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May 14, 2017 VARI cancer researcher elected to National Academy of Sciences

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 15, 2017) — Stephen Baylin, M.D., Director’s Scholar and professor in the Center of Epigenetics at

May 14, 2017 Dr. Stephen Baylin becomes third VARI-affiliated scientist to be elected to National Academy of Sciences

VARI-affiliated cancer researcher Stephen Baylin, M.D., has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences…

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May 14, 2017 Today is TSC Global Awareness Day

Today marks Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Global Awareness Day, which raises awareness of a rare genetic disorder that affects an estimated…

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May 9, 2017 Research brief: New understanding of lethal women’s cancer

Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas, including Van Andel Research Institute’s own Hui Shen, Ph.D., recently published…

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May 3, 2017 Research brief: Uncovering the mechanisms behind cancer metastasis

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Chromosomes: The X-shaped structure of a chromosome consists largely of tightly coiled DNA, which contains the genetic instruction manual. Without the packaging provided…

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April 24, 2017 In their words: The future of Parkinson’s disease research

In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month and the 200th anniversary of Dr. James Parkinson’s An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, we asked scientists in…

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April 11, 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 27, 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…