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January 31, 2023
The annual award supports early career investigators and their work advancing in the immunology, vaccine, and immunotherapy space. Noam Auslander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Molecular &…
January 20, 2023
Heather A. Steinman, Ph.D., M.B.A., joined The Wistar Institute as vice president for business development and executive director of technology transfer in October 2014. Dr. Steinman was hired…
December 20, 2022
Khumoekae Richard, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the HIV lab of Dr. Luis Montaner. Dr. Richard’s early and deep interest in plants and their derivatives as medicines has taken him on a scienti…
December 19, 2022
Zoomers gathered virtually for the launch of Wistar’s new Diversity in Science seminar series. A leading biomedical research institution of global reputation, Wistar is committed to advancing equit…
December 16, 2022
Predoctoral trainees Alex Indeglia and Pratik Bhojnagarwala are co-recipients of the annual Monica H. M. Shander Memorial Fellowship Award for outstanding predoctoral research. They were presented …
December 14, 2022
Wistar’s major accomplishments in 2022 are made possible by the dedicated and innovative scientists, staff, and generous donors committed to improve the health of all through biomedical research. F…
December 13, 2022
Dr. Chen Wang completed her scientific training across multiple countries, including China and Germany, before coming to the United States to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Rugan…
December 6, 2022
Originally from Cuba, predoctoral trainee Giselle Lopez Fernandez is cultivating her scientific career in the United States. In the laboratory of leading vaccine researcher and immunologist Dr. Dav…
November 29, 2022
In 1979, at the dawn of the biotechnology era, The Wistar Institute was awarded the first of several patents for the production of monoclonal antibodies against tumors and influenza virus antigens,…
November 29, 2022
When biomedical scientists think about the Pew Charitable Trusts, the first thing that probably comes to mind for many is the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. The program, which lau…