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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
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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
Screenshot of the FaceBase Virtual Bootcamp - Fall 2025: Rob Schuler is presenting a slide about how FaceBase data is ready for Reuse, Reproducibility and (Re)analysis.
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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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...
FOR DENTAL, ORAL, AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCHERS, CLINICIANS AND STUDENTS FACEBASE BOOTCAMP (FOR USERS AND CONTRIBUTORS) LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE FACEBASE RESOURCE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING AND SHARING DATA Wed, November 5 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern/ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Online Event Learn more and register at: https://www.facebase.org/community/training/2025-11-05/
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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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...
FaceBase Office Hours Last Wednesday of the month 10 am PT / 1 pm ET If you have questions about submitting your data, requesting controlled-access human data, how to best find certain data, or any other aspect of interacting with FaceBase, please join us!
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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📣 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...
OR DENTAL, ORAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCHERS, CLINICIANS AND STUDENTS FACEBASE BOOTCAMP (FOR USERS AND CONTRIBUTORS) LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE FACEBASE RESOURCE AND BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING AND SHARING DATA Wed, November 5 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern/ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Online Event Learn more and register at: facebase.org/community/training/
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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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...
Shroom3 morphometrics image from Zhu et al 2025
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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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
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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...
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
August 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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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
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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
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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
Photo of Yang Chai, the next dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, who is the co-PI of FaceBase.
July 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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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
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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...
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
May 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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📣 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
Flyer for the FaceBase 2025 Community Forum on June 3 & 4
May 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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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
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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
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!
April 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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📣 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
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🕙 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
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📣 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...
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM