May 02, 2008
CIO
VAI CIO Bryon Campbell talks about the Institute's use of InfoPath to automate a variety of manual business processes.
April 22, 2008
WZZM 13
The Michigan State University Medical School building is just one of many major changes on Michigan Street. More than one billion dollars worth of construction is underway, or planned for the Medical Mile.
April 17, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
When Jay Van Andel asked them a dozen years ago to serve on the board of a new medical institute he was planning to found, neither Peter Cook nor Ralph Hauenstein envisioned it growing into the research center it has become.
April 14, 2008
MiBiz
Van Andel Institute inked a multi-year licensing agreement with Children’s Memorial Research Center (CMRC) in Chicago for the use of its XenoBase system, a software and database program tailored for the needs of personalized medicine.
April 14, 2008
Calvin College
Student Bill Wondergem studies kidney cancer at VARI.
April 12, 2008
Wisconsin Technology Network
VARI researcher Dr. Brian Haab is collaborating with Gentel on a new cancer-fighting biomarker kit.
April 01, 2008
Health Quarterly
Researchers at the Van Andel Research Institute have discovered a way to slow the growth of a common form of kidney cancer in an experimental model of human tumors in a mouse.
March 20, 2008
Rapid Growth Media
Article about St. Mary's neurological center talks about partnership with Van Andel Institute and discussions about more neuroscience research.
March 18, 2008
WOTV 4
Spotlight on Van Andel Education Institute Science Academy student.
March 06, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
As the newest member of the Van Andel Institute board of directors, Mike Jandernoa plans to help bring the medical treatments developed by the institute's scientists to market.
March 06, 2008
Rapid Growth Media
It turns out that LEPIMAT, a lethal toxin that causes anthrax, actually slows the growth of a common human kidney cancer called clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
February 26, 2008
Bio-Medicine
XenoBase software can be used to develop more effective treatments for pediatric patients.
February 23, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
He came here seven years ago as one of the first scientists hired by the new Van Andel Institute.
January 21, 2008
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The Van Andel Institute Graduate School and the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center have partnered to offer medical students a first-of-a-kind program in West Michigan: an internal medicine research residency program that offers medical students a Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology, and state licensure and board eligibility in internal medicine.
January 20, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
Q&A with VAI Chairman and CEO David Van Andel in The Grand Rapids Press.
January 20, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
Article from The Grand Rapids Press features Van Andel Institute, its research, and quotes from several of its scientists.
January 17, 2008
Business Review Western Michigan
Item about VAI collaboration ClinXus' entry into a drug-testing consortium.
January 13, 2008
The Grand Rapids Press
Profile of Van Andel Institute Chief Administrative Officer Steve Heacock.
January 09, 2008
Grand Rapids Business Journal
ClinXus, a Van Andel Institute collaboration, recently became the first nonprofit to join the Critical Path Institute’s Predictive Safety Testing Consortium.
January 07, 2008
WOTV 4
Spotlight on Van Andel Education Institute Science Academy student.
December 13, 2007
WZZM 13
Promotional video about West Michigan features VAI's Dr. Craig Webb.
December 03, 2007
WOTV 4
Fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Mooney, has learned new ways to teach her students science thanks to the Van Andel Education Institute.
November 28, 2007
The Grand Rapids Press
"Hands-on, minds-on" philosophy grabs the attention of students and gives them the freedom to explore and seek answers through experimentation, not by looking in a textbook.
November 15, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
Concept Award grants from the US Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) are difficult to land. Yet three researchers at the Van Andel Institute received grants totaling over $400,000 to help fund their groundbreaking breast cancer investigations.
November 12, 2007
MiBiz
Van Andel Institute CIO Bryon Campbell participates in technology roundtable.
October 19, 2007
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Technicians from Van Andel Institute have installed a data tracking system that will better enable clinicians at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System to track and study human tissue samples. The system’s first application will be used to track saliva samples in a study of U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard patients suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
October 18, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
To look at 17-year old Tarrick Mussa, you’d expect him to be up on the latest hip hop lyrics. So it’s quite a shock to hear him throw out terms such as “immunofluorescence” and “osteosarcoma.”
October 18, 2007
Calvin College
Calvin College students will be among the approximately 100 area college students presenting research on Saturday, October 20 at Van Andel Institute as part of the first annual West Michigan Regional Undergraduate Science Research Conference.
October 11, 2007
Business Review Western Michigan
If life sciences is the economic sector of the future for western Michigan, then Perrigo Co. is quite possibly one of the industry's proverbial local elder statesmen today.
October 04, 2007
Nature
The "Research Highlights" section of the October 2007 issue of Nature Reviews Cancer features the recent discovery of Van Andel Research Institute Senior Scientific Investigator Art Alberts, Ph.D. and the Laboratory of Cell Structure and Signal Integration.
September 24, 2007
WZZM 13
1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer and while survival rates are good there's always hope that better treatments and even a cure can be found.
September 20, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
Last week the Van Andel Institute (VAI) honored two renowned researchers who were instrumental in investigating human papillomavirus (HPV) and its links to cervical cancer with the Daniel Nathans Memorial Award. The VAI's Board of Scientific Advisors presents the award each year for far-reaching contributions in biomedical and cancer research that have a significant benefit to public health.
September 11, 2007
WOTV 4
Eleven-year-old Alex just spent a month at Van Andel Education Institute this summer. This experience has him excited about learning.
August 30, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
Researchers at Grand Rapids-based Van Andel Research Institute may have pinpointed the gene that causes myeloproliferative disease (MPD) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), two bone marrow cancers formerly known as pre-leukemia. The discovery could be a major step in helping physicians determine if a patient has the potential to develop acute leukemia.
August 30, 2007
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Scientists at the Van Andel Research Institute have discovered that a gene called Drf1 could be fundamental to the development of a recently recognized form of cancer once known as “pre-leukemia” or “smoldering leukemia.” VARI researchers believe the finding could have significant diagnostic and prognostic value for clinicians and could provide a novel target for therapy for people with myeloproliferative disease and myelodysplasic syndrome, which are diseases of the bone marrow.
August 13, 2007
WZZM 13
Nearly 2 million Americans are living with Parkinson's disease.
August 09, 2007
WOTV 4
It’s summertime, but young students from around West Michigan are eagerly learning about science at the Van Andel Education Institute.
July 27, 2007
WOOD TV 8
Dr. Bin Teh said the growing Health Hill district drew him to Grand Rapids seven years ago. Originally from Malaysia, he's studied all over the world. He's published numerous articles in medical journals, and continues to research kidney cancer.
July 26, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
Scientific Investigator Cindy Miranti, Ph.D., and her team at the Van Andel Research Institute have taken a major step forward on their quest to develop a drug to treat prostate cancer.
July 16, 2007
WOOD TV 8
Philadelphia Flyers Mike Knuble hosted his annual golf outing Monday at the Kent Country Club.
July 12, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
A consortium of 21 laboratories across Michigan life sciences corridor are available to entrepreneurs to research, test, develop, and even package clinical products. The Core Technology Alliance (CTA), which is housed at the Van Andel Institute in downtown Grand Rapids, is making it easier for life sciences startups to make their product without building an expensive laboratory many can't afford.
July 11, 2007
New York Times
In the last decade or so, this city has been the beneficiary of investments in new academic campuses, a civic arena, a convention center, new parks, a transit center and more than 1,500 new units of downtown housing.
July 11, 2007
WOOD TV 8
Praise of Grand Rapids' medical district covered nearly a full page in the real estate section of the New York Times.
July 10, 2007
National Hockey League Players' Association
When Mike Knuble takes to the golf course on July 16, perfecting his short game won't be high on his list of priorities.
July 02, 2007
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Forty Grand Rapids Public School seventh and eighth graders went to camp in late June and worked from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. But it wasn't a week of all work and no play. All 40 middle-schoolers had fun exercising their brains at camps sponsored by Davenport University's Grand Rapids Area Pre-College Engineering Program.
May 31, 2007
Business Review Western Michigan
The Van Andel Research Institute is seeking a patent for a device that's designed to improve the efficiency and productivity of researchers.
May 10, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
West Michigan’s 1.4 million healthcare patient population is expected to benefit from advanced medical treatments sooner than the general population. ClinXus, a partnership of several West Michigan medical facilities—among them are the Van Andel Institute, Spectrum Health, Saint Mary’s Health Care, and the Jasper Clinic—expects to bring cutting edge treatments to some patients seven to eight years sooner than they would normally be able to receive them if they lived somewhere else.
May 10, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
Out of about 350 molecular medicine centers in the country, Grand Rapids’ Center for Molecular Medicine is in the leading ten percent to offer genetic testing that determines a patient’s compatibility and non-compatibility with certain prescription drugs.
May 03, 2007
Rapid Growth Media
A $6 million joint venture between Spectrum Health and the Van Andel Institute will offer cutting-edge molecular medicine capabilities. The Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) will aid in early diagnosis and improved treatments for cancers, heart disease, mental illness, and other complex diseases.
May 02, 2007
Calvin College
A Calvin senior is one of only two students to be accepted into the first PhD program offered through Van Andel Institute (VAI), the cancer research center based in Grand Rapids.
April 19, 2007
WOOD TV 8
A local researcher is heading the work behind a tool that will help treat cancer patients.
April 12, 2007
WZZM 13
The Van Andel Institute broke ground Thursday on a $170 million addition that could eventually add 550 jobs in Grand Rapids.
March 22, 2007
Business Review Western Michigan
The creation of a molecular medicine laboratory begins putting the new age of medicine to work today in Grand Rapids.
March 22, 2007
Business Review Western Michigan
The Watervliet man's lung cancer is a death sentence. The best that oncologists such as Eric Lester can usually do is guess which therapies might slow it down.
March 01, 2007
Business Review Western Michigan
Some of the most important people developing Michigan's life-sciences industry will share their opinions and insights March 5 at a forum at the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids.
January 10, 2007
WOOD TV 8
Scientists and doctors from around the country are meeting at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids to talk about what it takes to find a cure for cancer, Parkinson's disease, and other major diseases.
January 04, 2007
Business Review Western Michigan
As it prepares to embark next spring on a $160 million expansion, the Van Andel Institute plans to aggressively step up fund development to support research.
October 20, 2006
WZZM 13
We have new details on the plan to build a medical school in Grand Rapids. The MSU Trustee Finance and Audit Committee has authorized the planning for the project.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
The Good Manufacturing Practice facility, a result of a partnership between Van Andel Institute and Grand Valley State University, will support the development of new drugs to treat cancer and other diseases for delivery to the marketplace.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
The Van Andel Research Institute, in partnership with clinical collaborators, is focused on translational research, with the goal of efficiently applying discoveries at the bench to clinical practice.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
The Van Andel Institute (VAI) is one of the lynchpins of Grand Rapids’ so-called Medical Mile. But a decade ago it was tough to find more than a handful of visionaries who believed it could happen.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
Where were you in 1996?
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
Those of you who have lived in West Michigan a while know that Michigan Street’s Health Hill looked quite different just a decade ago.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
ClinXus, a new partnership between several West Michigan healthcare and life science organizations, should boost the region’s standing in the life science community. ClinXus is also intended to boost access and use of clinical research and emerging technologies provided by its six member organizations.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
The best is certainly yet to come in Michigan’s life science community. As amazing as the developments across the state have been, this is just the beginning according to Core Technology Alliance Corp. (CTA) Executive Director M. Walid Qoronfleh Ph.D., MBA.
October 16, 2006
MiBiz
Van Andel Institute (VAI) Chairman and CEO David Van Andel dedicated the building that will house the Van Andel Education Institute Science Academy June 19. The totally renovated facility at 216 N. Division is a highly functional and flexible learning space designed to support the unique science curriculum at the academy.
October 13, 2006
Rapid Growth Media
The Van Andel Institute has received the go-ahead from the Grand Rapids Planning Commission for a 250,000-square-foot, $160 million addition to their existing facility. The eight-story building will replace a surface parking lot on the northeast corner of Crescent Street and Division Avenue. Upon completion, the new construction will bring the VAI to a total of 400,000 square feet.
October 12, 2006
WZZM 13
Grand Rapids' new MSU Medical college will be a bio-medical research school. The new details came this morning thorough information released by the Van Andel Institute and Michigan State University.
October 11, 2006
WOOD TV 8
You've heard it before: the jobs of the future are in the medical and science fields, and West Michigan better get prepared.
July 31, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Putting a leopard gecko on her shoulder may not be an ordinary way for Claire Salinas to start the school day at St. Thomas the Apostle, but it is at the Van Andel Education Institute Science Academy, where she is part of the inaugural class of students learning about science in a very hands-on way.
July 27, 2006
Rapid Growth Media
Bin Tean Teh and Sok Kean Khoo are two smart people throwing the notion of Michigan’s inability to lure talented, world-class workers right out the door.
July 22, 2006
Wall Street Journal
The tinkerers who helped build America haven't disappeared -- they're right next door. Our search for small-town patent hubs found surprising innovations from coast to coast.
April 17, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Michigan biotechnology and life sciences companies were among more than 1,500 companies and institutions worldwide that showcased their biotech savvy at the BIO 2006 Annual International Convention.
March 27, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Concert tickets, clothing and contributions from gate receipts made up the majority of donations SMG handed out last year to local charities and others located across the country.
March 27, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The Van Andel Institute has been selected as an early adopter in a rapid deployment program for a new Microsoft application, and as such will be among the first in the national market to use the technology.
March 20, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
With the health care industry being touted as the future of Grand Rapids, the Van Andel Education Institute is helping to make sure area students will be a part of that future by encouraging them to consider scientific fields as viable career options.
March 20, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The study of genes is expected to be the economic driver of the century, and America has to revamp its educational system by putting greater emphasis on math and science education
February 13, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
A Good Manufacturing Practice lab that's slated to open on Michigan Street hill in June 2007 could lead to the development of new drugs and treatments for human clinical trials.
February 13, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Five years from now, the neighborhood surrounding Saint Mary’s hospital will look very different than it does today.
February 13, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The stakeholder group that brought the concept of a medical school in Grand Rapids to fruition is now embracing a vision that's well beyond the medical school project
January 30, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Spectrum Health wants to create a relationship with Michigan State University’s West Michigan Medical School that will have real longevity.
January 23, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Former three-term Grand Rapids Mayor John Logie will be the recipient of the 2006 Community Leadership Award from the Convention and Arena Authority.
January 23, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The Grand Rapids Business Journal bestowed its 2006 Newsmaker of the Year Award on the Michigan State University West Michigan Medical School
January 23, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The health care industry is a bright spot in the 2006 West Michigan commercial real estate market, according to outlooks from Grubb & Ellis.
January 16, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The Grand Rapids Business Journal bestowed its 2006 Newsmaker of the Year Award on the Michigan State University West Michigan Medical School
January 16, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Older students are "replacing" younger students at Van Andel Institute — and the younger students are moving at least temporarily into one of the possible sites for the Michigan State University West Michigan Medical School
January 09, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
In only its third year in West Michigan, transplant technology firm Norseman Games is looking to carve out a new industry cluster around its battle-tested niche.
January 09, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The annual Grand Rapids Business Journal Newsmaker of the Year provides certain evaluation of the regional economic health.
January 09, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
The winners of the Grand Rapids Business Journal’s Newsmaker of the Year Award do not belong to an exclusive club, as it grows a bit larger each year.
January 09, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Thanks to the efforts of a group of community leaders who’ve come to be known simply as “the stakeholders,” Grand Rapids will become home to the new Michigan State University West Michigan Medical School.
January 09, 2006
Grand Rapids Business Journal
As part of its fifth anniversary celebration last spring, the Van Andel Institute unveiled plans for an addition to more than double the size of the medical research and education facility on Michigan Street hill
November 28, 2005
MiBiz
For Van Andel Institute Director of Business Development Jerry Callahan the commercialization of products and processes from the institute only serves one purpose — “to impact human health in the 21st century” — the mission of VAI.
June 14, 2005
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Steven J. Triezenberg, Ph.D., has been named founding dean of the Van Andel Education Institute Graduate School.