Cellular biologist Michela Perego, Ph.D., was born in Monza, the capital city of Brianza, a northern Italian province well known for Formula One race car driving. She grew up in a family of non-scientists yet found her passion for science in high …
Wistar researchers were recognized for their leadership and contributions to vaccinology recently at the International Society for Vaccines (ISV) annual Congress. The conference, held in October in Seoul, also featured presentations by scientists …
Finding a cure has long been the holy grail of HIV research. Now new discoveries are putting that goal within reach, according to Wistar’s Luis Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil.
As director of the institute’s new HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center, Monta…
PHILADELPHIA — (December 20th, 2024) — In its annual Excellence Index, Newsweek and the Best Practice Institute has recognized The Wistar Institute as one of the world’s top 1000 companies. Wistar led the way as the top-ranked company in the Healt…
Assistant professor Daniel Claiborne, Ph.D., pursues one of the hottest up-and-coming areas of research: CAR T cells, which are engineered immune cells designed to attack specific target Dr. Claiborne’s work focuses on HIV. As Dr. Claiborne prepar…
PHILADELPHIA — (December 10, 2024) — The Wistar Institute assistant professors Nan Zhang, Ph.D., and Noam Auslander Ph.D., have both received independent funding totaling $1.2 million over the next three years for cancer research projects from the…
PHILADELPHIA — (December 3rd, 2024) — The Wistar Institute’s David B. Weiner, Ph.D. — Executive Vice President, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center and W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Distinguished Professor in Cancer Research — and his lab…
PHILADELPHIA — (Nov. 27, 2024) — Governor Josh Shapiro’s Administration, through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), has granted The Wistar Institute $2 million to fund its new Center for Advanced Ther…
Dr. Katalin Karikó, 2023 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, received The Wistar Institute’s 2024 Helen Dean King Award and as a part of the day-long activities, Dr. Karikó spent time with Wistar trainees listening, answering their questions…
For Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, we sat down with Rahul S. Shinde, D.V.M., Ph.D., assistant professor in Wistar’s Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center who researches potential new therapies for treatment-resistant cancers like pancreatic ca…
