FaceBase
@facebase.bsky.social
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 [email protected]. www.facebase.org
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FaceBase
@facebase.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Save the date! The 2027 FaceBase Community Forum heads to Los Angeles — April 27–28, 2027, at USC/ISI in Marina del Rey. Details soon: bit.ly/FBForum2027
Nerves don't just wire up muscle - they help build it. New in FaceBase: single-cell, bulk RNA-seq, and SeqFISH showing trigeminal nerve-derived GDF11 shaping soft palate muscle architecture. @ccmb.usc.edu #craniofacial #devbio #scRNAseq #spatialtranscriptomics
www.facebase.org/2026/08/25/r...
www.facebase.org/2026/08/25/r...
New release: Sensory nerve-derived signaling coordinates oropharyngeal structural organization that supports suckling and vocalization in neonatal mice
A new dataset from the Chai lab at the University of Southern California is now available in FaceBase, combining single-cell RNA sequencing, bulk RNA sequencing, and SeqFISH spatial transcriptomics to...
www.facebase.org
August 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Nerves don't just wire up muscle - they help build it. New in FaceBase: single-cell, bulk RNA-seq, and SeqFISH showing trigeminal nerve-derived GDF11 shaping soft palate muscle architecture. @ccmb.usc.edu #craniofacial #devbio #scRNAseq #spatialtranscriptomics
www.facebase.org/2026/08/25/r...
www.facebase.org/2026/08/25/r...
It's that time again! Join us for Office Hours this week:
📅 Wednesday, August 26, 1 pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific
Ask the FaceBase team about finding, submitting, and citing data. And anything else data!
Register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#craniofacial #OpenData #ScienceSky
📅 Wednesday, August 26, 1 pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific
Ask the FaceBase team about finding, submitting, and citing data. And anything else data!
Register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#craniofacial #OpenData #ScienceSky
August 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
It's that time again! Join us for Office Hours this week:
📅 Wednesday, August 26, 1 pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific
Ask the FaceBase team about finding, submitting, and citing data. And anything else data!
Register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#craniofacial #OpenData #ScienceSky
📅 Wednesday, August 26, 1 pm Eastern / 10 am Pacific
Ask the FaceBase team about finding, submitting, and citing data. And anything else data!
Register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#craniofacial #OpenData #ScienceSky
New in FaceBase: two needs assessment datasets from the Center for TMD IMPACT at USC — one surveying 103 patients with TMD, one surveying 17 clinicians who treat them. Same clinical encounter, two vantage points. De-identified and open access.
www.facebase.org/2026/08/18/r...
www.facebase.org/2026/08/18/r...
New release: Center for TMD IMPACT (C-TMD IMPACT) Patient and Clinician Needs Assessment
Two new datasets from the Center for TMD IMPACT (C-TMD IMPACT) are now available in FaceBase. Together, they offer a view of common needs and common barriers from both sides of the clinical encounter,...
www.facebase.org
August 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
New in FaceBase: two needs assessment datasets from the Center for TMD IMPACT at USC — one surveying 103 patients with TMD, one surveying 17 clinicians who treat them. Same clinical encounter, two vantage points. De-identified and open access.
www.facebase.org/2026/08/18/r...
www.facebase.org/2026/08/18/r...
Why do some cranial sutures fuse too early? New FaceBase data point to timing: FGFR2 signaling normally declines after birth, dialing down retinoic acid to keep the coronal suture open. Overactivate it and the suture closes. RNA-Seq, Chai lab, USC. @ccmb.usc.edu www.facebase.org/2026/08/04/r...
August 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Why do some cranial sutures fuse too early? New FaceBase data point to timing: FGFR2 signaling normally declines after birth, dialing down retinoic acid to keep the coronal suture open. Overactivate it and the suture closes. RNA-Seq, Chai lab, USC. @ccmb.usc.edu www.facebase.org/2026/08/04/r...
How do continuously growing teeth withstand constant mechanical load? New FaceBase data identify a KDM6B–BMI1–PIEZO1 "mechanostat" that shields incisor progenitors from stress-induced apoptosis. Bulk RNA-seq + Cut&Run-seq, Chai lab, USC.
www.facebase.org/2026/07/30/r...
www.facebase.org/2026/07/30/r...
July 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
How do continuously growing teeth withstand constant mechanical load? New FaceBase data identify a KDM6B–BMI1–PIEZO1 "mechanostat" that shields incisor progenitors from stress-induced apoptosis. Bulk RNA-seq + Cut&Run-seq, Chai lab, USC.
www.facebase.org/2026/07/30/r...
www.facebase.org/2026/07/30/r...
It's that time again! Join us for our Office Hours tomorrow:
📅 Wednesday, July 29, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Wednesday, July 29, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
It's that time again! Join us for our Office Hours tomorrow:
📅 Wednesday, July 29, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Wednesday, July 29, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Save the date! The 2027 FaceBase Community Forum heads to Los Angeles — April 27–28, 2027, at USC/ISI in Marina del Rey. Details soon: bit.ly/FBForum2027
July 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Save the date! The 2027 FaceBase Community Forum heads to Los Angeles — April 27–28, 2027, at USC/ISI in Marina del Rey. Details soon: bit.ly/FBForum2027
New on FaceBase: single-cell RNA-seq data from a knock-in mouse model reveals how amelogenin phosphorylation shapes enamel organ biology — including 5.1-fold downregulation of Shh in secretory ameloblasts. Explore the dataset from Beniash/Margolis, Univ of Pittsburgh: doi.org/10.25550/AF-...
April 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
New on FaceBase: single-cell RNA-seq data from a knock-in mouse model reveals how amelogenin phosphorylation shapes enamel organ biology — including 5.1-fold downregulation of Shh in secretory ameloblasts. Explore the dataset from Beniash/Margolis, Univ of Pittsburgh: doi.org/10.25550/AF-...
We've extended the poster abstract deadline for the 2026 FaceBase Annual Meeting! Share your work and connect with the craniofacial research community.
Deadline is now: Friday, April 24. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
Deadline is now: Friday, April 24. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
April 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
We've extended the poster abstract deadline for the 2026 FaceBase Annual Meeting! Share your work and connect with the craniofacial research community.
Deadline is now: Friday, April 24. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
Deadline is now: Friday, April 24. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
New on FaceBase 🧬 Xu, Liu & Jiang (Cincinnati Children's) contribute Six2 and CTCF ChIP-seq datasets from wildtype mouse embryonic facial tissues (E10.5–E13.5), shedding light on the regulatory landscape of craniofacial morphogenesis.
doi.org/10.25550/7Z-...
doi.org/10.25550/7Z-...
April 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
New on FaceBase 🧬 Xu, Liu & Jiang (Cincinnati Children's) contribute Six2 and CTCF ChIP-seq datasets from wildtype mouse embryonic facial tissues (E10.5–E13.5), shedding light on the regulatory landscape of craniofacial morphogenesis.
doi.org/10.25550/7Z-...
doi.org/10.25550/7Z-...
📋 A few days left to submit a poster abstract for the 2026 FaceBase Annual Meeting!
Share your work and connect with the craniofacial research community.
Deadline: Friday, April 17. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
Share your work and connect with the craniofacial research community.
Deadline: Friday, April 17. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
April 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
📋 A few days left to submit a poster abstract for the 2026 FaceBase Annual Meeting!
Share your work and connect with the craniofacial research community.
Deadline: Friday, April 17. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
Share your work and connect with the craniofacial research community.
Deadline: Friday, April 17. Submit here →
facebase.org/community/annual-meeting/2026-facebase-annual/abstracts/
New on FaceBase 🧬 A new dataset from Ma & Rosin examines how prenatal depletion of CSF1R+ macrophages and osteoclasts disrupts craniofacial development — with effects on the skull, mandible, palate, ear ossicles,
and more. Dataset + publication now available.
www.facebase.org/2026/04/09/r...
and more. Dataset + publication now available.
www.facebase.org/2026/04/09/r...
April 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
New on FaceBase 🧬 A new dataset from Ma & Rosin examines how prenatal depletion of CSF1R+ macrophages and osteoclasts disrupts craniofacial development — with effects on the skull, mandible, palate, ear ossicles,
and more. Dataset + publication now available.
www.facebase.org/2026/04/09/r...
and more. Dataset + publication now available.
www.facebase.org/2026/04/09/r...
Will you be at AADOCR/IADR or GRC next week?
FaceBase will be in Ventura and San Diego with demos, presentations, and opportunities to connect with our team.
See where to find us!
www.facebase.org/2026/03/19/f...
FaceBase will be in Ventura and San Diego with demos, presentations, and opportunities to connect with our team.
See where to find us!
www.facebase.org/2026/03/19/f...
March 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Will you be at AADOCR/IADR or GRC next week?
FaceBase will be in Ventura and San Diego with demos, presentations, and opportunities to connect with our team.
See where to find us!
www.facebase.org/2026/03/19/f...
FaceBase will be in Ventura and San Diego with demos, presentations, and opportunities to connect with our team.
See where to find us!
www.facebase.org/2026/03/19/f...
FACEBASE COMMUNITY FORUM
🗓 Abstract Deadline for Talk Consideration - This Friday, March 20!
Submissions will remain open after this first deadline. This deadline only applies to abstracts that would like to be considered for a talk.
Submit abstract ➡️ www.facebase.org/community/an...
🗓 Abstract Deadline for Talk Consideration - This Friday, March 20!
Submissions will remain open after this first deadline. This deadline only applies to abstracts that would like to be considered for a talk.
Submit abstract ➡️ www.facebase.org/community/an...
Call for Abstracts for the 2026 FaceBase Community Forum
FaceBase is the primary data resource for craniofacial researchers worldwide.
www.facebase.org
March 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
FACEBASE COMMUNITY FORUM
🗓 Abstract Deadline for Talk Consideration - This Friday, March 20!
Submissions will remain open after this first deadline. This deadline only applies to abstracts that would like to be considered for a talk.
Submit abstract ➡️ www.facebase.org/community/an...
🗓 Abstract Deadline for Talk Consideration - This Friday, March 20!
Submissions will remain open after this first deadline. This deadline only applies to abstracts that would like to be considered for a talk.
Submit abstract ➡️ www.facebase.org/community/an...
New data: Spatial transcriptomics (using seqFISH) reveals a fibroblast-immune microenvironment remodeling pathway in CFA-induced TMJ arthritis in mice. PI: Jian-Fu Chen (University of Southern California)
doi.org/10.25550/8Q-...
doi.org/10.25550/8Q-...
March 5, 2026 at 5:56 PM
New data: Spatial transcriptomics (using seqFISH) reveals a fibroblast-immune microenvironment remodeling pathway in CFA-induced TMJ arthritis in mice. PI: Jian-Fu Chen (University of Southern California)
doi.org/10.25550/8Q-...
doi.org/10.25550/8Q-...
It's that time again! Join us for our Office Hours this week:
📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
It's that time again! Join us for our Office Hours this week:
📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data!
Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New data: microCT datasets from ameloblast-specific Smad4 knockout and Ambn-IRESCre mice. Using a novel ameloblast-restricted Cre line, these data reveal severe enamel-specific pathology and highlight Ambn-IRESCre as a powerful tool for enamel gene function studies: www.facebase.org/2026/02/11/r...
February 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
New data: microCT datasets from ameloblast-specific Smad4 knockout and Ambn-IRESCre mice. Using a novel ameloblast-restricted Cre line, these data reveal severe enamel-specific pathology and highlight Ambn-IRESCre as a powerful tool for enamel gene function studies: www.facebase.org/2026/02/11/r...
Registration and Call for Abstracts are open for the FaceBase 2026 Community Forum!
Advances in data reuse, integration, and AI-ready biomedical research in dental, oral, craniofacial, inner ear and related research.
📅 May 4-5, 2026
📍 Arlington, VA (also via Zoom)
Register: bit.ly/FBForum2026
Advances in data reuse, integration, and AI-ready biomedical research in dental, oral, craniofacial, inner ear and related research.
📅 May 4-5, 2026
📍 Arlington, VA (also via Zoom)
Register: bit.ly/FBForum2026
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Registration and Call for Abstracts are open for the FaceBase 2026 Community Forum!
Advances in data reuse, integration, and AI-ready biomedical research in dental, oral, craniofacial, inner ear and related research.
📅 May 4-5, 2026
📍 Arlington, VA (also via Zoom)
Register: bit.ly/FBForum2026
Advances in data reuse, integration, and AI-ready biomedical research in dental, oral, craniofacial, inner ear and related research.
📅 May 4-5, 2026
📍 Arlington, VA (also via Zoom)
Register: bit.ly/FBForum2026
New data release: Justin Cotney’s lab - @justincotney.bsky.social
- generated a single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) atlas of critical time points during human and mouse craniofacial development, now openly available through FaceBase. Read all about it here:
www.facebase.org/2026/01/20/r...
- generated a single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) atlas of critical time points during human and mouse craniofacial development, now openly available through FaceBase. Read all about it here:
www.facebase.org/2026/01/20/r...
January 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
New data release: Justin Cotney’s lab - @justincotney.bsky.social
- generated a single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) atlas of critical time points during human and mouse craniofacial development, now openly available through FaceBase. Read all about it here:
www.facebase.org/2026/01/20/r...
- generated a single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) atlas of critical time points during human and mouse craniofacial development, now openly available through FaceBase. Read all about it here:
www.facebase.org/2026/01/20/r...
Save the dates for the next FaceBase Community Forum: May 4 & 5 2026 in Arlington, VA. More details coming soon!
www.facebase.org/community/an...
www.facebase.org/community/an...
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Save the dates for the next FaceBase Community Forum: May 4 & 5 2026 in Arlington, VA. More details coming soon!
www.facebase.org/community/an...
www.facebase.org/community/an...
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
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
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
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
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:
www.facebase.org/community/tr...
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 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...
For dental, oral, and craniofacial researchers, clinicians and students:
www.facebase.org/community/tr...
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
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...
📣 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...
www.facebase.org/community/tr...
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
📣 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...
www.facebase.org/community/tr...
🎉 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
🎉 Congratulations to FaceBase PI, Yang Chai, on his confirmation as Dean of the USC Ostrow School of Dentistry!! @ccmb.usc.edu