Robert Weinberg

Professor, Academic

1942 –

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Who is Robert Weinberg?

Robert Allan Weinberg is a Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 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.

Robert Weinberg is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He co-teaches MIT course 7.012 with Eric Lander. Weinberg and Lander are among the co-founders of Verastem, biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by targeting cancer stem cells.

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Born
Nov 11, 1942
Pittsburgh
Also known as
  • Robert A. Weinberg
  • Robert Weinberger
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employment
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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