Facts-At-A-Glance

• A National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center-one of the nation's first in basic research.
  
  
• Major sources of support include peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health and other federal sources, with significant additional funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, foundations, and private donors
  
  
• Operating budget, 2006: $46,841,000
  
  
• Number of laboratories: 31
  
  
• Number of postdoctoral fellows: 67
  
  
• Number of predoctoral trainees: 39
  
  
• Number of visiting scientists: 17
  
  
• Total number of employees: 332
  
  
• Number of countries of origin represented among Wistar staff: 32