GRAND RAPIDS - Renowned cancer scientist and epigenetics expert Stephen Baylin, M.D., has accepted an appointment at Van Andel Research Institute to help lead its multi-institutional VARI-Stand Up to Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team. Baylin is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research in the Oncology Department and co-head of Cancer Biology at the
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute has launched the Van Andel Fellows program, a new concept for interdisciplinary postdoctoral training aimed at the very best early career scientists. Those selected as Van Andel Fellows will conduct postdoctoral research on an interdisciplinary project under the mentorship of two of more VARI principal investigators and will
ANN ARBOR - Join MichBio for the inaugural Policy Call-In featuring Congressman Erik Paulsen of Minnesota who's been leading the US House effort to repeal the medical device tax. This event is exclusively for MichBio members. The Call-In will cover other medical device-relevant issues too. It comes in advance of MichBio's participation in the annual
LANSING - In the registration period to sign up for health insurance under the federal exchange that ended Sunday, more than 340,000 Michigan residents enrolled or re-enrolled for coverage, according to figures released by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The total who automatically re-enrolled or signed up for the first time was
LANSING - A major potential change to how the state allows for the management of prescription drugs for Medicaid patients is raising worries with the state's Medicaid HMOs. For 17 years, each of the Medicaid HMOs has had managed its own prescription services for the Medicaid patients in its system. As part of a rebidding
ANN ARBOR - Are you a company in early R&D or an individual involved in translational planning? Join MichBio U on Feb. 9 for this informative webinar, presented by SRI International. The 1:30 pm webinar also will cover key development questions and considerations for companies in the early R&D stages that affect the likelihood of
GRAND RAPIDS - Do you have an idea for a medical device or technology? Or are you interested in getting into the field professionally? At the February Med Tech event hosted by aimWest you?ll learn about what it takes to bring a great idea to market and the skills needed to do it. There will
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state?s Life Sciences trade association, has posted six jobs on its web site, that include two in Ann Arbor. Jobs include: Head of Regulatory Affairs Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. - Ann Harbor Esperion seeks to recruit a highly qualified individual to lead Regulatory Affairs. The title will be determined based on
ANN ARBOR - Based on a survey of physicians by Doximity.com, the U-M Health System and its Medical School ranked No. 6 nationally, for excellence across 20 specialties. The achievement is based on the number of residency training specialties that rank in the top 10 nationally ? in U-M's case, it's 12. Only Massachusetts General
KALAMAZOO - After recently completing the first close on a $2.5 million Series A financing round, Armune BioScience Monday announced the appointment of Susan J. Crookston to the position of Chief Financial Officer to continue the company?s preparation for the launch of Apifiny, its non-PSA blood test to aid in the early detection of prostate