IICD Newsletter April 2022

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April 4th, 2022   Women's History Month: Spotlight IICD Scientists In honor of Women’s History Month, we highlighted the outstanding scientists who are part of the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics. Interviews were released every week throughout the month of March. They shares about their journey in STEM, the challenges they encountered and the achievements they are most proud of.   Read more Next Speaker in our Virtual Seminar Series Eavesdropping on the Dynamics of Embryonic Development and Cancer with Multidimensional Light Imaging Hosted by Simon Tavaré, FRS Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM (EST) Date: April 21, 2022   Some seminars are recorded and available for viewing on the IICD YouTube channel.   Click here to learn more and register News & Announcements Mingzhang Yin Joins the University of Florida Congratulations to IICD Postdoctoral Research Scientist Mingzhang Yin (co-mentored by Drs. David M. Blei and Simon Tavaré) who will join next Fall the University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Marketing Department, as a tenure track Assistant Professor.   Penn Genetics 2022 Global Scientific Symposium: Biological Insights from High-Throughput Single-Cell Technologies The symposium will be held on April 25-26, 2022 in person on the Penn campus with lectures also streamed online and will feature insights resulting from the application of single-cell methods of all types to questions in biology and medicine. It will include poster sessions, discussion panels, and talks by leading researchers from Penn and across the world, including keynote lectures by Dr. Aviv Regev (Genentech) and Dr. Stephen Quake (Stanford). Learn more about the program details and registration here. Columbia University Data Science Institute: Data Science Day 2022 Data Science Day (Wednesday, April 6th) provides a forum for innovators in academia, industry, and government to connect. The Data Science Institute’s flagship annual event offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the depth and scope of Columbia University’s most innovative data science research. Learn more about the program details and registration here. Recent Publications from IICD Researchers Genomic Characterization of Metastatic Patterns from Prospective Clinical Sequencing of 25,000 Patients. Nguyen, B. et al. Cell 2022, 185(3), 563-575.e11. With the participation of IICD Affiliate Faculty Sohrab P. Shah. Machine Learning Classifies Ferroptosis and Apoptosis Cell Death Modalities with TfR1 Immunostaining. Jin, J.; Schorpp, K.; Samaga, D.; Unger, K.; Hadian, K.*; Stockwell, B. R.* ACS Chem. Biol. 2022, 17(3), 654-660.   Multi-Omic Cross-Sectional Cohort Study of Pre-Malignant Barrett’s Esophagus Reveals Early Structural Variation and Retrotransposon Activity. Katz-Summercorn, A. C. et al. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 1407. With the participation of IICD Associate Research Scientist Karol Nowicki-Osuch. Partial Identification with Noisy Covariates: A Robust Optimization Approach. Guo, W.; Yin, M.; Wang, Y.; Jordan, M. I. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 2022, 140, 1-24. Job Opportunities 1. IICD associate research scientist or research scientist positions in quantitative aspects of cancer research 2. Postdoctoral research scientist position in computational biology 3. Joint postdoc opening in the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and IICD 4. Postdoc opening with Drs. Mijo Simunovic and Elham Azizi 5. Postdoctoral research scientist in Dr. Jose McFaline-Figueroa's laboratory 6. Postdoc opening with Dr. Wan Yang: dynamic modeling and statistical inference with applications to cancer disease 7. Postdoc opening with Dr. Andrew Yates: immunological memory & host-pathogen interactions Connect with Us See all IICD events Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*