HWI in the News

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) has recruited seasoned quantitative research specialist Miranda Lynch, PhD, as a Staff Scientist at HWI’s High-Throughput Crystallization Screening Center.The Center performs crystal-growth screening experiments to...

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), an international leader in structural biology, announced that Jill K. Bond and Richard C. Hamister have been elected to the organization’s board of directors. Bond is Senior Vice President/General Counsel, Chief...

Donor Relations will be focus of Kniazuk’s work Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), an international leader in structural biology research, announced today that Tod A. Kniazuk has joined the Institute to work on donor relations. “The philanthropy of...

Research scientist leads new research group with aim of developing new opportunities for cancer treatment Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), an international leader in structural biology, announced that Aviv Paz, PhD has joined the Institute as an...

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), an international leader in structural biology research, announced today its 2018-2019 board leadership. Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Inc. (HWI) has announced the election of John G. Horn, Esq.,...

National Science Foundation grant funded student relocation and restoration of research lost from the September storm’s impact A National Science Foundation (NSF) center obtained funding for relocation and placement of four University of Puerto Rico doctoral students...

Crystallization is a key step in macro-molecular structure determination by crystallography. While a robust theoretical treatment of the process is available, due to the complexity of the system, the experimental process is still largely one of...

Cloning of the Orange Light-Producing Luciferase from Photinus scintillans—A New Proposal on how Bioluminescence Color is Determined Unlike the enchanting yellow-green flashes of light produced on warm summer evenings by Photinus pyralis, the most common firefly...

Moving in the Right Direction: Protein Vibrational Steering Function. Nearly all protein functions require structural change, such as enzymes clamping onto substrates, and ion channels opening and closing. These motions are a target for possible new...