SPEAKERS
Robert A. Weinberg
AFFILIATION:
Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA
POSITION TITLE:
Professor and Member
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
1960-1964 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, S.B., Biology
1964-1965 and 1966-1969 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Ph.D., Biology
HONORS:
- Japan Prize, Japan Prize Foundation, 2021
- Salk Institute Medal for Research Excellence, 2016
- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2013
- Wolf Foundation Prize, 2004
- Institute of Medicine, Member, 2000
- Keio Medical Science Foundation Prize, 1997
- National Science Foundation, National Medal of Science, 1997
- Harvey Prize, 1994
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1987
- Sloan Prize, GM Cancer Research Foundation, 1987
- National Academy of Sciences, Member, 1985
- Robert Koch Foundation Prize, 1983
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
We investigate three broad questions related to the origin and spread of cancer. First, how do cancer cells within a primary tumor acquire the ability to invade and metastasize? Second, how are the stem-cell state and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition interrelated? Third, how are the regulators of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition able to activate this profound change in cell phenotype?
PUBLICATIONS:
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