FaceBase Data Hub

NIDCR-funded repository and resource empowering dental, oral & craniofacial research (including related biological and anatomical health/disease domains).

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Registration and Call for Abstracts are open for the FaceBase 2026 Community Forum!

Advances in data reuse, integration, and AI-ready research in DOC, inner ear and related research.

📅 May 4-5, 2026 📍
Arlington, VA (also via Zoom)
Register: https://t.co/H7ugThqv06

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

New #FaceBase dataset: scRNA-seq of the enamel organ in an AmelxS16A knock-in mouse reveals 624 differentially expressed genes & major dysregulation of Shh and Wnt5a in secretory ameloblasts. Open data from Beniash/Margolis, Univ of Pittsburgh @PittTweet: https://t.co/cbBbbzBwjh

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

We have 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 → https://t.co/KnWgFpKxn2

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

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.

https://t.co/svP7UeR9RO

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

📋 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 →
https://t.co/KnWgFpKxn2

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

New on FaceBase 🧬 Data 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.
https://t.co/aI1tbmtccy

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

Will you be at AADOCR/IADR or GRC?
FaceBase will be in Ventura and San Diego with demos, presentations, and opportunities to connect with our team.

See where to find us!
https://t.co/e4Djrzrz0X

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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: https://t.co/LBjUvc3IA5

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

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) @CCMB_USC

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

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: https://t.co/41spc4k6nV

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

New: microCT data 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 study: https://t.co/gpOPyJrYt4

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New data release: Justin Cotney’s lab (CHOP) 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:
https://t.co/1T8Sc1pxbt

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

Save the dates for the next FaceBase Community Forum: May 4 & 5 2026 in Arlington, VA.

More details coming soon!

https://t.co/bEUiKM8sQt

[Jeremie Oliver Piña, PhD, MBA, MS @jer_oliver_pina]

Welcoming submissions to this special issue on #Maxillofacial #Surgery advances! DM me for discount codes and details

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

Missed the FaceBase Bootcamp? No worries!
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 https://t.co/YlmJoHZov5

#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience

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Congratulations!

[CCMB @ USC @CCMB_USC]

Congratulations to Rucha Bapat and Gayathri Visakan! In addition to being invited to present their research on ameloblastin and enamel formation, they were also awarded Young Investigator Travel Awards at #Enamel11, a conference held in France earlier this month. #CCMBUSC

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

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: https://t.co/VRMTqxaRwx

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

📣 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!

https://t.co/YlmJoHZov5

[FaceBase Data Hub @FaceBaseDataHub]

Congratulations to FaceBase PI, Yang Chai, on his confirmation as Dean of the USC Ostrow School of Dentistry!! @OstrowOnline @CCMB_USC

[Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC - Online @OstrowOnline]

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Yang Chai on his official installation as Dean of @USCOstrow!
From USC PhD '91 to National Academy of Medicine member to Dean — a true Trojan success story.
Fight On! 🌹⚔️
https://t.co/OgihknALSk
#USC #FightOn

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New release on #FaceBase: Timothy C. Cox’s lab (@UMKC) 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:
https://t.co/dbHWPXw2C0