Peter Jones Archives

October 12, 2017 Stand Up To Cancer awards $5.5 million to VARI for cancer clinical trials to enhance immunotherapy

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 12, 2017)—Van Andel Research Institute–Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team (VARI-SU2C) scientists have been awarded two…

June 15, 2017 VARI’s Chief Scientific Officer won an Outstanding Investigator Award. Here’s what that means.

VARI’s Chief Scientific Officer Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc., has received a highly competitive 7-year, $7.8 million Outstanding Investigator Award grant from…

June 13, 2017 VARI-SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team launches new clinical trial to combat blood cancers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (June 13, 2017)—A new clinical trial spanning three cancer centers in California, Maryland and Pennsylvania is investigating a promising…

May 31, 2017 $7.8 million “Outstanding Investigator Award” goes to VARI chief scientist

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 31, 2017) – Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc., chief scientific officer of Van Andel Research…

April 12, 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects 228 National and International Scholars, Artists, Philanthropists, and Business Leaders

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…

April 12, 2017 VARI chief scientist joins elite ranks of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc., is one of 228 new members elected to this year’s class of the

March 28, 2017 Van Andel Research Institute installs world-class microscopes to enable discovery of the molecular basis of disease

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…

February 3, 2017 In their own words: The most exciting advances in cancer research

In honor of World Cancer Day on Saturday, we asked our scientists and collaborators a simple question—what do you think is…