25 Sep 2017
How getting back to the basics can improve human health
When the DNA double helix was first described more than 60 years ago, it sparked a scientific renaissance. It was a revolutionary...Read More
20 Sep 2017
$2.375 million federal award to study epigenetic control systems, inform drug discovery
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (Sept. 20, 2017)—Van Andel Research Institute scientist Scott Rothbart, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.375 million Maximizing Investigators’...Read More
3 Feb 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 the...Read More
11 Jan 2017
Making an early impact: Three questions for Dr. Rochelle Tiedemann
The long road from student to independent scientist doesn’t necessarily end with earning a doctoral degree. Just as physicians complete a residency...Read More
7 Sep 2016
The whole of epigenetic regulation may be greater than the sum of its parts
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 7, 2016)—Scientists may be closer to answering a long-standing question in biology—how do the components of cells’ molecular...Read More
23 Jul 2015
New antibody specificity portal bolsters biomedical research reliability
UNC’s Brian Strahl and Van Andel Research Institute’s Scott Rothbart create a robust online interactive database to address science’s ‘antibody crisis’. GRAND...Read More
1 Apr 2015