Please check out our new preprint! Using single cell analysis paired with HCR to visualize transcript localization we have identified cell and tissue-specific expression of various genes encoding tubulins, kifs, and dyneins during neural crest development!
Reminder that we are still running a free 1 day Midwest worm meeting this year for all students/labs that either can’t go to MAPSS/DevCell or want a smaller audience (~100 last year) to present to. www.vai.org/event/2026-m...
Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting poster Compilation of images of research organisms from the Marine Biological Laboratory Embryology Course make up the Las Vegas Sphere. Society for Developmental Biology 85th Annual Meeting Planet Hollywood Resort, Las Vegas, NV, July 23-26, 2026 SDB short logo
Registration and abstract submission are now open for the SDB 85th Annual Meeting being held July 23-26 in Las Vegas! Submit your abstract by April 15. Travel assistance is available. Free t-shirt to the first 250 registrants! Learn more: www.sdbonline.org/2026mtg #2026SDB
Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word!
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I always wanted to attend this conference while I was in Nebraska but I always had another conflict. Do try to attend if you are in the region or even outside of it! Midwesterners really are a friendly bunch 😊 You won’t regret it!
In the most recent episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Peggy Farnham from the @keck.usc.edu about her work on establishing the ChIP Method in mammalian cells. #podcast #chromatin #podcast
Listen here: activemotif.com/podcasts-peg...
Van Andel Institute PhD program
4 weeks until application deadline!!
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Van Andel Institute PhD program- App Deadline soon
Innovative curriculum/personalized academic support/generous financial support: $44,635 stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance coverage, laptop computer, $2,500/year for scientific conferences, relocation allowance.
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Van Andel Institute PhD program - application deadline soon!!
14-18 students enrolled each year: personalized graduate education through Problem Based Learning, a student-centered active learning strategy that trains students to conduct high-caliber, rigorous science.
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Van Andel Institute PhD program - 4 weeks until application deadline!!
Van Andel Institute has 39 faculty members that work in: epigenetics, cancer biology, neurodegenerative diseases, structural biology, metabolism, nutritional programming and cell biology.
www.vai.org/graduate-sch...
Congratulations to our largest group of graduates to date! Seven incredible students recently earned their Ph.D.s in molecular and cellular biology from Van Andel Institute Graduate School. This milestone achievement is an exciting step toward impactful careers in science.
It is our distinct honor to announce that Dr. Jonathan D. Licht has been selected as the next president and chief scientific officer of Van Andel Institute.
Read more: www.vai.org/article/emin...
🪰Finally our study is in print — and we’re thrilled to see it featured on the cover of @natmetabolism.nature.com ! 🎉 #Drosophila #DevBio
Van Andel Institute PhD program application is OPEN!
youtu.be/o79eqd1Ui0s?...
Van Andel Institute PhD program application is OPEN!
Innovative curriculum/personalized academic support/generous financial support: $44,635 stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance coverage, laptop computer, $2,500/year for scientific conferences, relocation allowance.
www.vai.org/graduate-sch...
Van Andel Institute PhD program application is OPEN!
14-18 students enrolled each year: personalized graduate education through Problem Based Learning, a student-centered active learning strategy that trains students to conduct high-caliber, rigorous science.
www.vai.org/graduate-sch...
Van Andel Institute PhD program application is OPEN!
Van Andel Institute has 39 faculty members that work in: epigenetics, cancer biology, neurodegenerative diseases, structural biology, metabolism, nutritional programming and cell biology.
www.vai.org/graduate-sch...
Photo of @dr-kevin-pruitt.bsky.social standing in front of slides from the podium where he gave a seminar at the Van Andel Institute.
Gave a seminar at the Van Andel Institute and greatly enjoyed meeting with pioneers in the field of Wnt signaling @sgraingerphd.bsky.social and @bartwilliams.bsky.social. Also reunited with amazing colleagues in the fields of epigenetics and RAS biology. What a vibrant research community @vai.org!
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
"Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection."
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🎉 The Midwest SDB Regional Meeting is happening soon! Join at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for exciting developmental biology from across the Midwest. 🧬 Registration deadline: September 2nd ✨. More information here: www.midwestsdbincincy.org #MIDWESTSDB25
We are thrilled to welcome 16 students into Van Andel Institute Graduate School's 19th student cohort!
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Maulik Patel to VAI as an associate professor in our Department of Metabolism and Nutritional Programming. He will explore how cells maintain mitochondrial homeostasis and what happens when this process breaks down. www.vai.org/article/van-...
🚀 Our new study is out in Nature Metabolism!
We used single-embryo metabolomics and transcriptomics to map the earliest metabolic transitions in Drosophila development, including the onset of zygotic metabolism.
Explore the dataset & findings:
🔗 rdcu.be/eAH12
#DevBio #metabolomics #Drosophila
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Congratulations to VAI's Dr. H. Josh Jang, who has been appointed to assistant professor in our Department of Cell Biology.
www.vai.org/article/van-...
We are seeing Christian McBride and Ursa Major in Grand Rapids on the 22nd - agree 100%!
Registration is live for the 1st ever Midwest Metabolism & TRiMAD dual meeting, hosted jointly by VAI + U of M in Ann Arbor, MI November 10-11, 2025! We have some exciting speakers but most will come from abstracts so submit your best #mitochondria & #metabolism research! www.vai.org/event/2025-m...
Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4
The VAI @vainstitute.bsky.social Graduate School is recruiting Ph.D. students in molecular & cell biology! Get top-tier scientific training, mentorship, and prep for leadership in biomedical research. 🎓 Watch our recruiting video: youtu.be/cOTdF06MekE #PhDSky #BioMedSky
Please share: Van Andel Institute PhD program application is DUE December 1!
Van Andel Institute has 38 faculty members that work in: epigenetics, cancer biology, neurodegenerative diseases, structural biology, metabolism, nutritional programming and cell biology. www.vai.org/graduate-sch...
