Seminars and Symposiums

The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics organizes seminars and lectures opened to the Columbia community and to researchers outside Columbia. 

Check out our calendar for upcoming events.

IICD Seminar Series

blue banner IICD Seminar Series

The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics hosts a seminar series on the topic of mathematical sciences underpinning cancer research.

The monthly seminars currently take place on the third Wednesday of the month at 2:00 PM EST. The presentations are open to the Columbia community and to researchers outside Columbia. Seminars will be held in person (CUID holders) and online via Zoom.

Check out our calendar to register for the upcoming seminars.

Symposiums

flyer for Mathematical and Computational Methods in Cancer and Biology symposium

The importance of the mathematical and computational sciences and technological developments in driving fundamental discoveries in cancer biology and many other biological fields is now widely acknowledged. To highlight the latest research in those areas, the IICD is planning a symposium titled "Mathematical and Computational Methods in Cancer and Biology." The symposium will also be an occasion to celebrate two milestones: Simon Tavaré’s 70th birthday and the 5th anniversary of the Institute. More details here.

Flyer for the Symposium on Probabilistic Methods in Biological Sciences (March 2020)

Understanding and controlling randomness is crucial in solving global challenges including contemporary problems in biology. To unite the scientists utilizing probabilistic methods to tackle biological problems, Ivan Corwin, Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, led a symposium on March 6, 2020, co-organized by the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics and the Probability and Society Initiative.

Read more here.

flyer for inaugural IICD seminar

The inaugural Institute seminar was an opportunity to learn about the ground-breaking interdisciplinary approach of combining mathematical science and cancer research at the IICD. The symposium took place in November 2019 and was hosted by IICD Director Simon Tavaré. Featuring three speakers: Dr. Sohrab Shah (MSKCC), Dr. Elham Azizi (MSKCC) and Prof. Andrew Blumberg (UT Austin).

Miscellaneous Lectures

Screenshot of Zoom presentation by Alison Etheridge display the title of her talk "Some Mathematical Models of Evolution Mini-Series"
  • Lecture 1​​: Spatial Population Models (Nov 6th, 2020)​​​​​ - Check out the Recording and the Slides 
  • Lecture 2: Expanding Populations (Nov 13th, 2020) - Check out the Recording and the Slides 
  • Lecture 3: The Infinitesimal Model (Nov 20th, 2020) - Check out the Recording and the Slides 
Screenshot of Zoom presentation by Amaury Lambert display a slide of his talk about "Gene Tree vs Species Tree"
  • Lecture 1: Genealogy of One or Many Genes (Oct 9th, 2020) - Check out the Recording and the Slides
  • Lecture 2: The Formation of New Species (Oct 16th, 2020) - Check out the Recording and the Slides
  • Lecture 3: Coevolving Genes and Species (Oct 23rd, 2020) - Check out the Recording and the Slides