Date and Time
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, April 17
6 pm
Fees/Admission
Registration required: springintoscience.wi.mit.edu
Website
Description
Part One of Whitehead Institute’s Spring into Science Series
In a talk geared toward a general audience, Dr. Robert Weinberg, a Founding Member of Whitehead Institute and the Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will explore challenges and advances in cancer research as well as insights from his own lab and others into the final step of cancer development -- metastasis. An internationally recognized authority on the molecular and genetic basis of human cancer, Dr. Weinberg’s accomplishments include the discovery of the first human oncogene and the first tumor suppressor gene. His lab is currently focused on understanding cancer metastasis, a process that accounts for 90% of all cancer-associated deaths.