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22 Jun 2017

Michigan teacher of the year partners with
Van Andel Education Institute

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 20, 2017)—2017-2018 Michigan Teacher of the Year Luke Wilcox and Van Andel Education Institute (VAEI) will partner in supporting and improving the quality of education in Michigan and beyond. The partnership will center...

13 Jun 2017

VARI-SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team launches new clinical trial to combat blood cancers

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TagsJones, SU2C, VARI, VARI-SU2C

International collaboration pairs immunotherapy with an epigenetic drug to stop progression of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome into acute myeloid leukemia GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (June 13, 2017)—A new clinical...

31 May 2017

$7.8 million “Outstanding Investigator Award” goes to VARI chief scientist

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Tagsaward, epigenetics, Jones, VARI

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 31, 2017) – Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc., chief scientific officer of Van Andel Research Institute, has received a 7-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute’s R35...

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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Tagscryo-EM, Gongpu Zhao, Huilin Li, Jones, Wei Lu

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...

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