🔙 Throwing it back to last summer, when IICD was featured in the 2025 JSM TV Film Series at the Joint Statistical Meetings. Our film highlights the collaborative research happening at the intersection of mathematics, data science, and cancer biology. 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDW...

Math Revolutionizing Cancer Research | Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics at Columbia University

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🇫🇷➡️🗽From Paris to New York, Alliance Program interns from xpolytechnique.bsky.social spent the summer tackling cancer research at IICD. As their internships come to a close, they reflect on their projects, biggest lessons, and what's next in their scientific journeys. Read more: bit.ly/3UbD8Ch

📬 The August IICD Newsletter has arrived! Inside this month's issue: 🔬 Meet our newest members 📣 A Faces of IICD feature 🏆 Awards & honors 📄 Recent publications 📅 Upcoming events Read it here: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/iicd-ne...

As the Alliance Program comes to an end, we enjoyed a farewell lunch with our interns from the Tavaré and Dinh labs, celebrating their hard work, research, and contributions to IICD over the past several weeks. Thank you for a wonderful summer! 🎉

📢 Welcome to IICD, Dr. Runshi Tang, a new postdoctoral in Genevera Allen’s group in Statistics and zuckermanbrain.bsky.social. His research spans high-dimensional statistics, optimization, tensor decomposition, and applications to social and clinical science.

Honored to be featured by IICD. Grateful to my mentors, collaborators, lab members, and everyone who has supported me along the way!

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🔬Postdoc Profile: @lingting-shi.bsky.social (elhamazizi.bsky.social & @jlmcfalinefigueroa.bsky.social groups) Discover Lingting's research on tumor-immune interactions and computational cancer biology in a new article spotlighting her research at IICD > cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/postdoc...

🔬Postdoc Profile: @lingting-shi.bsky.social (elhamazizi.bsky.social & @jlmcfalinefigueroa.bsky.social groups) Discover Lingting's research on tumor-immune interactions and computational cancer biology in a new article spotlighting her research at IICD > cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/postdoc...

Welcome to IICD, Dr. Alba Corman! A Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Vicković Lab at @nygenome.org, her research develops next-generation controllable CRISPR screening technologies that combine single-cell multiomics and high-content imaging to identify therapeutic targets for diseases.

Over the past few weeks, our SRP interns have had opportunities to attend seminars with IICD researches, Dr. William Milligan and Dr. Jellert Gaublomme, as well as professional development sessions to build skills in writing CVs and creating scientific posters.

🎥 Faces of IICD: Meet Dr. Genevera Allen! A professor at @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social and @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and an IICD core member, she develops machine learning and statistical methods to uncover insights from complex data. Watch: youtu.be/ReVQT3MAjuw

Last week, IICD hosted our Intensive Workshop on Generative AI and Optimal Transport for Single Cell Data Integration. Thank you to all of our instructors and guest lecturers for facilitating an engaging week of interdisciplinary education.

New 📘 in @pnas.org: A new visualization method developed by IICD researchers in the Blumberg grp could improve the analysis of high-dimensional datasets and help scientists identify new cell types: bit.ly/4eZqbCF @columbiaseas.bsky.social @columbiacancer.bsky.social @pseudomanifold.topology.rocks

Congratulations to IICD Faculty elhamazizi.bsky.social who earned the prestigious Gray Foundation Award for BRCA Cancer Research. Read the full story here: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/azizi-a...

Today, intern Sammy Faham of @pomonacollege.bsky.social is taking over our Instagram story! Tune in to see a day in the life of the Undergraduate Summer Research Program > www.instagram.com/cancer_dynam...

The July IICD Newsletter is here! 🎉 This month's issue features faculty awards, an SRP intern Q&A, recent publications, program updates, and more. Read the latest highlights from across our community. 📬 Read now: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/iicd-ne...

Exploring the future of genomics 🧬 IICD's SRP and Alliance interns toured @nygenome.org, learning about cutting-edge sequencing technologies, biomedical research, and the innovations shaping precision medicine. An inspiring day of discovery and scientific exploration. #STEM #Genomics #Research

Welcome to new Postdoc Jessica Kingsley, joining the Rane group! Her research areas are applied mathematics & data science, with experience such as building mathematical models of biological systems, including tick-borne illnesses and oncology. cc: @columbiacancer.bsky.social

How are two embryos alike? As we collect spatio-temporal microscopy data, we want to quantify variability in the timing of key developmental events. Alignment of multiple recordings is a core engineering challenge here and we suggest a solution; read about it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A quantitative coordinate system for developmental dynamics

Quantitative comparison of morphogenesis across individuals remains a fundamental challenge, as developing embryos vary in shape, orientation and developmental tempo. Moreover, real-time three-dimensi...

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We're hiring a Grants Manager at the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics! Help support the full lifecycle of sponsored research funding, from proposal development to compliance and financial oversight. Apply today: opportunities.columbia.edu/jobs/grants-... #NowHiring #Careers #GrantManagement

Congratulations to Neeharika Kothapalli (elhamazizi.bsky.social and Benjamin Izar labs)on receiving an NIH F30 Fellowship for her project, “Dissecting Mechanisms of Molecular Convergence and Variable Expressivity in Inborn Errors of Immunity.” Read more: bit.ly/4uVgV8y

Our IICD community grows every summer with the start of the Alliance Program and Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Our visiting interns, along with our members, all came together a few days ago for a celebratory summer happy hour during the FIFA World Cup!

Congratulations to brentstockwell.bsky.social on receiving the 2026 Mike Hogg Award from @utmdanderson.bsky.social. We're also celebrating a CZ Biohub award to Brent Stockwell, Aimee Payne, Sam Sia, and Peter Sims for advancing spatial real-time lipidomic imaging of inflammation in skin.

Meet the 13 talented undergraduate researchers from the 2026 IICD Summer Research Program! 🎉 Over the coming weeks, we'll introduce each intern and share their research journeys and inspirations. Read more > bit.ly/QASRP2026 Follow along on this thread ⬇️

What does neuroscience research look like in practice? 🧠 IICD Summer Research Program students visited Dr. Darcy Peterka’s lab at @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social, where they took a look at the IICD two-photon microscope and learned how researchers study the brain in cancer research. #SummerResearch

🔬Postdoc Profile: Juliane Schröter, PhD (Andrew Yates’ group) Discover Juliane’s research in quantitative immunology in a new article spotlighting her achievements at @columbiamed.bsky.social > cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/postdoc...

Check out this new publication in @arxiv.bsky.social by IICD researcher Genevera Allen, which describes a novel framework, MEDAL (Manifold Embedding Distillation via Autoencoder Learning). Learn more > arxiv.org/abs/2605.24244

Missed the IICD Symposium on AI and Computation? Watch presentations from leading researchers exploring how AI, machine learning, and computational methods are reshaping cancer research—from single-cell analysis to generative AI models of cellular dynamics. 🎥 bit.ly/4dX3pfn 📷 Tim Lee

Welcome to our new member, Andrea Terceros, a postdoc joining the @elhamazizi.bsky.social and @jlmcfalinefigueroa.bsky.social groups. Her research focuses on cellular plasticity and leveraging genetic and computational approaches to uncover the molecular mechanisms driving metastasis.

Congratulations to DSI member, Dr. @elhamazizi.bsky.social, for being selected as a recipient of the 40 Under 40 in Cancer Award. This recognizes her as one of the nation's most promising young leaders in oncology and cancer research. Read more: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/elham-a...

Our SRP interns recently heard from @hkhanshali.bsky.social (SRP '23) during a Lunch & Learn on her journey from undergraduate research to a PhD. Thank you, Hannah, for sharing your experiences, advice, and insights with the next generation of researchers. 🔬🎓