Van Andel Institute (VAI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit biomedical research and science education organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[4] The institute's laboratories are supported by a Core Technologies and Services group that comprises eight shared scientific services:[9] In 2017, the institute established the David Van Andel Advanced Cryo-Electron Microscopy Suite as part of an expansion of its structural biology program.

[10] The institute also houses a College of American Pathologists-accredited Biorepository[12] that contains more than one million formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks.

In the early 1980s, Vande Woude's laboratory discovered the human MET oncogene, which is now an important target in the development of anti-cancer drugs.

[23] In 2013, Peter Jones, was named as the institute's chief scientific officer after 37 years at the University of Southern California, where he most recently was director of USC's Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center from 1993 to 2011.

[24][25][26] Jones's work helped established the field of epigenetics, particularly his seminal 1980 discovery that DNA methylation impacts gene expression and cellular differentiation.

[36] Van Harn was also an emeritus provost and professor of biology at Calvin College[37] in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Triezenberg previously was a faculty member of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University for more than 18 years.

[41] Tarango also designed print and digital curriculum for kindergarten through 12th-grade students at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

[44] Van Andel Institute Graduate School (VAIGS) offers an accredited program in cell and molecular genetics that is designed to foster problem-based thinking and research leadership.

Purple Community helps individuals and organizations create fundraising events to support biomedical research and science education at Van Andel Institute.

The institute's Phase II was awarded Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum status by the United States Green Building Council in 2011.

[53] The lobby features a 14-foot tall glass sculpture called "Life"[54] created by Dale Chihuly designed to be an artistic representation of a DNA double helix.