5
Dec
2018
Teaming up to accelerate scientific discovery
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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
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 28, 2018) — A powerful new biochemical platform is fueling the study of a family of enzymes that... Read More
13
Sep
2018
Revealing the root causes of colon cancer: Three questions for Dr. Ali Lanctot Chomiak
Although the overall prevalence of colon cancer has steadily dropped since the 1980s, a close look at the data from recent years... Read More
12
Mar
2018
There is no “I” in “team”
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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
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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
Nov
2016
New computational tool may speed drug discovery
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (November 3, 2016)—A new computational tool called fABMACS is helping scientists see beyond static images of proteins to more... Read More
23
Jul
2015
New antibody specificity portal bolsters biomedical research reliability
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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
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... Read More