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Robert Weinberg(1942)
Life SciencesRobert Allan Weinberg 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.
United StatesLudwig Cancer Research
4
Major Awards
674
Publications
294,796
Citations
194
h-index
377
i10-index
437.4
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Research Funding
Mechanisms of Inflammation-Induced Awakening of Dormant Metastases
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
Mechanisms of Inflammation-Induced Awakening of Dormant Metastases
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc.
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
SY
Shinya Yamanaka
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
EL
Eric Lander
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
BV
Bert Vogelstein
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
LC
Lewis Cantley
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
TD
Titia de Lange
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
NF
Napoleone Ferrara
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
CB
Cornelia Bargmann
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
DB
David Botstein
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
HC
Hans Clevers
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
CS
Charles Sawyers
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
TH
Tim Hunt
Gairdner International Award (1992)
PN
Paul Nurse
Gairdner International Award (1992)
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Taylor Allderdice High School
Doctoral Advisors
Career Timeline
Harvard University?–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Top Publications
Plasticity of ether lipids promotes ferroptosis susceptibility and evasion
Nature2020737 citations
Linking EMT programmes to normal and neoplastic epithelial stem cells
Nature Reviews Cancer2021474 citations
The systemic response to surgery triggers the outgrowth of distant immune-controlled tumors in mouse models of dormancy
Science Translational Medicine2018376 citations
Genetically Defined Syngeneic Mouse Models of Ovarian Cancer as Tools for the Discovery of Combination Immunotherapy
Cancer Discovery2021121 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
Huda Zoghbi
Horwitz Prize (2022)
Karl Deisseroth
Lasker Basic Medical Research (2021)
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
Jennifer A. Doudna
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
FH
Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Wolf Prize in Medicine (2020)
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