Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics

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

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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: https://t.co/IIRGFnVRhr
#CancerResearch #IICD

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Our @AllianceProg Interns are taking over our Instagram today! Follow along on our story > https://t.co/Z73RQl4edT

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Congratulations to Dr. @elhamazizi from IICD and @ColumbiaBME on being named to the 2026 #40Under40inCancer class! 🎉

This national award recognizes rising leaders transforming oncology and cancer research through innovation and impact.

Read more: https://t.co/NfvFxAH4Gx

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Our June newsletter is out now! Read about our 2026 SRP cohort, new research on SHP2 mutations, and an award from the S Jay Levy Fellowship for Future Leaders> https://t.co/n7YOibeKEu

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Wrapping up the week 1 of the IICD Summer Research Program for Undergraduates (SRP)! ☀️

This week included our kickoff lunch, research seminars with @csuremm , and a board games lunch outing at @HexAndCompany. We’re excited to see what this cohort accomplishes over the summer!

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This past year, IICD welcomed researchers from @Harvard, @Princeton, @nyuniversity, @humantechnopole and more to speak in our seminar series. Their presentations reiterate our commitment to interdisciplinary cancer research. Watch the seminars here: https://t.co/QISwI4BICe

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Group-Aware Matrix Estimation and Latent Subspace Recovery

Hamza Golubovic, Matthew Shen, Genevera I. Allen, Tarek M. Zikry
https://t.co/zDzJYu6xYw [𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝.𝙼𝙻 𝚌𝚜.𝙻𝙶 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝.𝙰𝙿 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝.𝙼𝙴]

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Meet the 2026 IICD Summer Research Program interns! 🎉

This summer’s cohort of 13 undergraduate interns joins IICD from universities across the country to explore interdisciplinary cancer dynamics research.

Learn more > https://t.co/f4gg92Kkfs

#IICD #STEM #SummerInternship

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New research from the @joselmcfaline and Neel Shah groups, recently published in @ScienceAdvances, uncovers novel mechanisms by which SHP2 mutations disrupt cellular processes. This work may help pave the way toward future therapies for patients
> https://t.co/PQsMDjcVlT

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🎓 🎉 Class of 2026, tonight the iconic @EmpireStateBldg is shining in Columbia Blue to celebrate you. Congratulations! #Columbia2026

📷 David Dini (SIPA'14)

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Today is Commencement Day at @Columbia! Congratulations to all our IICD graduates on their extraordinary achievements. We cannot wait to see what you do next! #Columbia2026

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🚨 We’re hiring: Grants Manager 🚨
This role will focus primarily on pre-award grant activities, with some post-award support.

🔗 Apply here: https://t.co/xqcsq4IFRP

#hiring #JobOpening

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This May for #CancerResearchMonth, meet Dr. Sanket Rane of @Cancer_dynamics.

His work blends immunology and math to model how cancer and the immune system evolve—paving the way for more precise, personalized treatments.

Read more: https://t.co/3PQwpY6fl7

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Thank you to @ProfMonaSingh of @EPrinceton for an outstanding IICD Seminar Series talk on computational methods for interpreting cancer genomes and uncovering cancer-relevant genomic alterations.

A great close to our 2025–2026 seminar series! #CancerResearch

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Photo by Sirin Samman Photography

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Truly honored to receive the Internship Partner Award from the S Jay Levy Fellowship from @CityCollegeNY 🤝

For the past 4 years, fellows have joined our Summer Research Program and made amazing contributions. Excited for the future of this partnership > https://t.co/QkpGk5QMby

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This week, IICD and @ZuckermanBrain hosted middle school students from Q StudioLab for a visit focused on science, research, and discovery.

Students had the opportunity to connect with IICD scientists over lunch and learn more about careers in STEM! #CancerResearch #Outreach

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Reminder to register for our last seminar of 2025-26 ⬇️

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Final Seminar of 2025-2026 on May 13 with @ProfMonaSingh from @PrincetonCS. Looking forward to hearing her insights at the intersection of computational biology, genomics, and machine learning.

Learn more & register: https://t.co/i0NxktLmPv

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Congratulations to @khanh_n_dinh on receiving an @NIH R01 grant for his project, “Deciphering cancer origin from DNA evolution.”

His work aims to improve personalized cancer treatment decisions. Read more: https://t.co/vODjgdKjG2

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May's research meeting featured talks by 2 graduate students:

💻Decoding the Spatiotemporal Drivers of Epigenetic Regulation with Bayesian SPARROW by Ruiyang He

🔬Multi-Omics Characterization of Tumor-Microbiome Spatiotemporal Interactions by Ioana Lia

See you next semester!

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This #CancerResearchMonth, we’re highlighting researchers expanding how we understand cancer at many levels.

Check out our feature on @GaublommeL to learn more about #geneediting and #spatialanalysis and what it means for future patient therapies> https://t.co/uv74mrPQE9