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Robin Weiss
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<p>Robert Anthony "Robin" Weiss (born 20 February 1940) is a British <a href="/facts/Molecular_biology/YgqU35ub">molecular biologist</a>, Emeritus Professor of Viral Oncology at <a href="/facts/University_College_London/7dmHhCf5">University College London</a> and a member of the <a href="/facts/Nuffield_Council_on_Bioethics/kQjuY3WV">Nuffield Council on Bioethics</a>. His research has focused on retroviruses and he is noted for important discoveries related to HIV. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2001 he was awarded the <a href="/facts/M._W._Beijerinck_Prize_for_Virology/1uHapL2A">M. W. Beijerinck Prize for Virology</a> for his work on retroviruses. In 2007 he was awarded the Ernst Chain Prize for pioneering "our understanding of HIV and AIDS". </p>