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NIDCR-funded repository and resource empowering dental, oral & craniofacial research (including related biological and anatomical health/disease domains) with open science and FAIR practices. Reach out at help@facebase.org. www.facebase.org
Missed the FaceBase Bootcamp? No worries!
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 www.facebase.org/community/tr...

#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reminder: 📣 Our next virtual bootcamp, tailored for both users and data contributors, is coming up on Wednesday, November 5th!

For dental, oral, and craniofacial researchers, clinicians and students:

www.facebase.org/community/tr...
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's that time again! Join us for our Office Hours tomorrow (Wednesday), 1 pm ET / 10 am PT! Talk with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more! Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
📣 Our next virtual bootcamp, tailored for both users and data contributors, is coming up next week: Wednesday, November 5th! Whether you're a seasoned user of FaceBase or looking to contribute data for the first time, this event is for you!

www.facebase.org/community/tr...
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🎉 Congratulations to FaceBase PI, Yang Chai, on his confirmation as Dean of the USC Ostrow School of Dentistry!! @ccmb.usc.edu
This week we officially welcomed Dr. Yang Chai as dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry—renowned scientist, visionary leader, and Trojan through and through.
Yang Chai installed as dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
The clinician-scientist is also the school’s associate dean of research and served as interim dean.
today.usc.edu
October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New release on #FaceBase: Timothy C. Cox’s lab - @craniofacialprof.bsky.social - has identified SHROOM3 as a bona fide craniofacial microsomia gene. The mouse embryo imaging data from this study is now openly available through FaceBase. Read all about it here: www.facebase.org/2025/09/15/r...
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you are attending the poster session at the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology meeting this year, make sure to stop by and say hi to Rob and Alejandro at the FaceBase poster and demo! @scgdb.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We're excited to announce a new article about FaceBase at the Node! Check it out!
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Join us for our Office Hours tomorrow (Wednesday)!
1-2 pm Eastern / 10-11 am Pacific

Meet with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data and more! We can also help you fill out your DMS plans!

Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FaceBase Office Hours. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FaceBase Office Hours. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
usc.zoom.us
August 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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...
August 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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...
July 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reposted by FaceBase
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 🧬 🧪
’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.
go.nature.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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...
July 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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
July 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reposted by FaceBase
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
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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...
May 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🕙 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...
May 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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...
May 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📣 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!

forms.gle/aCanmNj4icgm...

#FaceBase2025
May 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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
May 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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
April 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
📣 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...
April 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Congratulations, Camilla!
Congratulations to Camilla Teng, for winning the "Platform presentation SDB prize" for post-docs at the Northwest SDB meeting, which sounds like it was a fantastic meeting! Camilla will be on the faculty job market soon, so look out for her! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ctbatucsf.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🕙 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...
March 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reposted by FaceBase
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!
We're just two weeks away from the start of #AADOCR2025! Be sure to download the event app ahead of time to browse the schedule, read abstracts, find exhibitors, network with other attendees, and more.

View the full event program at: www.aadocr.org/AAAppDesktop

See you in New York!
February 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM