Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Bowes Distinguished Professor of Virology, Gladstone Institute
leor.weinberger@gladstone.ucsf.edu
Phone: 415-734-4857
Gladstone Institute
UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94158
Subject areas:
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and Genomics, Drug Delivery Systems and Pharmacogenomics, Systems and Synthetic Biology
Research
A major focus of our lab is to engineer new classes of antiviral and anti-cancer therapies to overcome drug resistance and delivery barriers. For example, we build first-in-class mRNA therapeutics for HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and a herpesvirus that is the leading cause of birth defects.