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Michael Criscuolo joins The Wistar Institute as Vice President of Development

PHILADELPHIA — (Jan. 24, 2023) — The Wistar Institute, which has recently launched a $75 million programmatic campaign investing in biomedical advances, announces the appointment of Michael Criscuolo as Vice President of Development. “We are delig…
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Up Close with SVP of Business Development and Executive Director of Technology Transfer

Heather A. Steinman, Ph.D., M.B.A., joined The Wistar Institute as vice president for business development and executive director of technology transfer in October 2014. Dr. Steinman was hired into a newly created position to forge new strate…
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Wistar Institute HIV Researchers Win Grant to Explore Genetically Engineered Natural Killer Cells as HIV Therapy

PHILADELPHIA — (Jan. 19, 2023) — amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., in collaboration with Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., a Target Grant for $397,663 over two years. Montaner, who leads The Wistar …
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Wistar Institute’s Maureen Murphy Named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

PHILADELPHIA — (JAN. 12, 2023) — Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., has been named Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute. Murphy will guide the growth of the Cancer Center through expanding research initiatives a…
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Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research Series: Remodeling Chromatin in Cancer

Scientific Seminar Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research series is the flagship seminar series of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and features national and international leaders in b…
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Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research Series: Shifting Paradigms in a Deprived, Cold, and Undruggable Tumor

Scientific Seminar Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research series is the flagship seminar series of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and features national and international leaders in b…
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Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research Series: Targeting Signaling Vulnerabilities in Uveal and Cutaneous Melanoma: New Multimodal Precision Therapies

Scientific Seminar Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research series is the flagship seminar series of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and features national and international leaders in b…
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Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research Series: Why Does Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Cause the Neuroendocrine Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

Scientific Seminar Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research series is the flagship seminar series of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and features national and international leaders in b…
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Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research Series: The Dark Web of Cancer: How Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Orchestrate Metastasis

Scientific Seminar Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research series is the flagship seminar series of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and features national and international leaders in b…
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Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research Series: Co-opting the Ubiquitin System for Therapeutic Benefit

Scientific Seminar Tuesday, May 23, 2023 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Distinguished Lectures in Cancer Research series is the flagship seminar series of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and features national and international leaders in ba…
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