Press Releases
January 19, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (Jan. 19, 2023) — amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., in collaboration with Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., a Target Grant for $397,6…
January 12, 2023
Wistar Institute’s Maureen Murphy Named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
PHILADELPHIA — (JAN. 12, 2023) — Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., has been named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute. Murphy will guide the growth of the Canc…
December 14, 2022
PHILADELPHIA — (DECEMBER 14, 2022) — The Wistar Institute Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Program was awarded Workforce Champion of the Year in the 3rd Annual 2022 BioBuzz Awards. The program …
December 1, 2022
PHILADELPHIA — (DECEMBER 1, 2022) — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant to The Wistar Institute’s Hubert J.P. Schoemaker Educatio…
October 23, 2022
PHILADELPHIA — (OCTOBER 24, 2022) — The Wistar Institute, a leader in biomedical breakthroughs headquartered in Philadelphia, is one of the nation’s top drivers of innovation, research, and tech tr…
October 20, 2022
PHILADELPHIA—(October 20, 2022)— William Way Community Center, Philadelphia FIGHT, BEAT-HIV Delaney Collaboratory, Philadelphia Foundation, The Penn Center for AIDS Research, and The Wistar Institu…
October 12, 2022
PHILADELPHIA — (OCTOBER 12, 2022) — The mitochondria is a key energy-producing component of the human cell that plays an important role in cancer cell metabolism. In a research paper published in P…
October 4, 2022
PHILADELPHIA — (OCTOBER 4, 2022) — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Amelia Escolano, Ph.D., assistant professor in The Wistar Institute’s Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, the 2022 N…
September 19, 2022
New research finds biological processes that improve prediction of therapeutic performance and provide a framework to develop predictors for this aggressive skin cancer. PHILADELPHIA — (SEPTEMBER 1…
September 8, 2022
The Wistar Institute Welcomes Michele A. Schiavoni, New Vice President of Communications & Marketing
PHILADELPHIA—(September 8, 2022)—The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Michele A. Schiavoni, M.S., as Vice President of Communications & Marketing, in a central leaders…