Category: Announcements

Congratulations to CCMB Associate Professor Amy Merrill, who was recently named the first-ever recipient of the Marylou Buyse Distinguished Mid-Career Scientist Award, presented by the Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology and kindly sponsored by Developmental Dynamics. Merrill’s research focuses on studying the causes of rare congenital skeletal conditions to identify new therapeutic targets…Continue Reading Merrill awarded inaugural Marylou Buyse Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award

Shao Q, Liang C, Chang Q, Zhang W, Yang M, & Chen J-F (2019) C9orf72 deficiency promotes motor deficits of a C9ALS/FTD mouse model in a dose-dependent manner. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 7:32. doi: 10.1186/s40478-019-0685-7…Continue Reading New publication: C9orf72 deficiency promotes motor deficits of a C9ALS/FTD mouse model in a dose-dependent manner

Please join us in congratulating CCMB postdoc Diana Rigueur, who was elected to a three-year term on the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) Board of Directors. The 2,100 members of the AAA voted in February to elect five new Directors, who will be officially installed at the AAA Annual Meeting in Orlando in April. At…Continue Reading Rigueur elected to AAA Board of Directors

Congratulations to CCMB Director Yang Chai, who was recently elected to the highly prestigious National Academy of Medicine! Chai was the only dental professional out of 85 inductees this year, and joins former CCMB Director Harold Slavkin in the Academy. Read more at the USC News website here. The full list of newly elected members…Continue Reading Chai elected to National Academy of Medicine

…Continue Reading Dr. Martha Somerman at Ostrow Research Day 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Diana Rigueur, who was awarded the First Place Postdoctoral Poster Presentation Award at the American Association of Anatomists’ 2018 Annual Meeting for her presentation, “Characterization of the FGFR2 M391R conditional knock-in allele: a model for Bent-Bone Dysplasia”. This prestigious award recognizes the best scientific poster presentation at the meeting by a postdoctoral…Continue Reading Diana Rigueur wins American Association of Anatomists award

All of us at CCMB are very proud of newly minted PhD, Dr. Ryan Roberts. Ryan was recently awarded one of USC’s highest honors, being inducted into the Order of the Torch, for his dedication to leadership and community service. He was also selected to deliver a speech at the 2017 Keck School of Medicine…Continue Reading Ryan Roberts awarded Order of the Torch; gives KSoM commencement address

Neben CL, Tuzon CT, Mao X, Lay FD, Merrill AE. 2017. FGFR2 mutations in bent bone dysplasia syndrome activate nucleolar stress and perturb cell fate determination. Human Molecular Genetics 26(17): 3253-3270….Continue Reading New publication: FGFR2 mutations in bent bone dysplasia syndrome activate nucleolar stress and perturb cell fate determination

Qiang Shao, Stephanie Herrlinger, Ya-Nan Zhu, Mei Yang, Forrest Goodfellow, Steven L Stice, Xiao-Peng Qi, Melinda A Brindley, and Jian-Fu Chen. The African Zika Virus MR-766 is More Virulent and Causes More Severe Brain Damage than Current Asian Lineage and Dengue Virus. Development 2017, in press….Continue Reading New publication: The African Zika Virus MR-766 is More Virulent and Causes More Severe Brain Damage than Current Asian Lineage and Dengue Virus