Srikar Chamala, PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology

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Overview

Srikar Chamala, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He also serves as Director of the Center for Pathology Informatics and Data Science at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The major areas of research interest include clinical genome informatics, cancer disparity informatics, pathology informatics and data analytics, and translational bioinformatics.

Education and Training

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA — PhD — 05/2014 — Bioinformatics / Comparative Genomics
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA — MS — 05/2008 — Bioinformatics
  • Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA — BS — 12/2006 — Bioinformatics

Publications

  • The mammalian LINC complex regulates genome transcriptional responses to substrate rigidity. Sci Rep. 2016 12 01; 6:38063.. View in PubMed
  • A Consensus Genetic Map for Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii and Extent of Linkage Disequilibrium in Two Genotype-Phenotype Discovery Populations of Pinus taeda. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Jun 11; 5(8):1685-94.. View in PubMed
  • MarkerMiner 1.0: A new application for phylogenetic marker development using angiosperm transcriptomes. Appl Plant Sci. 2015 Apr; 3(4).. View in PubMed
  • Genome-wide identification of evolutionarily conserved alternative splicing events in flowering plants. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2015; 3:33.. View in PubMed
  • Primers for low-copy nuclear genes in Metrosideros and cross-amplification in Myrtaceae. Appl Plant Sci. 2014 Oct; 2(10).. View in PubMed
  • Assembly and validation of the genome of the nonmodel basal angiosperm Amborella. Science. 2013 Dec 20; 342(6165):1516-7.. View in PubMed
  • Validation of reference transcripts in strawberry (Fragaria spp.). Mol Genet Genomics. 2013 Dec; 288(12):671-81.. View in PubMed
  • Primers for low-copy nuclear genes in the Hawaiian endemic Clermontia (Campanulaceae) and cross-amplification in Lobelioideae. Appl Plant Sci. 2013 Jun; 1(6).. View in PubMed
  • Potential use of low-copy nuclear genes in DNA barcoding: a comparison with plastid genes in two Hawaiian plant radiations. BMC Evol Biol. 2013 Feb 09; 13:35.. View in PubMed
  • Next-generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids. Am J Bot. 2012 Feb; 99(2):372-82.. View in PubMed