ASHANI WEERATNA, associate professor and program leader in the Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, was named the Ira Brind Associate Professor at the Wistar Institute. Weeraratna’s primary research focus is how melanoma metastasizes and how changes in the tumor microenvironment might initiate the disease’s spread or make it resistant to treatment. She is also a...
The White House Office of Management and Budget has published a “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” a proposed rule that seeks to fundamentally redraw the ground rules for all federally funded research. On the other side are America’s scientists who aren’t just crying foul—they are readying for a political fight.
