Dr. Weigert received his BA in Biology from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has held numerous positions of honor in research during his professional experience, including Henry L. Hillman professor in the Life Sciences, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Princeton University; Senior member, The Institute for Cancer Research; Member, Basel Institute for Immunology; Professor of Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania; Research Associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA; Postdoctoral research on the mode of action of 5-fluorouracil, Yale University; Predoctoral research on the genetic code; Undergraduate work on metabolic effects of purine analogs, metabolism of 6-methylaminopurine in Salmonella typhimurium, and mating type substances in paramecium and chlamydomonas.
Dr. Weigert has also received numerous appointments, awards and fellowships, including the Carol Nachman Award, Member, National Academy of Sciences, Merit Award, National Institute of General Medicine; Chairman and Member, Allergy and Immunology Study Section; Chairman, Gordon Conference on Immunochemistry and Immunology; Board of Reviewing Editors, Science; Associate Editor, Autoimmunity Journal of Molecular & Cellular Immunology Immunogenetics Journal of Immunology Immunochemistry; American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award; Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship; USPHS Post- and predoctoral Fellowships; German Fulbright Fellowship. He has also authored and co-authored numerous publications. |