Visit of Prof. Robert Weinberg, founding director of the Whitehead Institute of MIT

On Thursday December 5, 2019 Prof. Weinberg delivered a special faculty seminar entitled Mechanisms of Malignant Progression. He emphasized the “epigenetic” contribution to cancer pathogenesis and progression for which genomic analysis of cancer alone is not sufficient.

Prof. Weinberg is widely considered one of the world's leading cancer researchers. He discovered the first oncogene and the first tumor suppressor gene. During his visit he met with Faculty investigators, toured the labs and offices, and offered very kind words about the Faculty.