Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics@Cancer_dynamics

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

 New York City
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Joined March 2020
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Welcome to the 2026-2027 Seminar Series! We are pleased to host researchers from institutions across the world, including @Stanford, @tcddublin, @harvardmed, and more > bit.ly/4waU5ue 2nd Wednesdays @ 2PM ET | Schermerhorn Hall 603 & Zoom
image card of the 2026-2027 IICD seminar series, with headshots of each speaker

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🎉 It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We’re celebrating IICD postdoc @shi_lingting and her work using computational approaches to better understand complex biological systems. Learn more about Linting: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/… #NPAW2026 #Postdocs
Graphic of Lingting Shi for Postdoc Appreciation Week with the quote: "one of the most exciting moments is when something that initially appears as noise suddenly reveals a clear biological story. It is in these moments that computational modeling and biology truly come together."

ALT Graphic of Lingting Shi for Postdoc Appreciation Week with the quote: "one of the most exciting moments is when something that initially appears as noise suddenly reveals a clear biological story. It is in these moments that computational modeling and biology truly come together."
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🎉 We’re celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Meet IICD postdoc Ren-Yi Wang, PhD, who develops mathematical models to study extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) dynamics and tumor evolution. #NPAW2026 #Postdocs
Postdoc Appreciation Week graphic featuring Ren-Yi Wang, PhD with the quote, "The most exciting moments occur when a mathematical model predicts a feature of a biological process that is later confirmed by biological evidence."

ALT Postdoc Appreciation Week graphic featuring Ren-Yi Wang, PhD with the quote, "The most exciting moments occur when a mathematical model predicts a feature of a biological process that is later confirmed by biological evidence."

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🔬 New research from IICD and @columbiamed! Published in @NatureImmunol, the study tracks T-cell clones across time and tissue to reveal how they evolve and contribute to damage in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). #CancerResearch #Immunology Read more: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/…
Figure illustrating “Spatiotemporal single-cell profiling reveals T cell clonal dynamics and phenotypic plasticity in human graft-versus-host disease,” including computational methods

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🎉 It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Meet IICD postdoc Juliane Schröter, PhD, who uses mathematical and computational approaches to study the immune system, including how immunity develops early in life. Read her Postdoc Profile: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/… #NPAW2026
Postdoc appreciation week flyer featuring juliane Schröter, PhD. A photo of Dr. Schröter with a text bubble containing the text:“Completing my PhD was a major milestone, both professionally and personally. It reinforced that persistence through difficult periods can lead to meaningful success.”

ALT Postdoc appreciation week flyer featuring juliane Schröter, PhD. A photo of Dr. Schröter with a text bubble containing the text:“Completing my PhD was a major milestone, both professionally and personally. It reinforced that persistence through difficult periods can lead to meaningful success.”
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It’s #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek! 🎉🔬 #NPAW2026 All week, we’ll be spotlighting IICD postdocs and the research, ideas, and perspectives they bring to our community. Follow along as we celebrate the researchers helping advance discovery across the IICD! 👏
Collage of Postdoctoral Research Scientists at IICD with the text "postdoc appreciate week 2026"

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Have you seen Dr. Genevera Allen’s Faces of IICD feature? 🎥 A Professor of Statistics, @ZuckermanBrain affiliate, and IICD core member, Dr. Allen develops machine learning and statistical methods to turn complex data into scientific insight. Watch: piped.video/ReVQT3MAjuw
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Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics retweeted
Lingting Shi@shi_lingting
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How do T-cell responses evolve across time, state, and tissue space in human GVHD? 🩸🧬📍 In our new @NatImmunol study @elhamazizi @RanReshefNY , we build a spatiotemporal atlas and connect clonal dynamics with tissue adaptation and localized injury. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41590-026-0…
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From IICD summer researcher to @NSF Graduate Research Fellow! 🎉 Hadassah Mayerfeld is now an MS/PhD student at Columbia under Michael L. Lipton, using advanced MRI methods to study mild traumatic brain injury. Read about her journey from the IICD SRP: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/…
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New research from IICD’s Kevin Hoffer-Hawlik and @elhamazizi! 📄 Published in Bioinformatics, ARCADIA integrates single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial proteomics to reveal how tissue environments shape cellular states. academic.oup.com/bioinformat…
Screenshot of new publication, "ARCADIA reveals spatially dependent transcriptional programs through integration of scRNA-seq and spatial proteomics."

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🔬Postdoc Profile: Apoorva Singh, PhD Discover Apoorva's journey from pure mathematics to computational immunology in a new article spotlighting her research and experiences as a postdoctoral researcher at IICD > cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/…
Headshot of Apoorva Singh, PhD, with quote: “What excites me most about the future of scientific research is the potential for technology and human creativity to work hand in hand. I’m particularly excited about the growing impact of mathematics and statistics across various scientific and engineering fields, which is enabling us to make groundbreaking discoveries.”

ALT Headshot of Apoorva Singh, PhD, with quote: “What excites me most about the future of scientific research is the potential for technology and human creativity to work hand in hand. I’m particularly excited about the growing impact of mathematics and statistics across various scientific and engineering fields, which is enabling us to make groundbreaking discoveries.”
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New research from IICD’s Ren-Yi Wang, PhD! 📄 Published in @iScience_CP, the study uses a stochastic framework to uncover regulatory mechanisms in neural stem cell dynamics. Read more: bit.ly/3T4u2Hk @CUPostdocs @postdocaffairs @columbiacancer @UniHeidelberg
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Thank you to Dr. Katherine Yudeh King (@TheKingLab) for kicking off our 2026–27 IICD Seminar Series yesterday! Dr. King shared her research on the dynamics of clonal hematopoiesis and how interactions among mutant blood stem cell clones shape clonal evolution. #CancerResearch
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Dr. Ren-Yi Wang, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the IICD, introduces Dr. King for the September Seminar

ALT Dr. Ren-Yi Wang, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the IICD, introduces Dr. King for the September Seminar

Dr. King presents at the September Seminar

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We are so proud to share a feature on our Assistant Director, Outreach and Communication, Lorenza Favrot! Learn more about her career in the story below ⤵️
INetNYC@INetNYC
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Scientists of New York - INet NYC inetnyc.com/6/post/2026/09/s…
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Welcome to IICD, Haochen Yang, in the @bidumit lab! 🎉 A PhD student in Biomedical Informatics in the Dumitrascu group, Haochen develops and applies computational methods to study developmental biology and cancer progression.
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What can two twentieth-century mathematicians teach us about collaboration in modern cancer research? Simon Tavaré revisits the wonderfully unconventional Hardy-Littlewood Axioms—and asks what they can still teach us today. Read here: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/…
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Welcome to IICD, James Lee! 🎉 A @APAMMSECU student in the Vicković Lab at @nygenome, James develops genetic perturbation approaches for intact tissue to study how cellular neighborhoods influence perturbation effects in diseases including cancer.
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Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics retweeted
Lingting Shi@shi_lingting
Sep 2
One thing the interview didn’t fully capture is what an exceptional mentor Elham is!!!
Nature Biotechnology
@NatureBiotech
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This multidisciplinary biomedical engineer hopes to bridge data-driven discovery and mechanistic understanding, advancing precision oncology through interpretable, biologically grounded machine learning and artificial intelligence nature.com/articles/s41587-0… rdcu.be/VHGvHbgYyhGa
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Yesterday, IICD kicked off its fall Monthly Research Meetings with talks from Kamila Szumala on cellular programs associated with T-ALL relapse and Marek Kampa on using dynamically guided representation learning to infer B-cell developmental trajectories. 🔬
Kamila Szuzmala presents at September monthly research meeting

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Marek Kampa presents at September monthly research meeting

ALT Marek Kampa presents at September monthly research meeting

Catered lunch from FUMO at the September monthly research meeting

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IICD Core Faculty @elhamazizi is featured in @NatureBiotech! 🧬 She discusses her multidisciplinary scientific journey and her work at the intersection of machine learning, AI, and cancer research. Read the career feature: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/…
Headshot of Elham Azizi by Tim Lee

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