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/
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-...
📋 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/
An example one of the PLX5622 treated P1 skulls. Image by Felix Ma and Jessica M. Rosin.
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...
A view of the San Diego Convention Center, where the AADOCR/IADR will be held next week. See FaceBase in Booth 402!
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 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...
Spatial transcriptomics of the mouse temporomandibular joint (TMJ) using seqFISH, from the dataset "Spatial Transcriptomics of Mouse CFA-induced TMJ arthritis" https://doi.org/10.25550/8Q-3KAR
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-...
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...
Mutant sample from the dataset MicroCT analysis of ameloblast specific Smad4 conditional knockout mice
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...
Flyer for the FaceBase 2026 Community Forum Arlington, VA on May 4 & 5, 2026 Advances in data reuse, integration, and AI-ready biomedical research in dental, oral, craniofacial, inner ear and related research.
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
Figure from Manchel et al 2026
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...
Save the Dates for the 2026 FaceBase Community Forum in Arlington, VA on: May 4 & 5 2026! For updates, go to:https://bit.ly/FBForum2026
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...
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.
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
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/
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...
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!
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...
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/
📣 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...
🎉 Congratulations to FaceBase PI, Yang Chai, on his confirmation as Dean of the USC Ostrow School of Dentistry!! @ccmb.usc.edu
Shroom3 morphometrics image from Zhu et al 2025
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...
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
We're excited to announce a new article about FaceBase at the Node! Check it out!
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...
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...
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...