Michael Weir is a computational and molecular biologist with particular interest in bioinformatics and understanding how protein synthesis is regulated. His research group uses a combination of computational and molecular biology approaches. Prof. Weir teaches courses in introductory biology and bioinformatics.

Dr. Weir received his B.Sc. from Sussex University, England, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, working with Cecilia Lo. He did postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco, with Profs. Tom Kornberg and Cynthia Kenyon.

Molecular and computational analysis of protein translation