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Dr. Robert A. Weinberg

Author, cancer biologist, Historical Figure, researcher | Whitehead Institute

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Roles / TypesAuthor, cancer biologist, Historical Figure, researcher

OrganizationsWhitehead Institute

Websitehttps://biology.mit.edu/profile/robert-a-weinberg/

Summary

MIT cancer biologist, Whitehead Institute member, and author of The Biology of Cancer. Robert A. Weinberg is Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and a core member of the Whitehead Institute. His lab studies how cancer cells invade and metastasize, cancer stem-cell states, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

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Robert A. Weinberg is Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and a core member of the Whitehead Institute. His lab studies how cancer cells invade and metastasize, cancer stem-cell states, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Whitehead notes that he identified and characterized both the first oncogene and the first tumor suppressor gene.