At the Hauptman-Woodward
Institute, we offer customized tours and demonstration lectures
that can be geared toward the needs of each particular group of
students or other segments of the community.
Our program
can include such things as:
- A slide presentation
giving a general overview of the research program and people at
HWI
- Discussion of the
techniques and methods used at HWI as well as recent applications
and current research initiatives
- Discussion with select
scientists about specific disease areas under investigation including
kidney disease, breast cancer, diabetes, thyroid disorders, AIDS
related diseases, and others.
- A summary and history
of HWI and our role in the medical research corridor
- Discussion on the
importance of medical research in general and in Western New York
- Discussion about
Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman, our president and Buffalo's Nobel Laureate,
as well as the opportunity to meet him and ask questions
- Opportunity to solve
crystallographic problems
- Opportunity to perform
crystallization experiments
- Opportunity to examine
protein structures using computer simulation
- Tour of the laboratories,
observing work being done in the various stages of the structural
biology process including molecular biology, crystal growth,X-ray
diffraction, and computer simulation/drug design
For more information, please contact Tara Ellis (716) 898-8596;
by fax at (716) 898-8660; or e-mail at tellis@hwi.buffalo.edu
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