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Where are we?
The Gardini Lab operates at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, USA.
Wistar is a 125-year-old independent research institution, located in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) campus. Wistar is home to one of the oldest NCI-designated Cancer Center in the nation (The Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center) and a world-class Vaccine and Immunology Center.
Wanna join?
We are always on the lookout for motivated scientists to join our group! The lab currently accepts graduate students from most graduate programs at UPenn and from the Cell and Molecular Biology program of the University of Bologna. Master internships from institutions within the US and abroad can be arranged on a case-by-case basis.
Postdoctoral applications are welcome from around the globe!
More about Wistar
Founded in 1892 as The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, primarily a museum of anatomical specimens and a publishing enterprise, Wistar turned swiftly into an internationally renowned powerhouse of biomedical research. Wistar scientific contributions include groundbreaking vaccines, monoclonal antibodies technology, fundamental discoveries on cancer genetics, chromatin and RNA biology.
More about the Campus
University City is one of the central neighborhoods of Philadelphia and hosts the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Wistar and Drexel University. UCity is home to world-class college education and clinical excellence, and is one of the most prestigious biomedical research campuses in the US. Collectively, commercial and nonprofit institutions invest $ 1.85 billion in R&D and attract more than $ 800 million in NIH funding every year.
More about Philadelphia
Philadelphia packs 300 years of American history, two rivers, a cracked bell and the largest urban park in the East Coast. Home to 1.6 million people, Philly is the 6th largest city in the States, a short train ride away from NYC and Washington D.C . Philly is one of the most affordable large metropolitan areas in the US and boasts a highly diverse population.
