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April 29, 2024
Unique Stephens, who recently testified at a Philadelphia City Council hearing about the life science sector, shares why her experience at Wistar was transformational. Can you tell me a little bit …
April 29, 2024
Dr. Nan Zhang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center. He studies the role of immune cells called m…
April 15, 2024
Back from hosting the first-ever Genome Regulation through RNA Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Wistar faculty members Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D., and Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D., give us the inside scoop on …
April 1, 2024
Meet Sonali Majumdar, M.S., managing director of The Wistar Institute Genomics Facility, a hub that turns biological material into the data scientists need. Ms. Majumdar discussed the ins and outs …
March 27, 2024
Kensington Health Sciences Academy students get hands-on experience and exposure to Wistar Science Standing in The Wistar Institute’s state-of-the-art training lab, a small group of 12 students gat…
March 27, 2024
We talked with Tom Beer, research assistant in the Proteomics lab, on his path to Wistar, his daily work, and his love for sports. When did you arrive at Wistar? My first job out of college was as …
March 22, 2024
The Wistar Institute was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer for the launch its new Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Reporter Sarah Gantz …
March 18, 2024
Wistar’s Zachary Schug and lab are studying the relationship between alcohol intake and some site-specific cancers What do cancer cells need to thrive and grow? The Wistar Institute’s Zachary Schug…
March 18, 2024
Daniel Claiborne, Ph.D., was recruited to The Wistar Institute through the Caspar Wistar Fellowship program, which fast-tracks promising early-career investigators to full faculty membership. Now a…
February 29, 2024
Wistar capped off its second-ever Trainee Research Symposium on Friday, February 23, drawing more than 200 research trainees of all levels from across the region and beyond. Next-gen, diverse stude…