Philadelphia—For the first time since 2019, The Wistar Institute opened its doors to host, in person, the 27th annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Award Lecture, which featured Deborah Persaud, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of M…
The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to The Wistar Institute’s Biomedical Technical Training (BTT) Program. The grant will help further the BTT Program’s mission to provide education, training and mentorship to regional commun…
The Wistar Institute’s Quality Science Pathway Apprenticeship provides an accelerated pathway to careers in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries. Applications for 2023-2024 are due by July 31. Participants complete three industr…
PHILADELPHIA—(June 22, 2023)—The Wistar Institute hosts its 27th Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture Thursday, June 29th at 5:30 pm EST. For the first time since 2019, the signature event will be hosted in-person at Wistar; it is also being streamed to en…
PHILADELPHIA — (June 20, 2023) — When cancer that starts in the body metastasizes to the brain, it is almost always lethal, in part because so few treatment options exist. Now a new study by Wistar scientists published in Nature Communications shows…
Dr. Livio Azzoni racks up 20+ miles a week running to and from work at The Wistar Institute. This senior staff scientist in the laboratory of Dr. Luis Montaner took up running 13 years ago because he was, “Growing, but in the wrong direction. [I] wa…
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Pride Month in Philadelphia, PA, is celebrated alongside another worthy cause: AIDS Education Month, an event series organized by the nonprofit Philadelphia FIGHT to raise awareness of those living with AIDS, AIDS treatments & healthcare and AID…
The Wistar Institute’s Biomedical Technical Training (BTT) Program was recently featured on Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia. Dr. Kristy Shuda McGuire, Dean of Biomedical Studies, and 2022 Program graduate Tylier Driscoll, discussed the history of the…
