What's new and what's next in cancer epigenetics research? Join us for the 2024 VAI Epigenetics Symposium. Our allstar speaker lineup will highlight the latest advances with a focus on mechanisms and therapeutic applications. Registration closes tomorrow! vai.org/event/vai-epig…

Thank you @MRC_LMB! 😄It was a fantastic journey to work with many talented people at LMB. Thank you Sjors Scheres Michel Goedert and so many people helped me along my way! ! I am looking forward to the new chapter at Van Andel Institute (VAI)!😊

It official! The Hoyer lab has opened it's doors at the Van Andel Institute (VAI) in VAI Department of Neurodegenerative Science. For more information check out our website: hoyerlab.vai.org This is such an exciting adventure. I am thankful to my family, friends, and mentors who have helped me get here!

We are happy to welcome structural biologist Dr. Liman Zhang Liman Zhang as an associate professor in our Department of Structural Biology. Her research explores how the immune system responds to infection, cancer and metabolic disorders. vai.org/article/struct…

I had the opportunity to be interviewed about multiple system atrophy (MSA) which my mother lived with for 10 years until her passing earlier this year. Defeat MSA Alliance and Defeat MSA Awareness Shoe are helping bridge the gap in awareness, support and research on this terrible disease

Happy to announce we are recruiting new faculty to join the Metabolism Department at Van Andel Institute (VAI). A great opportunity to join a dynamic community of scientists in West Michigan studying the metabolic underpinnings of health and disease. Apply here: vai.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VAICaree…

This is a huge leap forward for cancer treatment options in West Michigan. We were honored to be part of today's announcement, and we look forward to our research collaboration with University of Michigan Health-West on #histotripsy's enormous potential.

A new study in Science Magazine by Van Andel Institute (VAI) - Stand Up To Cancer #Epigenetics Dream Team members Ben Youngblood and Caitlin Zebley, MD PhD at St. Jude shows that disruption of the Asxl1 gene in T Cells leads to improved sensitivity to #immunotherapy. vai.org/article/disrup…

Thrilled to announce our latest publication in Science Magazine describing a reverse-translation study that defines the core regulators of T cell stemness that can be exploited to improve immunotherapy! Tae Gun Kang, PhD St. Jude Research Stand Up To Cancer Van Andel Institute (VAI) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congrats to our President and CSO (and my boss) Peter Jones! This ads to his prior nomination to the NAS.

Congratulations to VAI's Russell Jones and Peter W. Laird (@peterwlaird.bsky.social) for being named to this year's Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list — a distinction that marks them as leaders in their fields. Read more: vai.org/hcr-2024 #HighlyCited2024 Clarivate for Academia & Government

Congrats to our President and CSO Peter Jones as well as Director’s Scholar Steve Baylin (Johns Hopkins) on winning the Harvey Prize along with Johns Hopkins Medicine Andy Feinberg

Technion to Award the Prestigious Harvey Prize in Cancer Epigenetics! 🏅 Prof. Stephen Baylin, Prof. Peter Jones, & Prof. Andrew Feinberg will be honored for their groundbreaking work on DNA methylation & disease treatment. Their discoveries challenge old paradigms,

#ASPET2025 Opening Session Director of Gov. Affairs and Science Policy Carter Alleman and I talked about the current Federal environment, and discussed tools for policy and advocacy with Congress. #pharmacology #sciencepolicy ASPET Van Andel Institute (VAI)

#ASPET2025 Co-chairing A Tour Through the Dopamine Receptors (and one mu opioid receptor). #pharmacology #sciencepolicy ASPET Van Andel Institute (VAI)

I had the opportunity to speak about careers in science policy at #ASPET2025 Career Connections. Great questions and discussion with the audience! #sciencepolicy ASPET Van Andel Institute (VAI)

This new Executive Order is concerning. Inserting political oversight over what scientists can study and underfunding research is not a way to keep this country’s science strong. whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…