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Chronic Disease and Corgis: The Varied Interests of Wistar’s Dr. Samantha Soldan

Infectious disease specialist & senior scientist in Wistar’s Lieberman lab, Dr. Soldan studies the connection between M.S. and Epstein Barr Virus. She is most intrigued with how the body responds to disease—why sleeping viruses reactivate, how a…
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Mono, Multiple Sclerosis, and Cells That Live Forever: Wistar’s Dr. Paul Lieberman on Progress in EBV Research

Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., is leader of the Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center. He studies how certain viruses, such as Epstein-Barr virus, establish a long-term latent infection that can lead to…
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Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., of The Wistar Institute Named 2024 Woman of Influence

PHILADELPHIA — (October 11, 2024) — In the latest issue of The Philadelphia Business Journal, The Wistar Institute’s Maureen Murphy, Ph.D. — Deputy Director of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and Ira Brind Professor & Program Leader of the…
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The Wistar Institute Celebrates Bold Science // Global Impact Campaign Success

The Wistar Institute celebrated the most successful fundraising campaign in its history with an evening reception at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Donors, board members and Wistar staff gathered in the soaring, Frank Gehry designed Williams Forum…
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Breaking Down the Science: Wistar’s New Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program in the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center

Upon the launch of The Wistar Institute’s new Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program, we sat down with the Program’s leader — Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Endowed Professor Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D. — and co-leader, professor Bin Tian, Ph.D., to lea…
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New Ways of Seeing at Wistar

A contemporary of Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, was a pioneer in the field of microscopy. Some say that Hooke coined the word “cell” based on his study of plants. Like Newton, Hooke’s body of work influenced scientific inquiry, and some aspects of his…
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Wistar Scientist Coaches Trainees on Importance of Communication

Italo Tempera, Ph.D. — associate professor and associate director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement at The Wistar Institute’s Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center — hosted a workshop for Wistar postdoctoral trainees on the principles of effect…
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The Wistar Institute Recognizes 58 Students Completing Summer Education & Training Programs

The Wistar’s Institute’s Caplan Auditorium was filled to capacity to recognize 58 students who had completed one of Wistar’s four summer Education and Training programs. The event – the culmination of months of class work and laboratory training – r…
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HIV – We’ve Never Been Closer to a Cure

29 years ago, Dr. Luis Montaner started an HIV cure research program at The Wistar Institute. Today, he is the newly minted founding director of Wistar’s HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center. His innovative work spans the globe, across research groups…
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Jozef Madzo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center Scientific Director, Bioinformatics Facility
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