Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics

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 ⬇️

📬 The August IICD Newsletter is here! 🔬 New member spotlights 📣 A Faces of IICD feature 🏆 Awards & honors 📄 Recent publications 📅 Upcoming events Read the latest: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/iicd-news…

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 the @Genevera_Allen group in Statistics and @ZuckermanBrain. His research spans high-dimensional statistics, optimization, tensor decomposition, and applications to social and clinical science.

@UVA @bstockwell @UVAEngineers @stonybrooku @SBUArtsSciences @mssanjavickovic @nygenome @smithcollege @CityCollegeNY @bidumit @ccnyWinS @sbucompsc @columbiacancer @ColumbiaCompSci @rpi @joselmcfaline @shi_lingting @CUBoulder @soobeomlee @pomonacollege @WakeForest @WakeChemistry @UofR @khanh_n_dinh @BaruchCollege 📊 Meet Vicky Jung! Fascinated by simulations, modeling, and environmental science, Vicky plans to pursue a PhD in applied mathematics and tackle pollution through quantitative research > bit.ly/QASRP2026

@UVA @bstockwell @UVAEngineers @stonybrooku @SBUArtsSciences @mssanjavickovic @nygenome @smithcollege @CityCollegeNY @bidumit @ccnyWinS @sbucompsc @columbiacancer @ColumbiaCompSci @rpi @joselmcfaline @shi_lingting @CUBoulder @soobeomlee @pomonacollege @WakeForest @WakeChemistry @UofR @khanh_n_dinh Meet Samyah Ahmed (@baruchcollege), a senior studying Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science. Inspired by both science and mathematics, she plans to pursue a PhD in mathematics and is fascinated by the depth and beauty behind complex ideas > bit.ly/QASRP2026

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 ⬇️

Current data visualization technology has serious shortcomings that can lead to inaccuracies. @Cancer_dynamics researchers have introduced a new method to approach high dimensional datasets, making them easier to explore, understand, and interpret: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/iicd-rese…

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

🔬Postdoc Profile: Lingting Shi, PhD (@elhamazizi & @joselmcfaline 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-p…

Welcome to IICD, Dr. Alba Corman! As a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Vicković Lab at @nygenome, she develops next-generation controllable CRISPR screening technologies to identify therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases.

Congratulations to @elhamazizi, associate professor of biomedical engineering at @CUSEAS and Herbert and Florence Irving Associate Professor of Cancer Data Research at @Cancer_dynamics.

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

🎥 Faces of IICD: Meet Dr. @Genevera_Allen! Professor of Statistics, @ZuckermanBrain, and IICD core member, she develops machine learning and statistical methods to uncover insights from complex data. Watch: youtu.be/ReVQT3MAjuw @ColumbiaScience @ColumbiaFaculty @Columbia

cc: @elhamazizi @shi_lingting @AaronZweig2 @CassBurdziak @david_a_knowles @wesleytansey

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.

🚀Introducing LYNX a deep #generative framework for #multimodal #spatialbiology led by @YinuoJin6, Josh Myers w/ Presha Rajbhandari @bstockwell lab! Can #AI/ML learn a unified representation of #tissue architecture that intergates modalities into a shared latent space 🧵👇

📕 New publication in @PNASNews: A new visualization method developed by IICD researchers in the Blumberg group could improve the analysis of high dimensional datasets and help scientists identify new cell types. Read more: bit.ly/4eZqbCF