#FaceBase
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
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
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
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
📣 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
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
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
New paper describes #FaceBase 3: analytical tools and #FAIR resources for craniofacial and dental research -- leveraging @globus https://dev.biologists.org/content/147/18/dev191213
November 16, 2024 at 7:30 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
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
🎉 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
📣 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
🎉 Happy Holidays from FaceBase!

As USC observes its winter break, the FaceBase team will have reduced availability from Dec 23 - Jan 3.

📌 We’ll still monitor for critical issues, but responses may take longer. Reach us at: [email protected]

Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and new year! ✨
December 18, 2024 at 8:32 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
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
New publication that used data from FaceBase!
FGFR2 directs inhibition of WNT signaling to regulate anterior fontanelle closure during skull development

Read this #OpenAccess Research Article by Lauren Bobzin, Amy Merrill & colleagues:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/2/dev204264/365397/
January 27, 2025 at 6:46 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.

thenode.biologists.com/featured-res...
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
🌟 Published using FaceBase data? Let us feature your work!

Check our Publications Page to see if your paper is listed. If not, send the DOI to [email protected]!

www.facebase.org/publications/

#OpenScience #DataSharing #FaceBase
December 9, 2024 at 5:25 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
Yall i might be cooking

Any yall got any further ideas for faces? I really dont want to give bon bon just the generic clayface style
November 14, 2024 at 5:39 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
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
Happy New Year! (Yes, you're hearing that one more time!)

The next FaceBase monthly Office Hours are happening next Wednesday!

📅 Wednesday, January 29
1:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Central / 10:00 am Pacific

Register here to get your FaceBase data questions answered!

usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM