Recently, Wistar had the great honor of bestowing its annual Women & Science’s Helen Dean King Award upon Dr. Mary-Claire King, one of the most esteemed and productive scientists of our time, i…
Along with warmer temperatures and the beautiful blossoming across the city, spring has become synonymous with the Philadelphia Science Festival, a staple and model for similar initiatives in other…
Each year in early May, representatives from Wistar and fellow institutions who are part of the Pennsylvania Cancer Alliance engage legislators to reinforce the importance and impact of CURE fundin…
In a study published online in Nature, the lab of Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, M.D., Ph.D., Christopher M. Davis Professor and leader of the Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, identifie…
For two decades, Wistar’s Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) pre-apprenticeship program has injected biomedical talent into the region’s life sciences workforce by ushering class after class of p…
The Wistar community mourns the loss of a dear friend and one of our greatest supporters, who has given of himself generously to help Wistar for more than four decades. Harold (Hal) M. Davis p…
The Wistar Institute and the Philadelphia Zoo employ different preventative approaches to improve the health of humans and animals around the world. The Zoo uses conservation and education while Wi…
As the obesity epidemic climbs, and the connection between nutrition and its effects on health risks and outcomes are top of mind, Wistar’s most recent Women & Science Program featured a compre…
A novel, synthetic DNA vaccine developed by the lab of Kar Muthumani, Ph.D., director of the Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and assistant professor in Wistar’s Vaccine & Immunothera…
Scientists at The Wistar Institute had the pleasure of hosting 30 young ladies from George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science who take part in the Women of Tomorrow (WOT) Ment…
