Events

The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics will continue its seminar series on the topic of mathematical sciences underpinning cancer research during the 2022-2023 academic year. The monthly seminars take place on the second Wednesday of the month, 2:00-3:00 PM EST. The presentations are open to the Columbia community (in person and online) and to researchers outside Columbia (via Zoom). On Wednesday, February 14th (2:00 PM ET), IICD welcomes Christina Curtis, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Data Science and Director of AI and Cancer Genomics, Stanford University. Seminar hosted by Simon Tavaré, FRS. The seminar will take place in person in Fairchild 700 (Morningside Heights campus). If you wish to attend the seminar remotely, please register using the following link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsfuGsrjgvGtJ80J0y5E-qDz_CG83r78ns Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Bio: Christina Curtis is a Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Data Science and Director of AI and Cancer Genomics at Stanford University. Her research has led to new paradigms in understanding how human tumors evolve and metastasize and has redefined the molecular map of breast cancer. Dr. Curtis has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the NIH Director's Pioneer Award and the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science. She is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, a Susan G. Komen Scholar, and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Dr. Curtis serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including Science and Cancer Discovery, as an advisor to biotech, and on the AACR Board of Directors.   If you would like to meet one-on-one (possibility via zoom) or attend the lunch or dinner with the speaker, please contact the event organizer.    

The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics will continue its seminar series on the topic of mathematical sciences underpinning cancer research during the 2022-2023 academic year. The monthly seminars take place on the second Wednesday of the month, 2:00-3:00 PM EST. The presentations are open to the Columbia community (in person and online) and to researchers outside Columbia (via Zoom). On Wednesday, March 13th (2:00 PM ET), IICD welcomes Brittany Adamson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University. Seminar hosted by José McFaline Figueroa, PhD. The seminar will take place in person in Fairchild 700 (Morningside Heights campus). If you wish to attend the seminar remotely, please register using the following link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsd-urpjgiG9b1sk_B4764Ct3JrqG3-j87 Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Bio: Dr. Adamson is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. She is also a member of the Genomic Instability and Cancer Genetics Program at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Dr. Adamson started her training in 2004 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Angelika Amon. In 2007, she joined the lab of Stephen Elledge at Harvard Medical School, where she used functional genomics approaches to study DNA repair in human cells. She earned her PhD from Harvard Medical School in 2012. Dr. Adamson then worked with Jonathan Weissman at the University of California, San Francisco, where she received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. Her postdoctoral work pioneered new approaches for functional genomics in human cells, technologies that now enable dissection of cellular pathways with unprecedented resolution. With her lab at Princeton, Dr. Adamson continues to use and develop cutting-edge experimental tools, including genetic screening methods and single-cell RNA-sequencing, to study genome editing and DNA repair, as well as other areas of interest to the group. Dr. Adamson is the recipient of a 2020 Searle Scholars Award and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey New Investigator Award.   If you would like to meet one-on-one (possibility via zoom) or attend the lunch or dinner with the speaker, please contact the event organizer.    

ABOUT THE SEMINAR Microphysiological Human Lymphatic System The human lymphatic system, a network of lymphatic vessels and lymphoid organs plays a role in human health and disease. It maintains fluid homeostasis in tissues by draining excess interstitial fluid. Since the interstitial fluid may contain immune/cancer cells, and diverse biomolecules, impaired lymphatic function contributes to numerous human diseases, such as lymphedema, immune dysfunction, metabolic disease, cancers, and neurodegenerative disease. Though animal models have been widely used, it is often difficult to isolate the relative contributions of biological and biophysical factors in these models, so they have not been as helpful in identifying mechanisms of multifactorial disease. By contrast, traditional cell cultures in two-dimensional dishes are easy to control, but they do not recapitulate the three-dimensional in vivo organization of lymphatics. In this lecture, I will present microphysiological human lymphatic system that recapitulates the native structure and function of lymphatics to decipher the mechanisms of lymphatics-related human diseases.   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Esak (Isaac) Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor of BME; Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investi gator in the Life Sciences atCornell University  Esak (Isaac) Lee is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. His research focuses on creating microphysiological tissue chip models to recapitulate the human lymphatic system and better understand related diseases with NIH funding from NHLBI, NCI, and NIAID. He has published more than 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals and received awards including the Microcirculatory Society Award for Excellence in Lymphatic Research, Biomedical Engineering Society Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator Award, Cornell’s Meinig Family Investigatorship, and Lymphatic Education & Research Network Young Investigator Award.   ABOUT THE BME SEMINAR SERIES The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University is proud to host a distinguished lecture series on the latest developments and research in Biomedical Engineering. The series takes place on Thursday afternoons at 1:00 PM Eastern and includes a variety of renowned academics from top universities to talk about their specific research and experience. This is a hybrid event.