Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg is a professor of biology and the Daniel K. Ludwig professor of cancer research at MIT, a founding member of the Whitehead Institute and an associate member at the Broad Institute. His research focuses on the molecular and cellular determinants of malignant progression — the ability of cancer cells to invade and metastasize — which is programmed by a series of transcription factors that normally work during embryonic stages to regulate epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions. In cancer cells, the expression of these transcription factors is induced by signals from nearby cells. A particular focus of his laboratory’s work is to understand how tumors recruit neighboring stromal cells, which, once in place within the tumor, release signals that elicit cancer cells to undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions.

Learn more about research in the Weinberg laboratory here.