Category: Announcements

Last Thursday, Dr. Janet Moradian-Oldak was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) Dental Honor Society (Zeta Chapter) in recognition of her outstanding contributions and service to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry. OKU is a national honorary society focused on the field of dentistry, founded in 1914 at Northwestern University. Each year, only one…Continue Reading Janet Moradian-Oldak Elected Honorary Member of the OKU Zeta Chapter

Last week in Incheon, Korea, at the 2025 World Congress on Osteoarthritis hosted by the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI), Dr. Zhaoyang Liu received the “Highest Rated Abstract” award for her abstract, “A cartilage-enriched G protein-coupled receptor maintains articular cartilage homeostasis via promoting Gs signaling in mice.” Congratulations!…Continue Reading Zhaoyang Liu Wins Highest Rated Abstract Award at OARSI

Feng J, Janečková E, Guo T, Ziaei H, Zhang M, Geng JJ, Cha S, Araujo-Villalba A, Liu M, Ho TV, Chai Y. High-resolution spatial transcriptomics and cell lineage analysis reveal spatiotemporal cell fate determination during craniofacial development. Nat Commun. 2025 May 12;16(1):4396. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59206-2. PMID: 40355462….Continue Reading New Publication in Nature Communications

Um JH, Zheng Y, Mao Q, Nam C, Zhao H, Koh YW, Shin SJ, Park YM, Lin DC. Genomic and single-cell characterization of patient-derived tumor organoid models of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jul 2:2024.06.28.601068. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.28.601068. PMID: 39005427; PMCID: PMC11244938….Continue Reading New Publication Accepted in Cancer Research

Bauza Nowotny E, Jassar S, Phark J-H, Moradian-Oldak J. Treating White Spot Lesions and Non-Carious Cervical Lesions with Amelogenin Peptide-Based Hydrogel. Biomimetics. 2025; 10(2):120. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10020120….Continue Reading New Publication in Biomimetics

Nam C, Huang G, Zheng Y, Zhao H, Pan Y, Hu B, Wenger T, Van HT, Xu L-Y, Li E-M, Koeffler HP, Ge K, Dou Y, Sinha U, Park YM, Lin DC. The MLL3/GRHL2 complex regulates malignant transformation and anti-tumor immunity in squamous cancer. J Exp Med 7 April 2025; 222 (4): e20240758. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20240758….Continue Reading New Publication in the Journal of Experimental Medicine

Jariyasakulroj S, Shu Y, Lin Z, Chen J, Chang Q, Ko PF, Chen JF. Mapping cell diversity and dynamics in inflammatory temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis with pain at single-cell resolution. JCI Insight. 2025 Feb 10;10(3):e184379. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.184379. PMID: 39927459….Continue Reading New Publication in JCI Insight

Wang L, Liu Z, Zhao S, Xu K, Aceves V, Qiu C, Feng HC, Bian F, He J, Song CJ, Troutwine B, Liu L, Ma S, Niu Y, Wang S, Yuan S, Li X, Zhao L, Liu X, Qiu G, Wu Z; Deciphering disorders Involving Scoliosis and COmorbidities (DISCO) study group; Zhang TJ, Gray RS,…Continue Reading New Publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences