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15 May 2017

VARI cancer researcher elected to National Academy of Sciences

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Stephen Baylin becomes third VARI-affiliated scientist to attain the distinction GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 15, 2017) — Stephen Baylin, M.D., Director’s Scholar and professor in the Center of Epigenetics at...

12 Apr 2017

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects 228 National and International Scholars, Artists, Philanthropists, and Business Leaders

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TagsAAAS, award, Jones, VARI

The 237th class of members includes philanthropist and singer-songwriter John Legend, award-winning actress Carol Burnett, chairman of the board of Xerox Corporation Ursula Burns, mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, immunologist James P....

28 Mar 2017

Van Andel Research Institute installs world-class microscopes to enable discovery of the molecular basis of disease

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 28, 2017)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is now home to one of the world’s most powerful microscopes—one that images life’s building blocks in startling clarity and...

7 Mar 2017

New drug combination targets aggressive blood cancer

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Tagsacute myeloid leukemia (AML), VARI-SU2C

Safety and efficacy of combining talazoparib with decitabine to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are subject of multi-site clinical trial GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 7, 2017)—A pair of drugs that...

28 Feb 2017

Van Andel Education Institute announces new science summer camp: Exciting week-long camps open to students in fourth – seventh grades

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (Feb. 28, 2017) – Van Andel Education Institute (VAEI) is now accepting registrations for several week-long summer camps for incoming fourth-to-seventh grade students who are looking for...

21 Feb 2017

ORC as Loader of the Rings: Study details ringed structure of ORC in DNA replication

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Tagscryo-EM, Huilin Li, structural biology, VARI

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 21, 2017)—An international collaboration of life scientists, including experts at Van Andel Research Institute, has described in exquisite detail the critical first steps of DNA replication,...

16 Jan 2017

New study reveals the structure of DNA helicase at the replication fork

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 16, 2017)—Scientists at Van Andel Research Institute and Rockefeller University have successfully described a crucial structure involved in DNA replication, placing another piece in the puzzle...

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