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April 27, 2021
Two institutions forge a valuable international collaboration based on training and emerging research alignment. Wistar and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands have started b…
April 23, 2021
Congratulations to Ebony Gary, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow from the Weiner lab, for receiving the 2021 AAI Trainee Abstract Award from the American Association of Immunology and having her…
March 22, 2021
Katelyn Miller, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Wistar lab of Dr. Zach Schug, is the recipient of the prized Rena and Victor Damone Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research from the American Ca…
March 10, 2021
This year, the National Cancer Institute commemorates the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act, which changed the course of cancer research history in the U.S. In 1972, The Wistar …
March 5, 2021
Receiving an endowed professorship is a defining moment in a scientist’s career. Dr. Rugang Zhang has been named the Christopher M. Davis Professor and was honored at a virtual event that gathered …
March 3, 2021
For almost 20 years, the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) has supported top Wistar researchers embarking on their scientific careers. For them, it has meant the opportunity to pursue sci…
March 1, 2021
Cheyney University President Aaron Walton recognized Wistar during their Founder’s Day, presenting the Institute with the Institutional Partnership Award. In February, the Wistar-Cheyney University…
February 24, 2021
Wistar’s accelerated BTT Program means students can move into apprenticeships sooner to gain full time jobs. The pandemic put the brakes on daily life, but didn’t stop scientific and…
February 17, 2021
Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop Wistar from keeping up with a long-standing tradition that, for the past 18 years until this year, has brought hundreds of people to the Instit…
February 11, 2021
Dr. Chengyu Liang, who joined the Wistar faculty in July 2020, leads an exciting research program that investigates fundamental cellular processes in the context of infectious disease  and cancer, …