2026 Trainee Research Symposium
The Wistar Institute Trainee Research Symposium is an annual all-day event showcasing academic research excellence and diversity in the Philadelphia area. Trainees who are interested in presenting their research are encouraged to submit an abstract for poster sessions. Wistar’s Trainee Association will select a few of the most exciting trainee abstract submissions to give brief talks at the Symposium. Prizes will be given to the best poster presentations by postdoctoral fellows, graduate, undergraduate, and open categories.
Keynote Address: César de la Fuente, Ph.D.
Presidential Associate Professor and leader of the Machine Biology Group, The University of Pennsylvania
Special Presentation: Katherine Aird, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Leader in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, The Wistar Institute
Reception to follow in Tobin Family Foundation Atrium.