
Core Technologies and Services
Our Core Technologies and Services
Van Andel Institute’s Core Technologies and Services offers a comprehensive range of advanced technologies and expertise to support and enhance research at the Institute and at collaborating organizations. Staffed by highly qualified professionals with an acute understanding of their respective fields, the Core team is committed to providing superior service and conducting exceptional science to further the Institute’s goal of improving human health through basic and translational research.
Core Technologies and Services Directory
Core Leadership & Administration

Bart Williams, Ph.D.
Director, Core Technologies and Services; Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis

Mary Winn, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Core Technologies and Services

Lori Moon, Executive MBA
Core Administrator, Core Technologies and Services

Marie Adams, M.S.
Director, Genomics Core

Scott Bechaz, B.S., ILAM, RLATg
Director, Vivarium Core

Corinne Esquibel, Ph.D.
Director, Optical Imaging Core

Scott A. Givan, Ph.D.
Director, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core

Tristan Kempston, B.A., LAT
Director, Transgenic Core

Galen Hostetter, M.D.
Director of Pathology, Pathology and Biorepository Core

Michelle Minard, B.S.
Senior Administrative Assistant II

Dan Rohrer, B.S., MBA
Director, Pathology and Biorepository Core

Ryan Sheldon, Ph.D.
Core Director, Mass Spectrometry Core

Rachael Sheridan, Ph.D., SCYM(ASCP)
Director, Flow Cytometry Core

Gongpu Zhao, Ph.D.
Director, Cryo-EM Core