The following publication resulted from Dr. Norden-Krichmar’s without-compensation (WOC) affiliation and collaboration with the Veterans Affairs (VA), using the Million Veterans Program (MVP) database.

Kaplan, D.E., Teerlink, C.C., Schwantes-An, T., Norden-Krichmar, T.M., DuVall, S.L., Morgan, T.R., Tsao, P.S., Voight, B.M., Lynch, J.A., Vujkovic, M., and Chang, K,M. (2024) “Clinical and genetic risk factors for progressive fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease”, Hepatology Communications, 8(7):e0487, doi.org/10.1097/HC9.0000000000000487.

Dr. Trina Norden-Krichmar retired from UCI at the end of Winter quarter 2024.  She will remain affiliated with UCI as an Emeritus Associate Professor.

Listopad, S., Magnan, C., Day, L.Z., Asghar, A., Stolz, A., Tayek, J.A., Liu, Z.X., Jacobs, J.M., Morgan, T.R., Norden-Krichmar, T.M.  (2024) “Identification of integrated proteomics and transcriptomics signature of alcohol-associated liver disease using machine learning”, PLOS Digital Health, 3(2), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000447.

Liu, X., Liu, Z.X., Morgan, T.R., and Norden-Krichmar, T.M.  (2023) Single-cell transcriptomics of peripheral blood mononuclear cells indicates impaired immune and inflammatory responses in alcohol-associated hepatitis. Human Immunology, doi.org/10.1016/j.humimm.2023.110735

Thangavelu, C.S. and Norden-Krichmar, T.M. (2023) Integrative Meta-Analysis during Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Reprogramming Reveals Conserved Networks and Chromatin Accessibility Signatures in Human and Mouse.  BioMedInformatics, 3, 1015-1039, doi.org/10.3390/biomedinformatics3040061

We would like to congratulate our lab member, Chloe Thangavelu, for successfully defending her dissertation on September 1, 2023, to achieve her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at UC Irvine.

Her dissertation was entitled:
“Deciphering Cellular Reprogramming: Mechanistic Insights for Disease Modeling, Pharmaceutical Testing, and AI-Driven Drug Discovery”

Dissertation Committee:
Trina Norden-Krichmar (Chair)
Kai Kessenbrock
Marcus Seldin

Congratulations and all the best to Dr. Thangavelu!

Here is a picture from the UCI Graduate Hooding Ceremony at Bren Center on June 17, 2023.

Pictured from left to right:

Chloe Thangavelu, Xiaochen Liu, Trina Norden-Krichmar, Jeff Krichmar, Kexin Chen, and Jinwei Xing.

Chloe and Xiaochen are members of the Norden-Krichmar lab.
Kexin and Jinwei are members of Jeff Krichmar’s Cognitive Anteaters Robotics Lab.

Congratulations to the 2023 PhD graduates!! We are so proud of you all!!

We would also like to congratulate our lab member, Xiaochen Liu, for successfully defending her dissertation on May 23, 2023, to achieve her Ph.D. in Epidemiology at UC Irvine.
 
Her dissertation was entitled:
“Genomic Factors Underlying Alcohol-associated and Viral Hepatitis”
 
Dissertation Committee:
Trina Norden-Krichmar (Chair)
Karen L. Edwards
Hannah L. Park
 
Congratulations and all the best to Dr. Liu!

We would like to congratulate our lab member, Stanislav Listopad, for successfully defending his dissertation on November 18, 2022, to achieve his Ph.D. in Computer Science at UC Irvine.

His dissertation was entitled:
“Towards integrated genomics data analyses to facilitate identification of diagnostic biomarkers”

Dissertation Committee:
Trina Norden-Krichmar (Chair)
Xiaohui Xie
Ali Mortazavi

Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Listopad!