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
Category: Announcements
Rigueur elected to AAA Board of Directors
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
Chai elected to National Academy of Medicine
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
Diana Rigueur wins American Association of Anatomists award
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
Ryan Roberts awarded Order of the Torch; gives KSoM commencement address
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
New publication: FGFR2 mutations in bent bone dysplasia syndrome activate nucleolar stress and perturb cell fate determination
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
New publication: The African Zika Virus MR-766 is More Virulent and Causes More Severe Brain Damage than Current Asian Lineage and Dengue Virus
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
Snead awarded honorary doctorate
Professor Malcolm Snead, DDS, PhD, a faculty member at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, has been awarded the title of doctor philosophiae honoris causa by the University of Oslo….Continue Reading Snead awarded honorary doctorate
New article: Dlx5-FGF10 signaling cascade controls cranial neural crest and myoblast interaction during oropharyngeal patterning and development
Sugii H, Grimaldi A, Li J, Parada C, Ho T-V, Feng J, Jing J, Yuan Y, Guo Y, Maeda H, and Chai Y. Dlx5-FGF10 signaling cascade controls cranial neural crest and myoblast interaction during oropharyngeal patterning and development. Development 2017, in press….Continue Reading New article: Dlx5-FGF10 signaling cascade controls cranial neural crest and myoblast interaction during oropharyngeal patterning and development