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EVs Drive Cancer. A Wistar Scientist Wants to Know How

Dr. Irene Bertolini of the Altieri Lab investigates extracellular vesicles and their role in metastasis When cancer spreads, cancer kills. Cancer’s ability to spread to other parts of the body — a process known as metastasis — makes the disease dang…
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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part 3

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with traditiona…
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Wistar Researchers Discover Possible New Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 

PHILADELPHIA—(Sep. 18, 2023)—Zachary Schug, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program of the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center at The Wistar Institute, has published a new paper in the journal Nature Cancer. Sc…
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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part Two

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with traditiona…
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Research and Rackets

For Wistar’s Pratik Bhojnagarwala, the game of squash keeps him focused on his research. During most days of the week, you can find post-doctoral trainee Pratik Bhojnagarwala in the Weiner lab, performing research projects at the bench or scouring r…
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Notes from the Field: Dr. Ian Tietjen in Africa, Part One

Dr. Ian Tietjen is a Research Assistant Professor in Wistar’s Montaner Lab, where he investigates traditional African medicinal compounds’ potential for drug origination against viruses like HIV. Dr. Tietjen travels to Africa to work with tradi…
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Avi Srivastava, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center
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The Wistar Institute Recruits Dr. Avi Srivastava as Assistant Professor 

PHILADELPHIA—(Sept. 7, 2023)—The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, is pleased to announce the recruitment of Avi Srivastava, Ph.D., to the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Cent…
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Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil

Executive Vice President Director, HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center Herbert Kean, M.D., Family Professor Associate Director for Shared Resources, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program, Ellen and Ron…
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Bin Tian, Ph.D.

Professor and Program Co-Leader, Genome Regulation and Cell Signaling Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center Director, Center for Systems & Computational Biology