Recent News News Blog Press Releases In the News Publications Contact Us Press Release Oct. 17, 2019 $12.5 Million Grant Awarded to Wistar Extends Federal Support of t... PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. Press Release Oct. 9, 2019 New mechanism fueling brain metastasis discovered at Wistar The pro-metastatic effect of astrocytes is mediated by activation of the PPAR-gamma pathway in invaded cancer cells and uncovers new use for PPAR-gamma antagonists in cancer therapy. Featured News Oct. 7, 2019 2019 Rugart Family Awards Honors Two Outstanding Wistar Trainees Wistar trainees voted Dr. Emilio Sanseviero, postdoctoral fellow in the Gabrilovich lab, and Keerthana Gnanapradeepan, graduate student in the Murphy lab, winners of the 2019 Annual Rugart Family… Featured News Oct. 4, 2019 Wistar Celebrates Its First Caspar Wistar Fellow A community of supporters—including Wistar scientific leadership and Leadership Council members—came out to meet and welcome Wistar’s first Caspar Wistar Fellow: Dr. Rahul Shinde. Press Release Oct. 3, 2019 Targeting a Novel Regulator of Mitochondrial Cell Death Delivers A... PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. 3, 2019) — A novel anticancer molecule created by researchers at The Wistar Institute showed therapeutic activity in preclinical models of various cancer… Press Release Oct. 1, 2019 NIH New Innovator Award Given to Wistar Researcher to Unravel the ... PHILADELPHIA — (October 1, 2019) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that Zachary T. Press Release Sep. 26, 2019 Integral Molecular Announced as First BRT Apprenticeship Partner PHILADELPHIA – September 25, 2019 – The Wistar Institute, a global leader in cancer, immunology and infectious disease research, has selected… Press Release Sep. 24, 2019 Wistar Receives More than $12 Million to Fund Innovative Clinical... PHILADELPHIA — (September 24, 2019) — The Wistar Institute was awarded two major grants totaling more than $12 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of… Featured News Sep. 23, 2019 Dr. Heather Steinman Appointed PHL Life Sciences Co-Chair PHL Life Sciences, a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB), recently announced Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA, as a new co-chair of its Advisory Board. Dr. Steinman… Press Release Sep. 18, 2019 Identification of a Novel Regulator of Mitochondrial Cell Death Re... PHILADELPHIA — (Sept. 18, 2019) — Researchers at The Wistar Institute have described the role of mitochondrial fission factor (MFF) in controlling survival of cancer cells,… Featured News Sep. 17, 2019 Dr. Zachary Schug receives Susan G. Komen grant Wistar is pleased to announce Dr. Zachary Schug has been awarded a $450,000 grant from Susan G. Komen Philadelphia for breast cancer research. Schug studies breast cancer cells when they… Featured News Sep. 16, 2019 Congratulations to Dr. Qing Chen on receiving the 2019 Legacy of H... Qing Chen, M.D., Ph.D., received the 2019 Legacy of Hope Merit Award in support of her research on how cancer spreads from a primary tumor, such as breast cancer, to the brain. 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.
