Epigenetics Archives

November 4, 2015 TCGA findings provide molecular background for second most common kidney cancer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)—Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have…

August 26, 2015 Researchers thwart cancer cells by triggering 'virus alert'

Note: This press release was written by John Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Stephen Baylin, who holds a joint appointment at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and at…

August 26, 2015 Researchers mimic viral infection in colon cancer stem cells, identify druggable target to potentially root out disease, end relapse

Note: This press release was written by Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Dr. Peter Jones, Van Andel Research Institute’s (VARI) research director, is a contributing author on…

July 22, 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 RAPIDS,…

February 25, 2015 Van Andel Research Institute appoints leading cancer scientist Dr. Stephen Baylin as professor

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 26, 2015)—Renowned cancer scientist and epigenetics expert Stephen Baylin, M.D., has accepted an appointment at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) to help…

October 19, 2014 Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team continues with $7.5 million funding from Van Andel Research Institute

Grand Rapids, Michigan (October 20, 2014)— The work of one of the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) inaugural Dream Teams, launched in 2009 to focus…

October 12, 2014 New associate professor helps build Van Andel Research Institute’s Center for Epigenetics

Grand Rapids, Mich (Oct. 13, 2014) — Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) has recruited Piroska Szabó, Ph.D., to be head of its new Laboratory of…

September 1, 2014 Van Andel Research Institute names new assistant professor as part of epigenetics expansion

Grand Rapids, Mich. (Sept. 2, 2014) – Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) has added to its rapidly expanding epigenetics hub with the appointment of Hui Shen,…