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July 14, 2022
Dr. Ian Tietjen, Research Assistant Professor in the Montaner Lab, recently returned from Cameroon where he is collaborating with scientists who are developing a new drug discovery research facilit…
June 29, 2022
This year, The Wistar Institute hosted the Annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Award Lecture virtually, bringing together HIV scientists and activists on a global stage. Celebrating 26 years of continuous…
June 27, 2022
Philadelphia Business Journal senior health reporter John George hosted Taking on Cancer, a two-panel discussion that kicked off with perspectives from local research leaders at the helm of world-c…
June 10, 2022
The Wistar Institute was awarded a PAsmart grant of $650,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry to expand education and training programs further across the region and create …
June 7, 2022
Wistar’s Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Program was developed with the commitment to provide its students hands-on training and industry experience not traditionally delivered in academic cla…
May 26, 2022
Inaugural graduate students from Leiden University Medical Center speak to their Wistar experience. The Wistar-Schoemaker International Postdoctoral Fellowship is a special exchange of postdoctoral…
May 19, 2022
A Q&A with Drs. Chengyu Liang and Meenhard Herlyn on skin cancer research at The Wistar Institute, including a few questions from melanoma survivors. Melanoma is the most aggressive form of ski…
May 5, 2022
Read some reflections from the Cheyney University students who participated in Wistar’s Biomedical Research Methods course during Spring 2022. Lights, lab coats, action! The click of pipettes and l…
May 4, 2022
The hybrid event marked the conclusion of the Institute’s Life Science Innovation Course that provides experience in biotechnology entrepreneurship. Students enrolled in The Wistar Institute’s…
April 25, 2022
For more than 20 years, The Wistar Institute has been training community college students with relevant, much-needed skills to attain in-demand jobs in the biomedical and biotechnology fields. Sinc…