Category: Announcements

On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, the Office of Academic Programs hosted the Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work, where students were able to share their research and creative projects. Oscar Peng, a biology student working with Dr. Peng Chen in Dr. Yang Chai’s lab at the Center for Craniofacial Research (CCMB), presented a poster…Continue Reading Oscar Peng Receives the USC Discovery Scholar Distinction Award

Kegulian N, Visakan G, Bapat RA, Moradian-Oldak J. Ameloblastin and its multifunctionality in amelogenesis: A review. Matrix Biology, Volume 131, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2024.05.007….Continue Reading New Publication in Matrix Biology

Zhang M, Guo T, Pei F, Feng J, Jing J, Xu J, Yamada T, Ho T-V, Du J, Sehgal P, Chai Y. ARID1B maintains mesenchymal stem cell quiescence via inhibition of BCL11B-mediated non-canonical Activin signaling. Nat Commun 15, 4614 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48285-2….Continue Reading New Publication in Nature Communications

Guo, T., Pei, F., Zhang, M., Yamada, T., Feng, J., Jing, J., Ho, T-V, and Chai, Y. Vascular architecture regulates mesenchymal stromal cell heterogeneity via p53-PDGF signaling in the mouse incisor. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 May 03. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2024.04.011….Continue Reading New publication in Cell Stem Cell

Ziman B, Yang Q, Zheng Y, Sheth M, Nam C, Zhao H, Zhang L, Hu B, Bhowmick NA, Sinha UK, Lin DC*. Epigenomic analyses identify FOXM1 as a key regulator of anti-tumor immune response in esophageal adenocarcinoma. Cell Death Dis. 2024 Feb 19;15(2):152. PMID: 38373993…Continue Reading New publication in Cell Death Discovery

Stanton E, Feng J, Kondra K, Sanchez J, Jimenez C, Brown KS, Skiles ML, Urata MM, Chai Y, Hammoudeh JA. A Calvarial Defect Model to Investigate the Osteogenic Potential of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells in Bone Regeneration. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Mar 1;153(3):637-646. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010754. Epub 2023 May 24. PMID: 37224290….Continue Reading New publication in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Congratulations to CCMB Director Dr. Yang Chai, who was recently elected as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. Chai is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Read more about Dr. Chai and USC’s 2024 class of new National Academy of Inventors inductees here….Continue Reading Chai elected to National Academy of Inventors

Zhang W, Zhang M, Ma L, Jariyasakulroj S, Chang Q, Lin Z, Lu Z, Chen JF. (2024) Recapitulating and reversing human brain ribosomopathy defects via the maladaptive integrated stress response. Science Advances. Accepted….Continue Reading New publication accepted in Science Advances

Ma L, Wang F, Li Y, Wang J, Chang Q, Du Y, Sadan J, Zhao Z, Fan G, Yao B, Chen JF. (2023) Brain methylome remodeling selectively regulates neuronal activity genes linking to emotional behaviors in mice exposed to maternal immune activation. Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 29;14(1):7829. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43497-4. PMID: 38030616; PMCID: PMC10687003…Continue Reading New publication in Nature Communications