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Elham Azizi

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Elham Azizi

@elhamazizi

Irving Associate Prof. @Columbia @ColumbiaBME @Cancer_dynamics #computationalbiology #AI #machinelearning #genomics #cancerimmunology ➡️ @elhamazizi.bsky.social

New York, NY

Joined March 2012

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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Sep 25, 2025
Extremely proud of @justjhong and @khushipde for bringing this innovation to life! #AMICI🤝redefines cell–cell interaction inference from #spatial #transcriptomics - going beyond static proximity to capture who talks to whom, at what distance, and with what downstream impact!
Khushi Desai
@khushipde
Sep 25, 2025
1/ I’m excited to share recent work on inferring cell-cell interactions using attention by @justjhong and me, supervised by @elhamazizi. Open the thread 🧵for a brief tweetorial of our method. bioRxiv link: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Nov 25, 2022
We are thrilled to share #Starfysh ⭐️ an auxiliary deep generative model for multi-modal analysis and integration of spatial transcriptomic (ST) datasets and histology images, and its application to heterogeneous #breastcancer tumors! 😃 tinyurl.com/hffdhvx7 1/
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Dec 5, 2023
I am still in shock! Deeply humbled & grateful to @TakedaPharma @NYASciences for this honor and for highlighting our work: tinyurl.com/3ua82h93 Huge thanks to the phenomenal trainees I am so privileged to work with, the supportive @ColumbiaBME @Cancer_dynamics @columbiacancer
Columbia Engineering
@CUSEAS
Dec 5, 2023
Congratulations to @ColumbiaBME @elhamazizi, the 2024 Early-Career Scientist winner as part of the Innovators in Science Award, administered and announced today by @NYASciences and @TakedaPharma. Get to know what drives Azizi’s research and her philosophy behind the importance
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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
May 10, 2019
Excited to share that I will be joining @Columbia @ColumbiaBME and the Irving Institute of Cancer Dynamics and starting my lab in Jan 2020. We are interested in bridging ML with cancer research and will be recruiting at all levels, more on this soon at azizilab.com!
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Mar 21, 2024
1/ #Starfysh ⭐️🐟 for spatial transcriptomic+histology analysis and multi-sample integration is out today in @NatureBiotech🎉 Thanks to reviewer feedback we improved model interpretability (learning anchors and joint representation of multiple samples) tinyurl.com/5b7m5mv5
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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Feb 15, 2022
Grateful to the @NSF, reviewers, mentors and colleagues for their guidance, and my awesome students!! Excited to develop #machinelearning methods for uncovering interactions in the breast tumor microenvironment and build interdisciplinary educational programs! #letsendcancer
Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics
@Cancer_dynamics
Feb 15, 2022
Congratulations to IICD Faculty member Elham Azizi (@elhamazizi) from @ColumbiaBME who received a @NSF CAREER Award for her research project titled "Integrative modeling of intercellular interactions in the tumor microenvironment". Read here: cancerdynamics.columbia.edu/news/elham-azi…
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Feb 22, 2023
Very grateful to @genome_gov @NIH for supporting the development of generalizable and interpretable computational tools for analyzing emerging spatial omics! #computationalbiology
Columbia - Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics
@Cancer_dynamics
Feb 21, 2023
Congratulations to Elham Azizi (@elhamazizi) who received an R01 grant from the @NIH to unlock novel insights about the spatial organization of cell types, their interactions, and mechanisms in multiple biological systems. Read more: bit.ly/3IIxX4I
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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Jul 10, 2020
Excited to share our @biorxivpreprint on longitudinal #singlecell mapping of T cells with novel #machinelearning methods! We found exhausted T cells with divergent dynamics and distinct circuitry defining #immunotherapy response in human #leukemia tinyurl.com/ybj7amed
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Dec 15, 2023
Happy holidays from the Azizi lab family to yours! 🎊🎄🕎🎉☺️
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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Oct 5, 2021
Last step in ~13yr immigration journey! Freedom and fundamental rights are powerful and life-changing when protected by a constitution #proudUScitizens @BankingOnChain
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Apr 25, 2024
It was such an incredible honor to receive the @TakedaPharma @NYASciences Early-Career Innovators in Science Award in #CancerImmunology alongside Senior Scientist winner Dr. Robert Schreiber who coined the term cancer immunoediting! tinyurl.com/yr8nsxes
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Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Dec 10, 2019
Please RT: I am looking for postdocs and students in #ML for single-cell biology and cancer at Columbia University. Would be available to chat at #NeurIPS2019 this week! #computationalbiology #appliedML #bioinformatics
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Jan 22, 2022
Please #RT! We are seeking #postdocs with #computational or #experimental backgrounds to lead exciting projects on developing/applying #machinelearning to #singlecell and #spatial #genomic data in #cancer! Join us @Columbia in #NYC! tinyurl.com/ys5bxhnz #postdocjobs #jobad
Elham Azizi
@elhamazizi
Nov 16, 2023
We are thrilled to share #Decipher! Extremely proud of @AchilleNazaret and @joy_lfan for leading the development of this creative #ML tool for comparing disease & healthy trajectories ➕ applying it to study leukemic onset! Exciting collaboration with @dana_peer @vp_lavallee!! ⬇️
Achille Nazaret
@AchilleNazaret
Nov 16, 2023
1/🧵 Excited to share #Decipher 🔍, a game-changing method for integrating #singlecell RNA-seq data 🧬 from multiple conditions and revealing cell-state transitions in diseases like #AML. Dive into our thread for more! Check our preprint for full details. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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