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Images from the Pittsburgh Orofacial Cleft (OFC) Birth Defects Study

Map of diverse populations included in the OFC studies.

Conceptual models of the multidisciplinary studes of COHRA1 and COHRA2

New releases on #FaceBase: two global orofacial-cleft datasets (OFC1/OFC2) + two Appalachian oral-health-disparity cohorts (COHRA1 & 2). Rich 3-D imaging, genomics & longitudinal surveys ready for discovery. Read all about it here:
www.facebase.org/2025/07/28/r...

It's that time again for FaceBase Office Hours!

This Wednesday (tomorrow!) 1pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific!

Meet with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data and more!

Click here to register on Zoom: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25 After a quarter of a century, the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function and clinical impact.

It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact. #Academicsky 🧬 🧪

Slides, webcasts and posters from the 2025 FaceBase Community Forum are now available on facebase.org.

Topics: new collaborations, data integration, AI applications, integrating clinical elements into FaceBase, new technologies, advances in basic research and more!

www.facebase.org/community/an...

Photo of Yang Chai, the next dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, who is the co-PI of FaceBase.

Congratulations to our co-PI, Yang Chai, DMD, DDS, PhD, on becoming the next dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC!
@ccmb.usc.edu‬

Great first day at the FaceBase 2025 Community Forum, hosted at USC’s Information Sciences Institute!

The sessions focused on integrating clinical tools and #AI into #craniofacial pain research, featuring work from USC and UCSF, and poster presentations.

@viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu

We are excited to announce another new dataset release on FaceBase from a PLOS Genetics paper about SHH expression in the Frontonasal Ectodermal Zone that depicts a new enhancer element!

Learn more here: www.facebase.org/2025/05/21/r...

🕙 FaceBase Office Hours this Wednesday (tomorrow!) 1pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific!

Our monthly Office Hours are an opportunity to meet with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data and more!

Click here to register on Zoom: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Figure 1 from publication depicting scRNA-Seq data on embryonic mouse palate from stages E12.5 through E18.5 and Spatial Genomics data on embryonic mouse head from histological sections from stages E12.5 through E15.5

FaceBase has released new datasets from a Nature Communications paper on TGF-β Signaling and Craniofacial Morphogenesis with high resolution spatial genomics and scRNA-Seq data!

Learn more here:
www.facebase.org/2025/05/20/r...

Flyer for the FaceBase 2025 Community Forum on June 3 & 4

📣 Deadline for abstracts is tomorrow!

Quick reminder that if you are planning to present a poster (in-person only) at the FaceBase Community Forum on June 3rd, the deadline to submit your abstract is tomorrow (Friday) May 16!

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#FaceBase2025

Register by Friday, May 16 to attend the FaceBase Community Forum in person — June 3–4 in Marina del Rey, CA!

✅ Register: www.facebase.org/community/an...

📍 Travel info: www.facebase.org/community/an...
📑 Poster Abstract deadline: May 16
📅 Agenda: www.facebase.org/community/an...

#FaceBase2025

The FaceBase team at our booth in the AADOCR Exhibit Hall (from left to right: Aref Shafaeibejestan, Alejandro Bugacov, VyVy Nguyen, Cris Williams, Yang Chai, Carl Kesselman, Rob Schuler)

Alejandro Bugacov next to FaceBase's poster and table where he and Rob Schuler provided live demos

Cris Williams and VyVy Nguyen are ready to answer your quesitons about FaceBase!

The FaceBase team had an amazing time at the AADOCR 2025 meeting in New York, engaging with researchers and discussing data-sharing best practices. Our exhibit booth featured live demos, and we enjoyed meeting so many of you in person! #aadocr2025

📣 Reminder to register for the free and public FaceBase Community Forum! Join us on June 3 & 4 in Marina del Rey, CA, for the 2025 Community Forum. For researchers and clinicians studying dental, oral, craniofacial and anatomically relevant diseases and conditions!

www.facebase.org/community/an...

Congratulations, Camilla!

🕙 FaceBase Office Hours this Wednesday 1pm Eastern /
10 am Pacific!

Our monthly Office Hours are a great opportunity to meet with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data and more!

Click here to register on Zoom: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We're looking forward to this year's AADOCR meeting in New York City! You will find us at the Exhibit Hall at Booth 124 March 13-15. Stop by and say hi!

Alejandro Bugacov will also make his yearly appearance at the NIDCR Trainee Poster session: Room 1A08 - March 12 9am to 12pm

See you IRL soon!

📣 Join us on June 3 & 4 at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) in Marina del Rey, CA, for the 2025 Community Forum. For members of the dental, oral, and craniofacial research and clinical community and beyond!

Register here (free and public): www.facebase.org/community/an...

Really appreciated this opportunity from @the-node.bsky.social to write about the amazing journey I got to be on for 6 years and the people I met on the way.

Every day I feel fortunate to live in and work for a society that chooses to be curious. Now more than ever I hope it continues to do so. ✨

A flyer for the 3rd International Symposium On Facial Genetics

The meeting will focus on genome-wide association studies, aiming to uncover genetic foundations of facial variation. We hope the meeting will foster international and interdisciplinary collaborations and discussions. We especially encourage young and early-career researchers to submit abstracts! 🎤

We're looking forward to this year's AADOCR meeting in New York City! You will find us at the Exhibit Hall at Booth 124 March 13-15. Stop by and say hi!

Alejandro Bugacov will also make his yearly appearance at the NIDCR Trainee Poster session: Room 1A08 - March 12 9am to 12pm

See you IRL soon!

Basic research is a foundation of the scientific world. But what is it, exactly?

#standwithscience #standupforscience2025

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Imaging of cellular dynamics from a whole organism to subcellular scale with self-driving, multiscale microscopy Nature Methods - A self-driving multiresolution light-sheet microscope enables the simultaneous observation and quantification of cellular and subcellular dynamics in the context of intact and...

The self-driving multiscale microscope from @daetwylerstephan.bsky.social is out.

It can image an entire zebrafish embryo longitudinally and follow a volume of interest over time with high resolution.

We used it to study cancer-immune cell interactions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you're an early career researcher based in the U.S. and working on 🦠Microbiome Data🧬💻:

The @microbiomedata.org Ambassador Program is a great opportunity to learn, network, and contribute

Tomorrow is School of Dental Medicine Research Day at @cuanschutz.bsky.social! The event will feature keynote talks from Drs. Effie Ioannidou and David Johnsen, talks from trainees and faculty, and a poster session.

We are excited to announce that the 48th Annual Meeting of the SCGDB will be held September 29th - October 1st, 2025 in Minneapolis! The meeting will be hosted by the University of Minnesota.

New publication that used data from FaceBase!

Happy New Year! (Yes, you're hearing that one more time!)

The next FaceBase monthly Office Hours are happening next Wednesday!

📅 Wednesday, January 29
1:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Central / 10:00 am Pacific

Register here to get your FaceBase data questions answered!

usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🎉 Happy Holidays from FaceBase!

As USC observes its winter break, the FaceBase team will have reduced availability from Dec 23 - Jan 3.

📌 We’ll still monitor for critical issues, but responses may take longer. Reach us at: help@facebase.org

Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and new year! ✨

How can some vertebrates naturally recover from deafness?

In work in PNAS, Tuo Shi finds that enhancers for sensory genes remain open but silent in sister cells of zebrafish and lizards, allowing these to make new inner ear sensory hair cells upon damage. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🌟 Published using FaceBase data? Let us feature your work!

Check our Publications Page to see if your paper is listed. If not, send the DOI to help@facebase.org!

www.facebase.org/publications/

#OpenScience #DataSharing #FaceBase