Irving Weissman

Irving Weissman
Born(1939-10-21)October 21, 1939
Great Falls, Montana
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Irving Lerner "Irv" Weissman (born Great Falls, Montana, October 21, 1939)[1] is a Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology at Stanford University[2] where he is the Director of the Stanford Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine along with Michael Longaker.

Weissman was raised in Great Falls, Montana and started his scientific career at the McLaughlin Research Institute there. He obtained his MD from Stanford University in 1965 after earning a BS from Montana State University in 1961. His research has since focused on hematopoietic stem cell biology.

  1. ^ Weissman, Irving L., American Men and Women of Science, Eds. Pamela Kalte, Katherine Nemeh and Noah Schusterbauer, Vol. 7, 22nd Ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005, p552-553. Gale Document Number: CX3454833983. Retrieved November 8, 2010
  2. ^ "Faculty & Researcher Profiles - Irving Weissman". Stanford University Medical Center. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.