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] …
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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 A…
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 t…
PHILADELPHIA — (May 26, 2023) — The Wistar Institute, a global leader in biomedical research in cancer, immunology and infectious disease, is pleased to welcome Sozi Tulante to its Board of Trustees. He is currently General Counsel of Form Energy,…
In recent years, multimodal therapies have emerged as a route to treat cancer by delivering different types of treatments together to improve effectiveness. However, the more modalities there are, the more complex the production and effects of the…
Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen’s Pioneering Research on Siglecs Spotlights Their Role Helping the Immune System Recognize Viral Infections, and as Promising Future Therapy Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen and his virology lab at The Wistar Institute review…
“Our hope is to build a center with the same reflection of Wistar in science and administration.” In three short months as a Visiting Scholar with The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Donatus Bekindaka Eni, BSc., MSc., Ph.D., a lecturer from the …
More than 1,000 supporters gathered in Fairmont Park for PanCAN PurpleStride Philadelphia 2023 to support the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN). Wistar’s Dr. Rahul Shinde is a PanCAN research grant recipient, and our lab was honored to att…
