Scott Rothbart

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March 27, 2024 Combining epigenetic cancer medications may have benefit for colorectal cancers and other tumor types

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 27, 2024) — A pair of medications that make malignant cells act as if they have a virus could hold new promise for…

October 20, 2021 American Cancer Society grant to support Van Andel Institute research into anti-cancer medications

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 20, 2021) — Van Andel Institute’s Scott Rothbart, Ph.D., has earned a four-year, $792,000 Research…

September 22, 2021 Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Van Andel Institute awarded estimated $12.4 million SPORE grant from National Cancer Institute

Estimated at $12.4 million, this five-year grant supports a nationwide team of researchers investigating epigenetic therapies for cancer The Coriell Institute for Medical Research and…

November 20, 2020 After more than a decade, ChIP-seq may be quantitative after all

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2020) — For more than a decade, scientists studying epigenetics have used a powerful method called ChIP-seq to map changes…

April 4, 2019 Blocking epigenetic “Swiss army knife” may be a new strategy for treating colorectal cancer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 4, 2019) — A new study out today in Cancer Cell shows that blocking specific regions of a protein called…

December 5, 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 technology…

November 28, 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 are promising targets for…

September 20, 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…