At the Hauptman-Woodward
Institute, we offer customized tours and demonstration lectures that
can be geared towards the needs of high school 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 of 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 Dr. Jane Griffin by telephone
at (716) 898-8618 by fax at (716) 898-8660, or by e-mail at griffin@hwi.buffalo.edu
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