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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part 4

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with traditiona…
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Wistar Institute HIV Researcher Wins Two Grants to Explore Using CAR T Cells as HIV Therapy

Dr. Daniel Claiborne of The Wistar Institute was recently awarded two grants to support studying an approach to optimize CAR T cells, a type of engineered cell, for use against HIV. Claiborne, a Caspar Wistar Fellow in Wistar’s Vaccine & Immunot…
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Wistar Trainees Celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week with Trivia Showdown

See if you can beat the winning team at the end of the article! The air is electric with excitement and trepidation. Ph.D. students, research assistants, and postdoctoral fellows alike have gathered in The Wistar’s Grossman Auditorium for one of the…
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Wistar President and CEO Dario Altieri, M.D., honored by Justinian Society of Philadelphia for Civic Engagement and Leadership

Dario C. Altieri, M.D., president and chief executive officer of The Wistar Institute will be honored by the Justinian Foundation and Society of Philadelphia for exemplifying the finest qualities of scholarship, civic leadership and integrity. The J…
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EVs Drive Cancer. A Wistar Scientist Wants to Know How

Dr. Irene Bertolini of the Altieri Lab investigates extracellular vesicles and their role in metastasis When cancer spreads, cancer kills. Cancer’s ability to spread to other parts of the body — a process known as metastasis — makes the disease dang…
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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part 3

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with traditiona…
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Wistar Researchers Discover Possible New Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 

PHILADELPHIA—(Sep. 18, 2023)—Zachary Schug, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute, has published a new paper in the journal Nature Cancer. Sc…
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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part Two

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with traditiona…
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Research and Rackets

For Wistar’s Pratik Bhojnagarwala, the game of squash keeps him focused on his research. During most days of the week, you can find post-doctoral trainee Pratik Bhojnagarwala in the Weiner lab, performing research projects at the bench or scouring r…
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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part One

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with tradi…
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