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A New $10M Program Will Improve Access to STEM Opportunities for Women, Black and Latinx Students in Philly

Mariah Wright-Moses, a junior at String Theory Schools, remembers the exact day when she first dissected a dogfish shark in her physiology class. That was […]

City Life

Best of Philly: Here’s to the Scientists and Frontline Heroes Fighting for Our Lives

Published as part of our annual Best of Philly tribute. See all the winners here. For those who love the people who’ve come to be […]

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Wistar Institute Launches Fellowship to Invest in Early Career Researchers

The Wistar Institute, a local leader in cancer and vaccine research, has launched a new program to help early-career scientists become independent investigators. The Caspar […]

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Q&A: Ben Franklin Tech Partners Is Doubling Down on Philly Life Sciences

Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) is a force for investment in the region’s early-stage tech companies. The organization has invested in 4,500 Pennsylvania-based tech companies since […]

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Will New $100M Research Hub Strengthen Philadelphia’s Innovation District?

Gone are the days when developers just put up an office building. Amid a thriving life sciences and biotech ecosystem, developers in Philadelphia must now consider not […]

Business

Wistar Institute Launches Research Network to Team Up With Startups

The need for increased commercialization in the region in 2017 couldn’t be more urgent, and researchers in the region are taking heed. The Wistar Institute […]

Things to Do

A New Exhibit at the Mutter Has Crocheted Skeletons and Beaded Kidneys

Tracing the Remains @ The Mutter Museum We’re talking about an exhibit at the Mutter, so if you’ve already guessed this one is going to […]

Business

Wistar Institute Gets $23M Grant to Find HIV Cure

The Philadelphia region is leading advanced trials in HIV research. The Wistar Institute was recently awarded a $23 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to establish […]

The Scene

Eat, Drink, Dance and Cure Cancer

The Wistar Ambassadors hosted Eat, Drink, Dance and Cure Cancer last Friday night at Loews Hotel on the 33rd floor. The Wistar Ambassadors are a group […]

The Scene

Wistar Institute Opens Robert and Penny Fox Tower

Friday night the Wistar Institute’s new, $100 million seven-story research building at 3601 Spruce Street bearing the names of two of its most committed and generous supporters, […]