#FaceBase
Now also here: NIDCR FaceBase, the one-stop-shop for genetic, genomic, functional genomic, morphology, phenotype, variation, and disease data for craniofacial research:

www.facebase.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:48 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
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Featured resource: Facebase

In this post, we learn about the data and functionalities available at Facebase @facebase.bsky.social, and hear about new initiatives they are developing.

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Featured resource: Facebase - the Node
Our ‘Featured resource’ series aims to shine a light on the resources that support our research – the unsung heroes of the science world. In this post, we learn about the data and functionalities avai...
thenode.biologists.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Great to see that FaceBase @facebase.bsky.social and NIDCR @nidcr.bsky.social are now also here.

They are not posting yet, so please enjoy a nice craniofacial enhancer in the meantime (from our 2013 paper doi.org/10.1126/scie...)

For more craniofacial genomics data: facebase.org
November 22, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Wonderful resource for #zebrafish fans! Check it out if you haven’t yet: www.facebase.org
December 3, 2024 at 12:55 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...
January 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
🎉 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 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
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
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...
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Well it's match day for #LiverpoolFC and while I obviously want them to win i really want them to even more after all rubbish the Arsenal manager and facebase have been saying about my team, let's do this reds #YNWA
May 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
🚀 FaceBase is now on BlueSky!

We are a public, NIDCR-funded data repository and resource driving innovation in dental, oral, & craniofacial (DOC) research.
Follow us for updates on datasets, events, & tools that advance science!
#CraniofacialDevelopment #Genomics #BiomedicalResearch #Bioinformatics
December 2, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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
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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
April 10, 2026 at 5:56 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
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
📋 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/
April 14, 2026 at 6:32 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
🕙 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
Mijn "hoe groot is jouw keyboard" (op Facebase) mondde uit tot een huwelijk in 2002.

Gewoon een stap zetten.
September 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM