Category: Announcements

The Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (CCMB, http://ccmb.usc.edu/) of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of the University of Southern California is recruiting outstanding candidates for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Division of Biomedical Sciences to conduct cutting-edge research in the areas of cell and developmental biology, tissue regeneration,…Continue Reading Tenure-track position in the Division of Biological Sciences

Yuan Y., Loh, Y. E., Han, X., Feng, J., Ho. T. V., He, J., Jing, J., Groff, K., Wu, A., and Chai, Y. (2020) Spatiotemporal cellular movement and fate decisions during first pharyngeal arch morphogenesis. Science Advances, in press….Continue Reading New paper from Chai lab in Science Advances

Congratulations to Dr. Amy Merrill-Brugger, who has been elected to serve a two-year term as Vice President of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology (SCGDB). Previously, Merrill-Brugger was lauded with SCGDB’s 2019 Marylou Buyse Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award. Fight on!…Continue Reading Merrill-Brugger elected VP of SCGDB

A new article on the FaceBase Data Hub graces the cover of the latest issue of Development. The project’s principal investigators are CCMB Director and University Professor Yang Chai and Carl Kesselman, Dean’s Professor at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director of Informatics Systems Research Division at…Continue Reading Cover story from FaceBase Consortium

Congratulations to the Oldak Lab on making the cover of Journal of Dental Research with their new study!…Continue Reading Cover story from Oldak Lab

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