5 Dec 2018
Teaming up to accelerate scientific discovery
How close collaboration between academic labs, the biotech sector and a highly competitive federal grant program bolsters biomedical research innovation and cutting-edge...Read More
28 Nov 2018
High-throughput platform enables scientists to map activity of an emerging class of cancer drug targets
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 28, 2018) — A powerful new biochemical platform is fueling the study of a family of enzymes that...Read More
12 Mar 2018
There is no “I” in “team”
How the smallest components of life work together to manage our epigenetic inheritance When it comes to understanding the intricate genetic architecture...Read More
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