Taylor Science Center
The Taylor Science Center is the largest academic building on campus. It was designed for collaborative learning among faculty and students, with teaching labs for hands on-research.
About the space
- At 200,000 GSF, the four floors of the Taylor Science Center are home to high-tech classrooms,
teaching and research labs, support spaces, seminar rooms, student lounges, and study rooms, as well as the Science Stockroom, Greenhouse, Electron Microscopy Suite, and Wood & Electrical Shops. - The complex also contains an auditorium, coffeehouse, and a large atrium gathering space.
- Students are supported in their research by a state-of-the-art 500 MHZ nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, five mass spectrometer; prep and semi-prep HPLC with fraction collectors; scanning microscopes, and an X-ray diffractometer and fluorescence spectrometer.
- The building also features a chemistry super computer, a laboratory for bioinformatics research, and a psychology statistics laboratory.
Explore the Space
“Faculty-student interaction is the cornerstone of a Hamilton education. In the sciences, the most important form of this is faculty-student collaborative research... We now have a first-class science ‘stadium’ that will undoubtedly enhance year-round faculty-student research and, in addition, will promote faculty-faculty interdisciplinary research.
Equipment
Students are supported in their research by a state-of-the-art 500 MHZ nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, five mass spectrometer; prep and semi-prep HPLC with fraction collectors; scanning microscopes, and an X-ray diffractometer and fluorescence spectrometer.
Research & Discovery
Explore Your Passions
Whether it’s during the academic year or the summer, Hamilton students collaborate with professors on original research. Often their work results in articles published in peer-reviewed journals or in presentations at national conferences.
Combating Heart Disease Through Chemistry
This summer, four Hamilton students and Associate Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck worked to develop an improved method of protein synthesis with significant implications for heart disease treatment and, perhaps, the pharmaceutical industry at large.
Studying the Mighty Powerhouse of the Tiny Brain Cell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Abigail Myers, along with five students, have spent their summer researching the connection between disrupted neuronal migration and neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically as it relates to the mighty mitochondrion, the powerhouse of the cell.
