Year: 2021

The USC PhD program in Craniofacial Biology is seeking qualified applicants Students receive full tuition, a stipend, health insurance and other benefits. National Institute of Health (NIH) fellowships through our training grant are available for US citizens and permanent residents. We no longer require the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) for admission. The application deadline has…Continue Reading We’re accepting PhD program applications

Postdoctoral Position at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California A postdoctoral position is available immediately in Professor Yang Chai’s laboratory at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (CCMB) at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. We are interested in the regulation of developmental patterning, organogenesis, stem cells and…Continue Reading Postdoctoral position available in Chai laboratory

Moradian-Oldak J, George A. (2021) Biomineralization of Enamel and Dentin Mediated by Matrix Proteins. Journal of Dental Research. doi: 10.1177/00220345211018405. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34151644….Continue Reading New Publication from Oldak Lab

Mukherjee K, Chakraborty A, Sandhu G, Naim S, Bauza Nowotny E and Moradian-Oldak J (2021). Amelogenin Peptide-Chitosan Hydrogel for Biomimetic Enamel Regrowth. Front. Dent. Med. 2:697544. doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2021.697544…Continue Reading New Publication from Oldak Lab

Ma L, Wang J, Ge JL, Wang Y, Zhang W, Du YN, Luo J, Li YP, Wang F, Fan GP, Chen R, Yao B, Zhao Z, Guo ML, Kim WK, Chai Y, Chen JF. (2021) Reversing neural circuit and behavior deficit in mice exposed to maternal inflammation by Zika virus. EMBO Rep. (Accepted)…Continue Reading New Publication from Chen Lab

Bobzin L, Roberts RR, Chen HJ, Crump JG, Merrill AE. (2021)Development and maintenance of tendons and ligaments.Development. 2021 Apr 15;148(8):dev186916. doi: 10.1242/dev.186916. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33913478….Continue Reading New Publication from Merrill Lab

Keck School of Medicine student, Eloise Stanton ‘23, has been awarded ‘Best Presentation’ at the International Research Conference on Plastic Surgery and Craniofacial Surgery for her presentation on “Gene Mutation and Pharmacological Exposure in Exacerbating Craniosynostosis.” Her research focuses on craniosynostosis, a birth defect that involves premature fusion of cranial sutures, which constricts brain growth…Continue Reading Keck School of Medicine student, Eloise Stanton ‘23, has been awarded ‘Best Presentation’ at the International Research Conference on Plastic Surgery and Craniofacial Surgery

Du J, Jing J, Yuan Y, Feng J, Han X, Chen S, Li X, Peng W, Xu J, Ho T-V, Jiang X, Chai Y.(2021)Arid1a-Plagl1-Hh Signaling Is Indispensable for Differentiation-associated Cell Cycle Arrest of Tooth Root Progenitors. Cell Reports. 35(1): 108007. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108964. Du J, Jing J, Chen S, Yuan Y, Feng J, Ho T-V, Sehgal…Continue Reading New publications from Chai Lab

Johnson ZM, Yuan Y, Li X, Jashashvili T, Jamieson M, Urata M, Chen Y, Chai Y. 2021. Mesenchymal stem cells and 3D-osteoconductive scaffold regenerate calvarial bone in critical size defects in swine. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 2021 April 1. doi: 10.1002/sctm.20-0534. PubMed PMID: 33794062. …Continue Reading New publication from Chai Lab

He, J., Jing, J., Feng, J., Han, X., Yuan, Y., Guo, T., Pei, F., Ma, Y., Cho, C., Ho, T-V., and Chai, Y. (2021) Lhx6 regulates canonical Wnt signaling to control the fate of mesenchymal progenitor cells during mouse molar root patterning. PLoS Genetics, 17(2):e1009320. Han X, Feng J, Guo T, Loh YE, Yuan Y,…Continue Reading New Publications From Chai Lab