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May 30, 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…

May 22, 2017 May is National Osteoporosis Month. Here’s why that matters.

Dr. Bart Williams is director of Van Andel Research Institute’s Center for Cancer and Cell Biology. He is an expert in…

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May 16, 2017 Congratulations to the 2017 VAIGS graduates

Van Andel Institute Graduate School (VAIGS) is thrilled to announce four new graduates who have completed their Ph.D. degree in cell…

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…