Tal Korem

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Associate Professor(heuristic)

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment · Surgery

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Publications117

Citations16,419

Grants

11 total · 11 active

NIH #5R01HD106017-04

A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth

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Amount: $675K
Period: 2021-08-03 → 2026-07-31
PIs: 1
Est. capacity / PI: ~0 students

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #3R01HD106017-04S1

A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth

Expiring Soon

Amount: $96K
Period: 2021-08-03 → 2026-07-31
PIs: 1
Est. capacity / PI: ~0 students

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

NIH #5R01HD106017-03

A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth

Expiring Soon

Amount: $673K
Period: 2021-08-03 → 2026-07-31
PIs: 1
Est. capacity / PI: ~0 students

Awarded at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES

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Admission Signals

New paper: Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Imaging of Seedling Uterine Fibroids: Supplementary Data (Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University))2026-05-28
New preprint: Comparative metagenomics using pan-metagenomic graphs2025-11-26
New NIH award: $825K — Microbial biomarkers of intestinal MDR colonization after solid organ transplantation2024-12-02
New NIH award: $842K — Microbial biomarkers of intestinal MDR colonization after solid organ transplantation2024-12-02
New NIH award: $692K — A large scale investigation of the vaginal ecosystem in preeclampsia2024-09-03
New NIH award: $717K — A large scale investigation of the vaginal ecosystem in preeclampsia2024-09-03
New NIH award: $96K — A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth2021-09-01
New NIH award: $671K — A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth2021-08-03
New NIH award: $675K — A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth2021-08-03
New NIH award: $96K — A large scale investigation of the vaginal metagenome and metabolome and their role in spontaneous preterm birth2021-08-03

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Publications as of 2026-07-01
Grants as of 2026-06-30

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Recent Publications

Last 2 years · showing 18 of 18

Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Imaging of Seedling Uterine Fibroids: Supplementary Data
Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) · 2026-05-28
Spatially Mapping the Mechanical and Structural Properties of the Seedling Uterine Fibroid-Myometrium Interface: Supplementary Data
Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) · 2026-05-19
End-to-end evaluation of pipelines for metagenome-assembled genomes reveals hidden performance gaps
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026-04-09
Reply to Du: Differences in experimental setting make validation harder
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM · 2026-04-01
A generalizable cross-continent prediction of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using the oral microbiome
Communications Medicine · 2026-02-28 · 1 citations
Distributional bias compromises leave-one-out cross-validation
Science Advances · 2025-11-28 · 13 citations
Comparative metagenomics using pan-metagenomic graphsPreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-11-26
A generalizable cross-continent prediction of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using the oral microbiomePreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-11-24
Spatially Mapping the Mechanical and Structural Properties of the Seedling Uterine Fibroid-Myometrium InterfacePreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-11-16
Identification of Sample Processing Errors in Microbiome Studies Using Host Genetic ProfilesPreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-09-12 · 1 citations
A Simple data-driven dietary pattern associated with lower risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM · 2025-08-27 · 3 citations
Guidelines for preventing and reporting contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies
Nature Microbiology · 2025-06-20 · 81 citations
Compositional transformations can reasonably introduce phenotype-associated values into sparse features
mSystems · 2025-05-02 · 6 citations
Processing-bias correction with DEBIAS-M improves cross-study generalization of microbiome-based prediction models
Nature Microbiology · 2025-03-27 · 7 citations
Domain adaptation in small-scale and heterogeneous biological datasets
Science Advances · 2024-12-20 · 44 citations
Early prediction of preeclampsia using the first trimester vaginal microbiomePreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024-12-02 · 4 citations
Microsynteny is a powerful front for microbial strain tracking
Cell Reports Methods · 2024-09-01 · 1 citations
Planning and Analyzing a Low-Biomass Microbiome Study: A Data Analysis Perspective
The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2024-08-07 · 12 citations

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