For people with chronic medical conditions, a reliable therapeutic that treats their disease while preserving a good quality of life can be transformative. Patients are thankful when a medication helps relieve symptoms, even if that treatment comes with dosing challenges such as injections or infusions required for most biologic drugs. In our current era of
Inside Dr. Elizabeth Romano’s biology classroom, you are more likely to find high school students experimenting with high tech tools than flipping through pages in a textbook. As a biology faculty member at The Governor’s School at Innovation Park, Dr. Romano introduced Schrödinger’s professional-grade molecular modeling software to her high school students to use as
Drug hunters face enormous challenges in their efforts to bring new treatments to patients. The traditional process of designing molecules that have the right properties to become safe and effective drug candidates takes approximately five years, requires thousands of molecules to be synthesized in the laboratory for preclinical testing, and costs many millions of dollars.
Brooklyn-based artist Laura Splan is taking art and science to the next level – she is turning molecular images and animations into beautiful works of art. A transdisciplinary artist with a focus on biomedical visuals, Splan’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Art & Design, The New York Hall of Science, Beall Center
