Research

May 25, 2015 NIH-funded Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project describes how differences in DNA affect gene activity, disease onset

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 26, 2015)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is playing a key role in a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project to establish…

May 19, 2015 Joint symposium to strengthen ties between Dutch and American research, medical and business communities

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 20, 2015)—The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Van Andel Research Institute and Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital are pleased to announce…

April 9, 2015 National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins to speak at Van Andel Research Institute symposium

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 10, 2015)—National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., will deliver the keynote address during Van Andel Research Institute’s…

April 5, 2015 Van Andel Research Institute to honor two groundbreaking scientists for their contributions to Parkinson’s disease research

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 6, 2015)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is pleased to announce that Robert Nussbaum, M.D., and Maria Grazia Spillantini, Ph.D., FMedSci, FRS, will…

March 31, 2015 Renowned scientist, Broad Institute Founding Director Dr. Eric S. Lander to deliver Han-Mo Koo Memorial Lecture

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 1, 2015)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) is pleased to announce that Eric S. Lander, Ph.D., founding director of the Broad Institute of…

March 31, 2015 Van Andel Research Institute’s Center for Epigenetics adds new assistant professor

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 1, 2015)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) has recruited Scott Rothbart, Ph.D., to its rapidly growing Center for Epigenetics. Rothbart will serve as…

March 9, 2015 David Van Andel and Dr. George Vande Woude to be honored at Research!America advocacy award dinner

Recipients of Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (March 10, 2015)–David Van Andel, Chairman and CEO of Van Andel Institute and Dr. George Vande Woude…

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…