Resume for Irving L. Weissman

CONTACT INFORMATION

Irving L. Weissman, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
B257 Beckman Center
Stanford, CA 94305-5323
Tel: +1 (650) 723-6520
Fax: +1 (650) 723-4034
E-mail: irv@stanford.edu

Stanford University Directorships/Professorships

• Director, Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
• Director, Stanford Ludwig Center for Stem Cell Research
• Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research
• Professor of Pathology, Developmental Biology, and, by courtesy, Biological Sciences and Neurosurgery

Education

• Stanford University, Stanford - California 6/65 - 6/67 (Postdoctoral Fellow, H.S. Kaplan)
• Oxford University, Oxford - England 5/64 - 12/64 (Experimental Pathology)
• Stanford University, Stanford - California 9/60 - 6/65 (Medicine), M.D., 1965
• Montana State University, Bozeman - Montana 9/59 - 6/60 (Pre-Med), B.S., 1961
• Dartmouth College, Hanover - New Hampshire 9/57 - 6/59 (Zoology)

Fellowships

• Faculty Research Awardee, American Cancer Society (National), 1974 - 1978
• Josiah Macy Foundation Scholar, 1974 - 1975
• Senior Dernham Fellow, California Division of the American Cancer Society (National), 1969 - 1973
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1965 - 1967
• NIH Student Traineeship, Cellular Immunology Research Unit, MRC, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Oxford University, Oxford, England, under Professor J.L. Gowans, F.R.S., Director of Unit, 1964
• Medical Student Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, under Dr. Leonard A. Herzenberg, 1961
• NIH Student Traineeship, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, under Dr. Henry S. Kaplan, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology, 1961 - 1964
• Montana Cancer Society Student Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine, Montana Deaconess Hospital, Great Falls, Montana, under Dr. E. J. Eichwald, Director of Laboratories, Chief Editor, Transplantation Bulletin (now Transplantation), 1956 - 1961

Awards & Honors

• 2010 Simon M. Shubitz Award for Excellence in the Field of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• 2009 The Cockrell Foundation Award in Clinical or Translational Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas
• 2009 Passano Award, The Passano Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland
• 2009 Rosenstiel Award, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
• 2008 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, Illinois
• 2008 Robert Koch Award, Koch Foundation, Berlin, Germany
• 2007 Honoree of the Arthritis Foundation of Northern California Chapter’s 2007 Tribute Dinner
• 2007 I. & H. Wachter Award, I. & H. Wachter Foundation
• 2007 Honorary Doctorate, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, New York
• 2006 John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 2006 American-Italian Cancer Foundation Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine, New York City, New York
• 2006 Honorary Doctorate, Columbia University, New York City, New York
• 2006 The Commonwealth Club of California 18th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award
• 2005 Jeffrey Modell “Dare to Dream” Award, Jeffrey Modell Foundation
• 2005 The Linus Pauling Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Science, Stanford University
• 2004 New York Academy of Medicine Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Biomedical Research
• 2004 Alan Cranston Awardee, Alliance for Aging Research
• 2004 Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, National Academy of Sciences Council
• 2004 Rabbi Shai Shacknai Memorial Prize in Immunology and Cancer Research, The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology
• 2003 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine
• 2003 Commencement Speaker to Ph.D. Graduates in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
• 2003 Society of Neurological Surgeons Bass Award
• 2003 American Diabetes Association Elliott Proctor Joslin Medal
• 2002 Commencement Speaker to all Graduates (MS, MD, PhD), Stanford University School of Medicine
• 2002 Election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2002 Basic Cell Research by the American Society of Cytopathology
• 2002 Recipient of the Van Bekkum Stem Cell Award
• 2002 Association of American Cancer Institutes 2002 Distinguished Scientist Award
• 2002 California Scientist of the Year
• 2001 Ellen Browning Scripps Society Medal
• 2001 Irvington Institute Immunologist of the Year
• 1999 E. Donnall Thomas Prize to recognize pioneering research achievements in hematology, American Society of Hematology
• 1999 Leukemia Society of America de Villier’s International Achievement Award
• 1997 Election to the American Academy of Microbiology
• 1995 Elected Honorary Member, Israel Immunological Society
• 1994 President, American Association of Immunologists
• 1994 Montana Conservationist of the Year Award
• 1993 Selected Top 100 Alumni of Montana State University
• 1992 Election to the California Academy of Medicine
• 1992 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Montana State University
• 1990 Election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1990 Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1989 Pasarow Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Biology
• 1989 The Harvey Lecture
• 1989 Election to the National Academy of Sciences
• 1987 Karel and Avice Beekhuis Professor of Cancer Biology
• 1987 Kaiser Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching
• 1986 Outstanding Investigator Award, National Institutes of Health

Main Research Interests

• Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
• Central nervous system stem and progenitor cells
• Lymphocyte differentiation
• Homing receptors
• Normal and neoplastic hematolymphoid development
• Phylogeny of stem cells and alloreactivity in protochordates

Research & Professional Experience

• Board Member, Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington 2009-present
• President, ISSCR, 2009-present
• Director, Stanford Ludwig Center for Stem Cell Research, 2007-present
• Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2005 – 2008
• Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 2004 - present (by courtesy)
• Director, Institute of Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, 2003 - present
• Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University, 1990 - present (by courtesy)
• Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, 1989 - present
• Chairman, Stanford University Immunology Program (degree-granting), 1986 - 2001
• Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanford University, 1981 - present
• Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, 1990 - 1992
• Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanford University, 1974 - 1981
• Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanford University, 1969 - 1974
• Research Associate, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, 1967 - 1968

Professional Societies

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association for Investigative Pathology
• American Academy of Microbiology
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Association of Immunologists
• American Association of Pathologists
• American Association of University Pathologists (P.L.U.T.O.)
• American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• American Society of Hematology
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society for Investigative Pathology
• Clinical Immunology Society
• Cloning and Stem Cells Editorial Board
• Founding Member and Secretary International Society of Stem Cells Biology 2002
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
• International Cytokine Society
• International Society of Experimental Hematology
• Molecular Medicine Society
• National Academy of Sciences
• Project Inform - National Board of Governors
• Regional Board of Governors, American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
• Transplantation Society, Charter Member

Non-university Service (Partial List)

• NIAID Blue Ribbon Panel for the NIH Strategic Plan and Research Agenda for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats, 2004 - present
• Appointee of the Senate Rules Committee, California Legislature, 2003 - present
• Board of Scientific Counseling, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Chairman, Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning, National Academy of Sciences, 2001 - 2002
• Chairman, Section 43 (Immunology), National Academy of Sciences, 2001 - present
• Member, COSEPUP, National Academy of Sciences, 1998 - present
• Chairman, Panel on Benchmarking of Immunology, National Academy of Sciences, 1997 - 1998
• Member, AIDS Vaccine Research Panel, National Institutes of Health, 1996 – 2002
• NIH AIDS Research Program, Etiology and Pathogenesis Area Review, 1995 - 1996
• Project Inform, National Board of Governors, 1995
• President, American Association of Immunologists, 1994 - 1995
• Awards Jury Member, Albert Lasker Medical Research, 1993 - 1994
• Member, Board of Trustees, McLaughlin Research Institute, Great Falls, Montana, 1992 - present
• Chairman and member, Scientific Advisory Board, McLaughlin Research Institute, Great Falls, Montana, 1992 - present
• External Director, Montana Land Reliance, 1992 - present
• External Director, Montana Trout Unlimited, 1992 - present
• Chairman, US-Japan Immunology Board, 1992 - 1994
• Advisor, IMSUT (Institute of Medical Sciences University of Tokyo) International Symposium for Biomedical Research (supported by Schering-Plough), 1991 - 1995
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Basic Sciences, 1988 - 1992
• Member, US-Japan Immunology Board, 1987 - 1994
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Irvington Institute, 1987 - present
• Member, Steering and Research Panels on AIDS, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, 1985 - 1987
• Member, Scientific Review Board, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1986 - 1990
• Chairman, California Division, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee, 1983 - 1986
• Member of the National Institutes of Health Immunobiology Study Section, 1976 - 1980

Biotechnology Boards

• Chairman, Biomedical Research Council, Agency for ScienceTechnology and Research, 2009-Present
• Founder and Director, Cellerant, Inc., 2000-2005
• Co-founder, Stem Cells, Inc., Director, Chair of SAB, 1998-Present
• Member, Board of Directors, SyStemix, 1988 - 1997
• Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, SyStemix, 1988 - 1997
• Co-founder, SyStemix, 1988
• Scientific Advisory Board, T Cell Sciences, 1988 - 1992
• Scientific Advisory Board, DNAX, 1981 - 1992
• Scientific Advisory Board, Amgen, 1981 – 1989

Patents

• 7,514,229 Methods for diagnosing and evaluating treatment of blood disorders
• 7,494,807 Mammalian megakaryocyte progenitor cell
• 7,300,760 Mammalian myeloid progenitor cell subsets
• 7,297,329 Mammalian common lymphoid progenitor cell
• 7,217,568 Methods for identifying and isolating stem cells and cancer stem cells
• 7,217,565 Enriched central nervous system stem cell and progenitor cell populations, and methods for identifying, isolating and enriching for such populations
• 7,153,686 Compositions of enriched central nervous system stem cell and progenitor cell populations
• 7,105,150 In vivo screening methods using enriched neural stem cells
• 7,037,719 Enriched central nervous system stem cell and progenitor cell populations, and methods for identifying, isolating and enriching for such populations
• 6,991,939 Optical array device and methods of use thereof for screening, analysis and manipulation of particles
• 6,908,763 Mammalian common lymphoid progenitor cell
• 6,761,883 Mammalian myeloid progenitor cell subsets
• 6,468,794 Enriched central nervous system stem cell and progenitor cell populations, and methods for identifying, isolating and enriching for such populations
• 6,465,249 Use of .beta.-catenin in the expansion of stem and progenitor cells
• 6,465,247 Mammalian myeloid progenitor cell subsets
• 5,928,638 Methods for gene transfer
• 5,914,108 Human hematopoietic stem cell
• 5,821,108 Enrichment for a thymocyte subset having progenitor cell activity using c-kit as a selection marker
• 5,763,197 Human hematopoietic stem cell
• 5,750,397 Human hematopoietic stem cell
• 5,716,827 Human hematopoietic stem cell
• 5,643,741 Identification and isolation of human hematopoietic stem cells
• 5,614,397 Method and compositions for modulating lifespan of hematolymphoid cells
• 5,447,852 DNA encoding cyclophilin C, and recombinant methods employing it
• 5,362,629 Detection of immunosuppressants
• 5,213,977 Serine protease from cytotoxic killer cells
• 5,087,570 Homogeneous mammalian hematopoietic stem cell composition
• 5,061,620 Human hematopoietic stem cell
• 4,973,555 Human serine protease gene
• 4,886,743 Diagnostic reagents based on unique sequences within the variable region of the T cell receptor and uses thereof
• 4,786,590 Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of receptor-mediated leukemogenesis

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 10/21/39
Place of Birth: Great Falls, Montana
Married: Ann Tsukamoto
Dependents: 5 children

Last updated: 09/2010