Recent News News Blog Press Releases In the News Featured News Publications Contact Us Blog Post May. 29, 2020 Spotlight on Wistar COVID-19 Researcher: Ami Patel, Ph.D. Research assistant professor Ami Patel has spent her career committed to using novel engineering approaches to fight harmful infectious diseases. Her work focuses on developing next generation… Press Release May. 28, 2020 Novel DNA-based Immunotherapy for Neutralizing Hepatitis B Virus i... PHILADELPHIA — (May. 28, 2020) — Scientists at The Wistar Institute developed a synthetic DNA approach that instructs in vivo production of a human monoclonal antibody able to… Press Release May. 20, 2020 Preclinical Results Support Development of COVID19 DNA Vaccine PHILADELPHIA — (May 20, 2020) — The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology and infectious disease, announces a study reporting initial… Blog Post May. 19, 2020 A Scientist’s Life Beyond the Bench: Serving the Community with a ... In the middle of the pandemic, Wistar graduate student Kevin Alicea-Torres is living a busy and exciting life, preparing to defend his thesis and graduate with a Ph.D. in cell and molecular… Blog Post May. 13, 2020 Philanthropy Powering Science: $1.6M in New Funding for Wistar Cor... In mere weeks, philanthropic support of Wistar’s Coronavirus Discovery Fund has exceeded $1.6M in new funding thanks to an extraordinary response from individuals, foundations, and corporate… Blog Post May. 12, 2020 Spotlight on Wistar COVID-19 Researcher: Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D.... Dr. Ertl is a global leader in Wistar’s Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center whose research focuses on preventing rabies, HBV, HIV, HPV, influenza, and other deadly viruses using innovative patented… Blog Post May. 5, 2020 #Funding4Cure 2020: Supporting Cancer Research Virtually During th... The Pennsylvania Cancer Alliance, a coalition of the state’s leading cancer research institutions, meets every year in early May for a lobbying initiative to engage legislators and spotlight the… Press Release May. 1, 2020 Wistar Appoints Bin Tian, Ph.D., as Professor in the Cancer Center PHILADELPHIA — (May, 1, 2020) — The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, announces the appointment of… Press Release Apr. 30, 2020 Wistar Appoints Italo Tempera, Ph.D., as Associate Professor PHILADELPHIA — (April 30, 2020) — The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, announces the appointment of… Blog Post Apr. 29, 2020 Spotlight on Wistar COVID-19 Researchers: Luis Montaner, D.V.M., D... Dr. Luis Montaner is an HIV expert focused on finding new ways to boost the natural function of the immune system to combat infection or viral-associated disease. Dr.… Blog Post Apr. 29, 2020 Uncertain Times: Wistar’s Historic Strides in the Time of COVID-19 This is week six of the stay-at-home order in Pennsylvania and Darien Sutton, associate director of Communications & Marketing, caught up again with President and CEO Dario C. Altieri, M.D.,… Press Release Apr. 29, 2020 Wistar & Batavia Collaborate to Manufacture Rubella Vaccine The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports international collaboration to expand global access to life-saving vaccines Communications In the News Check out some of the recent media coverage Wistar and its scientists have received. Publications View our Annual Report, Focus magazine and sign-up for our monthly e-newsletter. Media Inquiries If you are a member of the media and would like to speak with a Wistar scientists on any matter, please contact our Communications and Marketing Department.
