HWI in the News

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 trial and error. In...

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...

Structural biology institute increases talent BUFFALO, New York, August 1, 2017- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), an international leader in structural biology research, announced today an addition to its scientific team with the hiring...

Eddie and Elizabeth Snell had Valentine’s Day plans that were out of this world. Now, they’ll just have to celebrate like everybody else. The head of Buffalo’s Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute and his wife, a molecular biologist, are working on...

On November 1, 1956, Dr. George Koepf and Helen Woodward Rivas founded the Medical Foundation of Buffalo. The organization in 1994 was renamed the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute to recognize the synergy between science and the philanthropy,...

BUFFALO, NY  Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Principal Researcher Scientist Daniel Gewirth has been awarded $300,000 by the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade. The funds are part of the $7.6 million raised in New York City this past weekend as part of...

The Hauptman-Woodward Institute (HWI) begins a celebration of its 60 years in Buffalo with a gala on September 24th to be held at the Institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medial Campus. As part of the event, awards will be presented honoring key members of the...