The Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamic Invites Applications for its 2027 Summer Research Program for Undergraduates
The Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics at Columbia University offers a 10-week research opportunity for talented undergraduate students to perform cutting-edge research at the intersection of cancer biology and mathematical sciences. Areas of research span from cancer biology to computer science, mathematics, statistical bioinformatics, engineering, and more.
Congratulations to Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr. William R. Milligan on receiving an NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate the biological processes underlying genetic mutations.
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Izar and IICD members Drs. Elham Azizi and Bianca Dumitrascu on receiving a three-year, $900,000 Team Science Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance. Led by Dr. Izar, the project will leverage artificial intelligence to better understand and predict melanoma relapse.
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Alexis Carrel and Montrose Burrows became the first to grow tumor tissue in vitro in 1910. Four years later, researchers successfully cultured a human osteosarcoma. Cancer research leaves the body. (Hajdu, βLandmarks in the History of Cancer,β Part V)
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