Skip Navigation

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(11):803-804; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.11.803
© 2001 by Oxford University Press
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Request Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Garber, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Garber, K.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 11, 803-804, June 6, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

NEWS

Van Andel Institute Brings Cancer Research to the Heartland

Ken Garber

Perched on a hill in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., the Van Andel Institute enjoys a privileged view of the city. But, to many cancer biologists on the coasts, the building might just as well be at the North Pole.



View larger version (114K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
  		The main building of the Van Andel Institute sits on 2.7 acres in Grand Rapids, Mich. It houses 14,000 square feet of laboratory space, 42,000 square feet of laboratory support, and an auditorium that seats 350 people. A second phase of construction, which will roughly triple the amount of laboratory space, is scheduled for 2003 or 2004.

 
Grand Rapids, a city of 193,000 in the western part of the state, has no medical school, no research university, and no biotech industry. The $60 million institute, with its futuristic stepped profile . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?