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March 18, 2024
Wistar’s Zachary Schug and lab are studying the relationship between alcohol intake and some site-specific cancers What do cancer cells need to thrive and grow? The Wistar Institute’s Zachary Schug…
March 18, 2024
Daniel Claiborne, Ph.D., was recruited to The Wistar Institute through the Caspar Wistar Fellowship program, which fast-tracks promising early-career investigators to full faculty membership. Now an…
February 29, 2024
Wistar capped off its second-ever Trainee Research Symposium on Friday, February 23, drawing more than 200 research trainees of all levels from across the region and beyond. Next-gen, diverse student…
February 28, 2024
We talked with Kathy Day, administrative coordinator for the Business Development and Legal departments, on her path to Wistar, what she loves about her work, and her passion for gardening. What does…
February 20, 2024
Dr. Wujuan Zhang, shown fourth from left in photo above, recently joined Wistar’s Metabolomics and Lipidomics Core Facility. We spoke to her about her background, her career path, and how she celebra…
February 16, 2024
A gathering of Wistar employees, donors and senior leaders assembled outside The Wistar Institute on February 13th to unveil a new tribute to a family that has made an indelible impact on The Wistar…
February 8, 2024
Shining a spotlight on the need for an HIV cure during National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Wistar HIV researcher Dr. Luis Montaner spoke about his HIV cure research with Scripps News reporter Adi G…
February 2, 2024
Philly orgs are partnering with a gene therapy manufacturing company for this new workforce development cohort The Wistar Institute was featured in Technical.ly Philly for news of its “Biomedical Tec…
February 2, 2024
The Center for Advanced Therapeutics is intended to position Wistar as an appealing research partner for pharmaceutical companies. The Wistar Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated researc…
January 26, 2024
Enter Dr. Louise Showe’s office, and you’ll see the evidence of a life lived at the intersection of family and science. A photo taken by her son of a Florida panther hangs on her door. Drawings from…