Robert Weinberg (biologist)

Robert Weinberg
Born
Robert Allan Weinberg

(1942-11-11) November 11, 1942 (age 81)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD)
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
Oncology
Institutions
Doctoral students
Websiteweinberglab.wi.mit.edu

Robert Allan Weinberg (born November 11, 1942) is an American biologist, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), director of the Ludwig Center of the MIT, and American Cancer Society Research Professor. His research is in the area of oncogenes and the genetic basis of human cancer.[2][3][4]

Robert Weinberg is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.[5] Weinberg and Eric Lander, a colleague at M.I.T., are co-founders of Verastem, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by targeting cancer stem cells.[6]

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  2. ^ Shih, C.; Weinberg, R. A. (1982). "Isolation of a transforming sequence from a human bladder carcinoma cell line". Cell. 29 (1): 161–9. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(82)90100-3. PMID 6286138. S2CID 12046552.
  3. ^ Weinberg, R. A.; Hahn, W. C.; Counter, C. M.; Lundberg, A. S.; Beijersbergen, R. L.; Brooks, M. W. (1999). "Creation of human tumour cells with defined genetic elements". Nature. 400 (6743): 464–8. Bibcode:1999Natur.400..464H. doi:10.1038/22780. PMID 10440377. S2CID 2377425.
  4. ^ Mani, S. A.; Guo, W.; Liao, M. J.; Eaton, E. N.; Ayyanan, A.; Zhou, A. Y.; Brooks, M.; Reinhard, F.; Zhang, C. C.; Shipitsin, M.; Campbell, L. L.; Polyak, K.; Brisken, C.; Yang, J.; Weinberg, R. A. (2008). "The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells". Cell. 133 (4): 704–15. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2008.03.027. PMC 2728032. PMID 18485877.
  5. ^ "The Deadly Side of Cancer: How Cancer Spreads with Robert Weinberg – DF/HCC". www.dfhcc.harvard.edu.
  6. ^ "News Release - Novel Drugs Targeting Cancer Stem Cells". phx.corporate-ir.net. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2022.