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Tavaré Lab

Simon Tavaré, PhD, is a Senior Associate Member at the New York Genome Center (NYGC). Dr. Tavaré became Founding Director of the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute of Cancer Dynamics at Columbia University in July 2018. Dr. Tavaré is one of the world’s experts in statistical and probabilistic applications in biology. His research interests include statistical and population genetics, statistical inference and stochastic computation, cancer evolution, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

Simon Tavaré, PhD

Senior Associate Faculty Member, NYGC
Founding Director, Inst. of Cancer Dynamics; Professor, Statistics & Biological Sciences, Columbia University

About Dr. Tavaré

Latest News & Publications

Cancer Discovery · June 2, 2023

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Unifies Developmental Programs of Esophageal and Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia.

Tavaré Lab Cancer Biology, Genomics & Technology Computational Biology Lab
bioRxiv · June 23, 2021 · Preprint

The Imaging and Molecular Annotation of Xenografts and Tumours (IMAXT) High Throughput Data and Analysis Infrastructure.

Tavaré Lab Cancer
The Journal of experimental medicine · June 24, 2019

Loss of the interleukin-6 receptor causes immunodeficiency, atopy, and abnormal inflammatory responses.

Tavaré Lab

August 30, 2023
Simon Tavaré on the 5-Year Anniversary of The Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics at Columbia University

Vicković Lab Tavaré Lab Cancer Technology Innovation

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