A Parallel Slalom. Cells, 10 (7), 1592, 39 doi:10.3390/cells10071592.

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• Bodinier, R., Sabra, A., Leiba, J., Marchetti, A., Lamrabet, O., Ayadi, I., Filić, V., Kawata, T., Weber, I. & Cosson, P. (2021) Role of LrrkA in the Control of Phagocytosis and Cell Motility in Dictyostelium discoideum. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 9, 629200, 11 doi:10.3389/fcell.2021.629200.

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• Radić, M., Šoštar, M., Weber, I., Ćetković, H., Slade, N. & Herak Bosnar, M. (2020) The Subcellular Localization and Oligomerization Preferences of NME1/NME2 upon Radiation-Induced DNA Damage. International journal of molecular sciences, 21 (7), 2363, 19 doi:10.3390/ijms21072363.

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• Paradžik, M., Humphries, J., Stojanović, N., Nestić, D., Majhen, D., Dekanić, A., Samaržija, I., Sedda, D., Weber, I., Humphries, M. & Ambriović-Ristov, A. (2020) KANK2 links αVβ5 focal adhesions to microtubules and regulates sensitivity to microtubule poisons and cell migration. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 8, 125, 17 doi:10.3389/fcell.2020.00125.

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• Buljubašić, M., Hlevnjak, A., Repar, J., Đermić, D., Filić, V., Weber, I., Zahradka, K. & Zahradka, D. (2019) RecBCD- RecFOR-independent pathway of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli. DNA repair, 83, 102670, 16 doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102670.

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• Marinović, M., Mijanović, L., Šoštar, M., Vizovišek, M., Junemann, A., Fonović, M., Turk, B., Weber, I., Faix, J. & Filić, V. (2019) IQGAP-related protein IqgC suppresses Ras signaling during large-scale endocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (4), 1289-1298 doi:10.1073/pnas.1810268116.

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• Benčić, P., Mandić, L., Džeba, I., Tartaro Bujak, I., Biczók, L., Mihaljević, B., Mlinarić-Majerski, K., Weber, I., Kralj, M. & Basarić, N. (2019) Application of 4-amino-N-adamantylphthalimide solvatochromic dye for fluorescence microscopy in selective visualization of lipid droplets and mitochondria. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 286 (x), 52-61 doi:10.1016/j.snb.2019.01.102.

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• Filić, V., Marinović, M., Šoštar, M. & Weber, I. (2018) Modulation of small GTPase activity by NME proteins. Laboratory investigation, 98 (5), 589-601 doi:10.1038/s41374-018-0023-x.

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• Junemann, A., Filić, V., Winterhoff, M., Nordholz, B., Litschko, C., Schwellenbach, H., Stephan, T., Weber, I. & Faix, J. (2016) A Diaphanous-related formin links Ras signaling directly to actin assembly in macropinocytosis and phagocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (47), E7464-E7473 doi:10.1073/pnas.1611024113.

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• Marinović, M., Šoštar, M., Filić, V., Antolović, V. & Weber, I. (2016) Quantitative imaging of Rac1 activity in Dictyostelium cells with a fluorescently labelled GTPase-binding domain from DPAKa kinase. Histochemistry and cell biology, 146 (3), 267-279 doi:10.1007/s00418-016-1440-9.

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• Ramalingam, N., Franke, C., Jaschinski, E., Winterhoff, M., Lu, Y., Brühmann, S., Junemann, A., Meier, H., Noegel, A., Weber, I., Zhao, H., Merkel, R., Schleicher, M. & Faix, J. (2015) A resilient formin-derived cortical actin meshwork in the rear drives actomyosin-based motility in 2D confinement. Nature Communications, 6, 8496-8496 doi:10.1038/ncomms9496.

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• Filić, V., Marinović, M., Faix, J. & Weber, I. (2014) The IQGAP-related protein DGAP1 mediates signaling to the actin cytoskeleton as an effector and a sequestrator of Rac1 GTPases. Cellular and molecular life sciences, 71 (15), 2775-2785 doi:10.1007/s00018-014-1606-3.

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• Antolović, V., Marinović, M., Filić, V. & Weber, I. (2014) A simple optical configuration for cell tracking by dark-field microscopy. Journal of microbiological methods, 104, 9-11 doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2014.06.006.

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• Weber, I. & Faix, J. (2013) A dual role model for active Rac1 in cell migration. Small GTPases, 4 (2), 110-115 doi:10.4161/sgtp.23476.

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• Njegić-Džakula, B., Reggi, M., Falini, G., Weber, I., Brečević, L. & Kralj, D. (2013) The Influence of a Protein Fragment Extracted from Abalone Shell Green Layer on the Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs in Aqueous Media. Croatica chemica acta, 86 (1), 39-47 doi:10.5562/cca2197.

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• Sabol, M., Car, D., Musani, V., Ozretić, P., Orešković, S., Weber, I. & Levanat, S. (2012) The Hedgehog signaling pathway in ovarian teratoma is stimulated by Sonic Hedgehog which induces internalization of Patched. International journal of oncology, 41 (4), 1411-1418 doi:10.3892/ijo.2012.1554.

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• Filić, V., Marinović, M., Faix, J. & Weber, I. (2012) A dual role for Rac1 GTPases in the regulation of cell motility. Journal of cell science, 125 (2), 387-398 doi:10.1242/jcs.089680.

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• Annesley, S., Bago, R., Herak Bosnar, M., Filić, V., Marinović, M., Weber, I., Mehta, A. & Fisher, P. (2011) Dictyostelim discoideum nucleoside diphosphate kinase C plays a negative regulatory role in phagocytosis, macropinocytosis and exocytosis. PLoS One, 6 (10), e26024, 11 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026024.

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• Jurašin, D., Weber, I. & Filipović-Vinceković, N. (2009) Phase Behavior in Mixtures of Cationic Dimeric and Anionic Monomeric Surfactants. Journal of dispersion science and technology, 30 (5), 622-633 doi:10.1080/01932690802598481.

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• Antica, M., Dubravčić, K., Weber, I., Rajić, L., Labar, B. & Batinić, D. (2007) A search for a mutation of the Aiolos phosphorylation domain in lymphocytes from patients with leukemia. Haematologica, 92 (2), 260-261.

• Gerisch, G. & Weber, I. (2007) Toward the Structure of Dynamic Membrane-Anchored Actin Networks: An Approach Using Cryo-Electron Tomography. Cell Adhesion & Migration, 1 (3), 145-148 doi:10.4161/cam.1.3.4662.

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• Medalia, O., Beck, M., Ecke, M., Weber, I., Neujahr, R., Baumeister, W. & Gerisch, G. (2007) Organization of actin networks in intact filopodia. Current Biology, 17 (1), 79-84 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.022.

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• Weber, I. (2006) Is there a pilot in a pseudopod?. European Journal of Cell Biology, 85, 915-924.

• Weber, I. (2005) Cryoelectron Tomography: Implications for Actin Cytoskeleton Research. Croatica chemica acta, 78, 325-331.

• Weber, I. (2005) Receptor Occupancy on an Ellipsoidal Cell in the Presence of a Point Source of a Chemoattractant. Journal of chemical information and modeling, 45 (6), 1647 -1651.

• Htun van der Horst, E., Weber, I. & Ulrich, A. (2005) Tyrosine phosphorylation of PYK2 mediates Heregulin-induced glioma invasion: Novel Heregulin/HER3-stimulated signaling pathway in glioma. International journal of cancer, 113, 689-698.

• Barišić, K. & Weber, I. (2004) Dictyostelium discoideum: a model organism on the eve of the genome sequencing completion. Periodicum biologorum, 106, 103-114.

• Gerisch, G., Benjak, A., Köhler, J., Weber, I. & Schneider, N. (2004) GFP-golvesin constructs to study Golgi tubulation and post-Golgi vesicle dynamics in phagocytosis. European journal of cell biology, 83, 297-303.

• Herak Bosnar, M., de Gunzburg, J., Bago, R., Brečević, L., Weber, I. & Pavelić, J. (2004) Subcellular localization of A and B Nm23/NDPK subunits. Experimental Cell Research, 298 (1), 275-284.

• Schneider, N., Weber, I., Faix, J., Prassler, J., Müller-Taubenberger, A., Köhler, J., Burghardt, E., Gerisch, G. & Marriott, G. (2003) A Lim protein involved in the progression of cytokinesis and regulation of the mitotic spindle. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 56, 130-139.

• Weber, I. (2003) Confocal fluorescence microscopy of the plant cytoskeleton. Periodicum biologorum, 105 (3), 237-249.

• Weber, I. (2003) Reflection interference contrast microscopy. Methods in enzymology, 361, 34-47 doi:10.1016/S0076-6879(03)61004-9.

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• Bretschneider, T., Jonkman, J., Köhler, J., Medalia, O., Barišić, K., Weber, I., Stelzer, E., Baumeister, W. & Gerisch, G. (2002) Dynamic organization of the actin system in the motile cells of Dictyostelium. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 23, 639-649.

• Müller-Taubenberger, A., Bretschneider, T., Faix, J., Konzok, A., Simmeth, E. & Weber, I. (2002) Differential localization of the Dictyostelium PAKa kinase during cytokinesis and cell migration. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 23 (7-8), 751-763.

• Medalia, O., Weber, I., Frangakis, A., Nicastro, D., Gerisch, n. & Baumeister, W. (2002) Macromolecular Architecture in Eukaryotic Cells Visualized by Cryoelectron Microscopy. Science, 298 (5596), 1209-1213 doi:10.1126/science.1076184.

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• Weber, I., Niewöhner, J., Du, A., Röhrig, U. & Gerisch, G. (2002) A talin fragment as an actin trap visualizing actin flow in chemotaxis, endocytosis, and cytokinesis. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 53, 136-149.

• Weber, I. (2001) On the mechanism of cleavage furrow ingression in Dictyostelium. Cell Structure and Function, 26 (6), 577-584.

• Insall, R., Müller-Taubenberger, A., Machesky, L., Köhler, J., Simmeth, E., Atkinson, S., Weber, I. & Gerisch, G. (2001) Dynamics of the Dictyostelium Arp2/3 complex in endocytosis, cytokinesis, and chemotaxis. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 50 (3), 115-128.

• Faix, J., Weber, I., Mintert, U., Köhler J., Lottspeich, F. & Marriott, G. (2001) Recruitment of cortexillin into the cleavage furrow is controlled by Rac1 and IQGAP-related proteins. EMBO Journal, 20 (14), 3705-3715.

• Tuxworth, R., Weber, I., Wessels, D., Addicks, G., Soll, D., Gerisch, G. & Titus, M. (2001) A role for myosin VII in dynamic cell adhesion. Current Biology, 11 (5), 318-329.

• Weber, I., Neujahr, R., Du, A., Köhler, J., Faix, J. & Gerisch, G. (2000) Two-step positioning of a cleavage furrow by cortexillin and myosin II. Current Biology, 10 (9), 501-506.

• Gerisch, G. & Weber, I. (2000) Cytokinesis without myosin II. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 12 (1), 126-132.

• Stock, A., Steinmetz, M., Janmey, P., Aebi, U., Gerisch, G., Kammerer, R., Weber, I. & Faix, J. (1999) Domain analysis of cortexillin I: actin bundling, PIP2-binding and the rescue of cytokinesis. EMBO Journal, 18 (19), 5274-5284.

• Weber, I. (1999) Computer-assisted morphometry of cell-substratum contacts. Croatian Medical Journal, 40, 334-339.

• Konzok, A., Weber, I., Simmeth, E., Hacker, U., Maniak, M. & Müller-Taubenberger, A. (1999) Dictyostelium DAip1, a homologue of the yeast actin-interacting protein 1, is involved in endocytosis, cytokinesis and motility. Journal of Cell Biology, 146 (2), 453-464.

• Weber, I., Gerisch, G., Heizer, C., Murphy, J., Badelt, K., Stock, A., Schwartz, J. & Faix, J. (1999) Cytokinesis mediated through the recruitment of cortexillins into the cleavage furrow. EMBO Journal, 18, 586-594.

• Weber, I., Niewöhner, J. & Faix, J. (1999) Cytoskeletal protein mutations and cell motility in Dictyostelium. Biochemical Society Symposia, 65, 245-265.

• Neujahr, R., Heizer, C., Albrecht, R., Ecke, M., Schwartz, J., Weber, I. & Gerisch, G. (1997) Three-dimensional patterns and redistribution of myosin II and actin in mitotic Dictyostelium cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 139, 1793-1804.

• Niewöhner, J., Weber, I., Maniak, M., Müller-Taubenberger, A. & Gerisch, G. (1997) Talin-null cells of Dictyostelium are strongly defective in adhesion to particle and substrate surfaces and slightly impaired in cytokinesis. Journal of Cell Biology, 138, 349-361.

• Weber, I. & Albrecht, R. (1997) Image processing for combined bright-field and reflection interference contrast video microscopy. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 53 (2), 113-118.

• Gimond, C., Mercier, I., Weber, I. & Aumailley, M. (1996) Adhesion complexes formed by OVCAR-4 cells on laminin 1 differ from those observed on fibronectin. Cell Communication and Adhesion, 3, 527-539.

• Weber, I., Wallraff, E., Albrecht, R. & Gerisch, G. (1995) Motility and substratum adhesion of Dictyostelium wild-type and cytoskeletal mutant cells: a study by RICM/bright-field double-view image analysis. Journal of cell science, 108, 1519-1530.

• Weber, I. & Kirin, D. (1992) Low-frequency vibrational spectra of cytosine monohydrate single crystals. Journal of molecular structure, 267, 67-72 doi:10.1016/0022-2860(92)87011-J.

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Croatian Society for Natural Sciences
Croatian Society for Theoretical and Mathematical Biology (president 2005-2006)
Croatian Biophysical Society
Croatian Microscopy Society (president 2012-2016)
European microscopy society (member of the Executive board, 2016-2020)