Category: Announcements

by John Hobbs The prestigious designation puts him in the company of fewer than 20 faculty members across USC.  ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RESEARCH Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96 has been appointed a University Professor, making history as Ostrow’s first faculty member to achieve such distinction. The designation, held by fewer than 20 other faculty members across…Continue Reading Chai appointed University Professor

The Xu lab made the cover of Cell Reports with their study “PRMT1-p53 pathway controls epicardial EMT and invasion” by Olan Jackson-Weaver, Nicha Ungvijanpunya, Yuan Yuan, Jiang Qian, Yongchao Gou, Jian Wu, Hua Shen, Yibu Chen, Meng Li, Stéphane Richard, Yang Chai, Henry M. Sucov, and Jian Xu. The beautiful cover illustration was designed by Olan’s…Continue Reading New cover story from Xu lab

by John Hobbs The initiative aims to propel USC forward as the epicenter of tissue and organ regeneration research. THE STUDIES SEEM LIKE something straight out of science fiction. There’s one focused on using stem cells to regenerate skull bone for patients with skull defects.  Another aims to develop a hydrogel patch that could reduce scarring…Continue Reading C-DOCTOR awarded $30 million grant

Zhang W, Ma L, Yang M, Shao Q, Xu J, Lu Z, Zhao Z, Chen R, Chai Y, Chen J. Cerebral organoid and mouse models reveal a RAB39b-PI3K-mTOR pathway dependent dysregulation of cortical development leading to macrocephaly/autism phenotypes. Genes & Development….Continue Reading New publication from Chen, Xu, & Chai labs

Congratulations to Dr. Janet Moradian-Oldak, who has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Moradian-Oldak is a professor of dentistry at CCMB and a professor of biomedical sciences and bioengineering at the USC Viterbi School. She’s an expert on tooth enamel formation and structural biology….Continue Reading Moradian-Oldak elected to AAAS

Roberts RR, Bobzin L, Teng CS, Pal D, Tuzon CT, Schweitzer R, Merrill AE. (2019) FGF signaling patterns cell fate at the interface between tendon and bone. Development [ePub ahead of print]…Continue Reading New publication from Merrill lab

Shao Q#, Yang M#, Liang C, Ma L, Zhang W, Jiang Z, Luo J, Lee JK, Liang C, Chen JF. (2019) C9orf72 and Smcr8 mutant mice reveal MTORC1 activation due to impaired lysosomal degradation and exocytosis. Autophagy, in press….Continue Reading New publication from Chen lab

Alexandria, Va., USA – The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) announced Dr. Janet Moradian-Oldak of the University of Southern California as the 2019 recipient of Basic Research in Biological Mineralization Award. Moradian-Oldak was recognized at the Opening Ceremonies of the 97th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, held in conjunction with the 48th…Continue Reading Janet Moradian-Oldak Receives 2019 Basic Research in Biological Mineralization Award

Jing J, Feng J, Li J, Han X, He J, Ho TV, Du J, Urata MM, Chai Y. (2019) Antagonistic interaction between Ezh2 and Arid1a coordinates root patterning and development via Cdkn2a in mouse molars eLife, 2019 Jul 1;8. pii: e46426. doi: 10.7554/eLife.46426….Continue Reading New publication from Chai lab

Chen Lab has been busy! Congratulations on these two new publications: Wei Zhang, Si-Lu Yang, Mei Yang, Stephanie Herrlinger, Qiang Shao, John L. Collar, Edgar Fierro, Yanhong Shi, Aimin Liu, Hui Lu, Bruce E. Herring, Ming-Lei Guo, Shilpa Buch, Zhen Zhao, Jian Xu, Zhipeng Lu, and Jian-Fu Chen (2019) Modeling microcephaly with cerebral organoids reveals…Continue Reading New publications from Chen lab