New Drugs for Old Diseases
Whitehead Institute's 2005-2006 Lecture Series for
High School Teachers
It’s no secret that drug development has become
extraordinarily complex. By common estimates, a typical
new drug takes 15 years and something like $1 billion
to come to market. That’s because finding a drug
candidate and developing it into a successful treatment
for disease depends too much on raw effort—and
luck.
As drug companies heighten their search for drug candidates
to fill their pipelines, research has turned toward
deeper understanding of disease-causing mechanisms and
pathways that may yield better answers to how disease
works and how it might be treated.
Join us this year for Whitehead Institute’s Lecture
Series for High School Teachers, “New Drugs for
Old Diseases.” The series will feature talks by
world-class researchers who are investigating ways to
revolutionize drug discovery.
The first seminar of this year’s program will
be held on Tuesday, October 11, at Whitehead’s
McGovern Auditorium. Details
about the specific seminars can be found on the seminar
listings page. Each session will consist of a lecture
and a working dinner and begin at 4:00 pm. Dinners end
around 7:00 pm.
Also as in previous years, we will match teachers with
Whitehead partners—young Whitehead scientists
who will serve as a resource for you during the school
year. The partners are eager to answer your questions,
discuss their fields of expertise, and even visit your
school to meet your students. Teachers who have taken
advantage of their partnership in past years have found
it to be an invaluable relationship.
The partnership works best when the teachers and partners
have similar expectations about the partnership. So
that we can match you with a partner who can meet your
specific needs, please complete the brief questionnaire
on the registration form. Please complete and return
the registration
form to Amy DiGangi, Whitehead Institute, Five Cambridge
Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 or fax to 617-258-8848.
For more information on the teacher program, please
contact Amy DiGangi at digangi@wi.mit.edu
or by calling 617-258-7270.
Participating teachers may be eligible to earn up to
27 Professional Development Points toward recertification.
For information on other biology resources, please
see the Resources
for Scientists.
[2005
seminars]
[registration
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Past Programs
2006-2007: The Awesome Power of
Genetics
2005-2006: New Drugs for Old Diseases
2003-2004:
Life in Process: Evolution, Diversity and Change
2002-2003: Biological Challenges
to Humanity: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
2001-2002: Neuroscience Today: Getting Behind the Mind’s
Eye
2000-2001: Beyond the Scientific Frontier
1999-2000: Genomics, Genetics, and Evolution
1998-1999: Bioengineering
1997-1998: Molecular Medicine
1996-1997: Biotechnology
1995-1996: Evolution
1994-1995: Genetic Models for the High School Classroom
1992-1993: Molecular Approaches to Human Disease
1991-1992: Molecules of Life: Exploring Science at the
Whitehead Institute
Last updated August 29, 2005.
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