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 traditio…
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 & Immun…
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 t…
“If you want to make sure that you’re creative and innovative, you need to have a big table and people at it with a lot of different perspectives,” said Marie A. Bernard, M.D., NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Diversity, during Wistar’s Diversity …
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…
Special Event Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wistar 101 virtual event offers a first-hand update from our President and CEO Dr. Dario Altieri on all things Wistar – the latest scientific breakthroughs and goals for the futu…
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 da…
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 traditio…
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. …
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 traditio…
