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Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics
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The Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics (IICD) focuses on the interplay between mathematical sciences and cancer research at Columbia University.

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Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics @cancerdynamics.bsky.social · Aug 15
The IICD Seminar Series returns this fall!
Join us monthly for talks from top minds in cancer dynamics—from Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Human Technopole, and more.
📍2nd Wednesdays @ 2PM ET | Schermerhorn Hall 603 & Zoom
📅 Full lineup: bit.ly/4kT5YPC
#CancerResearch #CompBio #Genomics #IICD
Seminar Series
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New paper out in @natmethods.nature.com from @elhamazizi.bsky.social, Kam Leong & @jameszou.bsky.social! The team developed Squidiff, a diffusion #AI model to predict cellular responses to environmental cues and accelerate #PrecisionMedicine.

Learn more: bit.ly/3WRPNsx
Schematic of cell differentiation prediction (a) and drug response prediction (b).
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🧬 IICD Monthly Research Roundup – October 2025

#IICDResearch #CancerGenomics #SpatialTranscriptomics #neuroscience #CancerResearch @khanhndinh.bsky.social @ignaciovazquez.bsky.social @elhamazizi.bsky.social @arxiv-cs-cl.bsky.social @nature.com @natbiotech.nature.com
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November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Fantastic discussions at this month’s research meeting! William Milligan shared insights on cell division and mutagenesis in primates, while Arpit Swain (@swainarpit.bsky.social) presented exciting work on Influenza-specific CD4/CD8 T-cell clones.
Simon Tavaré and William Milligan Arpit Swain William Milligan
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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@khanhndinh.bsky.social’s group developed a faster, more efficient #RandomForest based #ApproximateBayesianComputation to make mathematical modeling more reliable across disciplines. Read more: bit.ly/4oIvOsB
cc: @columbiacancer.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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📣 Applications are open! Calling all undergrads!

The 2026 IICD Summer Research Program offers a 10-week immersive experience in cancer research and mathematical sciences for undergrads. #UndergraduateResearch

📅 Apply by Feb 1, 2026: bit.ly/IICD-SRP
Flyer for IICD SRP
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The November newsletter is out now. Don’t miss our alumni spotlight, cutting-edge research on colon aging, a new K-12 partnership, and other exciting updates: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/iicd-ne...
cc: @nygenome.org @brentstockwell.bsky.social
IICD Newsletter November 2025
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Thank you to Dr. Robert Frawley (BioBus and @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social) for an inspiring talk on “Microscopes and Community Science” during our October Research Meeting. #STEMOutreach #CommunityScience
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The Institute launched a new collaboration with STEM Starters, a graduate student organization who offers hands-on science workshops for local elementary and middle-school students and their families in Harlem. Read more: bit.ly/4nVlYDh
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Children decrypting ciphers written in invisible ink
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Today we celebrate #NationalMentoringDay! Thank you to IICD researchers and mentors everywhere who dedicate their time to mentoring and inspiring the next generation of scientists.
Photo collage of scientists in the lab for National Mentoring Day
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Please share🔉 We’re #hiring #AI #Engineers
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🚀Join us to build foundation models that learn & reason about cancer systems, integrating #LLMs #causalAI and multi-modal #genomics. Shape the next-generation of cancer therapies! tinyurl.com/5n7wp8ck
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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🎥 The Institute for Cancer Dynamics continues to share research and insights on YouTube.

Catch up on our Seminar Series talks and watch our JSM TV feature to learn more about IICD’s contributions to cancer research and modeling.

youtube.com/@cancer_dynamics
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Focusing on the quantitative and technological underpinnings of cancer research. The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics (IICD) is an interdisciplinary institute located on the ...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Vicković Lab publishes a new study on colon aging #NBTintheNews via @cancerdynamics.bsky.social cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/vickovi...
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Tissue and cellular spatiotemporal dynamics in colon aging - @nygenome.org @flatironinstitute.org @broadinstitute.org @cancerdynamics.bsky.social go.nature.com/47I1RBF
Tissue and cellular spatiotemporal dynamics in colon aging - Nature Biotechnology
cSplotch compares spatial transcriptomics data across ages and regions of mouse colon tissue.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Big news: The Vicković Lab’s study on colon aging has been accepted by @natbiotech.nature.com! The team built a detailed atlas of aging colon tissue, using spatial transcriptomics + a new tool (cSplotch) to profile ~1,500 samples & 400k nuclei.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4hj3ry7
#SpatialTranscriptomics
cSplotch Summary Schematic
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Welcome to Hamza Golubovic, a PhD student in statistics in Genevera Allen’s group @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social. Hamza has been developing interpretable machine learning methods related to feature importance and signal processing in high dimensional settings.
Hamza Golubovic Hamza Golubovic
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Columbia Researchers! Join us for the inaugural session of our new IICD Workshop Series: a hands-on Quantitative Immunology Workshop led by Sanket Rane.

📅 Date: Nov 19, 2-5 PM ET
📍 Location: Schermerhorn Hall 603
✍️ Register by: Nov. 17 (5 PM ET)
Link: bit.ly/4hfpfL2
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Check out the next Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture, “Driving brain breakthroughs with data science,” organized by @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social and featuring IICD core faculty Genevera Allen.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture: Driving brain breakthroughs with data science
Driving brain breakthroughs with data science
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October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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**Students** submit your projects for the Columbia Undergraduate Research Fair 2025! Dive into AI’s future - technological, ethical and social 🧠

Deadline: Oct 22
Event: Nov 6
More info: datascience.columbia.edu/events/under...

#ColumbiaAI @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @barnardcollege.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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✨Alumni Spotlight: Mingzhang Yin, former @cancerdynamics.bsky.social and @datascicolumbia.bsky.social postdoc, is now a faculty at University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business.
His work bridges statistics, AI, & marketing to drive new insights in research and industry.

bit.ly/47nRyT9
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October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Congratulations to IICD member @brentstockwell.bsky.social who was awarded an NCI P01 grant with Xuejun Jiang (MSK) and Wei Gu (CUIMC).

Read more: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/brent-s...

cc: @columbiacancer.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @columbiamed.bsky.social
Brent Stockwell
October 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Welcome to Anirban Nath, a PhD student in statistics co-advised by Genevera Allen (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social) and Ming Yuan (@datascicolumbia.bsky.social). His research focuses on developing distribution-free inference methods for interpretable machine learning and high-dimensional statistics.
Anirban Nath Anirban Nath
October 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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IICD Monthly Research Roundup – September 2025
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @arxiv-cs-cl.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com @jlmcfalinefigueroa.bsky.social @khanhndinh.bsky.social @braphael.bsky.social @elhamazizi.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Thank you to Dr. Teresa Davoli (NYU Langone) who shared about her latest research on cancer aneuploidy with our researchers. cc: @khanhndinh.bsky.social

Missed it? Watch the recording here: youtu.be/ZRzrjes7knQ?...
Khanh Dinh introducing the seminar speaker Teresa Davoli presenting
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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We are highlighting the work of IICD scientists advancing our understanding of breast cancer. Their research, along with collaborative efforts across Columbia, continues to drive progress toward more precise and effective breast cancer treatments: bit.ly/4pHt8MD
#BreastCancerAwareness
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October 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM