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Wistar joins the American Association for Cancer Research and many other organizations in raising awareness on the importance of cancer research. 

In 2018, the world saw more than 18 million new cases and 9.5 million cancer-related deaths*. 

Research advances are critically needed to better understand cancer and create more effective therapies to provide hope for patients. 

Development effort by the community and for the community will reap vital benefits.

Two institutions forge a valuable international collaboration based on training and emerging research alignment.

Wistar and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands have started building a scientific bridge by connecting virtually to exchange information on their research programs, scientific goals, and core resources.

Congratulations to Ebony Gary, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow from the Weiner lab, for receiving the 2021 AAI Trainee Abstract Award from the American Association of Immunology and having her abstract selected for presentation at Virtual Immunology 2021. Gary was also awarded an Underrepresented Minority Travel Award from the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy for the Society’s annual meeting.

Katelyn Miller, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Wistar lab of Dr. Zach Schug, is the recipient of the prized Rena and Victor Damone Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Awarded through the Extramural Discovery Sciences program, which is the research arm of the ACS, this two-year fellowship funds high-impact cancer research by the most promising, early-career scientists doing innovative work in the field.