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June 27, 2024
Nearly 100 steadfast members of Wistar’s President’s Society and honored guests gathered at The Wistar Institute to attend this year’s President’s Society Dinner for an evening of community and ref…
June 24, 2024
Dr. Pratima Saini, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen. She talked about her journey to becoming a scientist. “When I saw so many women around me doing amazin…
June 20, 2024
Dr. Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D. Phil., is the Herbert Kean, M.D., Family Professor; vice president of Scientific Operations; associate director for Shared Resources at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan …
June 10, 2024
[pictured: George Washington Carver High School students observe Wistar’s Andrew Milcarek, Ph.D. in the lab] Philadelphia’s George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science is …
May 23, 2024
Three of The Wistar Institute’s foremost melanoma researchers: professor Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc.; associate professor Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D.; and assistant professor Noam Auslander, Ph.D. …
May 13, 2024
Dr. Noam Auslander, Ph.D., is assistant professor of the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center. She focuses on developing machine learning methods …
April 30, 2024
University City, Philadelphia may have been quieter than usual with so many taking spring breaks, but March was a busy month for The Wistar Institute’s Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Education and Training…
April 29, 2024
Unique Stephens, who recently testified at a Philadelphia City Council hearing about the life science sector, shares why her experience at Wistar was transformational. Can you tell me a little bit …
April 29, 2024
Dr. Nan Zhang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center. He studies the role of immune cells called m…
April 15, 2024
Back from hosting the first-ever Genome Regulation through RNA Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Wistar faculty members Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D., and Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D., give us the inside scoop on …