Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 210 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-1318
Fax: (323) 442-2981
bobzin@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications
Awards

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Ph.D., 2023
Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
B.S., 2015
Microbiology

  • 2023 – present – Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2015 – 2023 – Research Assistant – Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2014 – 2015 – Research Assistant – University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • 2011 – 2012 – Teaching Assistant – University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  1. Bobzin L, Roberts RR, Chen HJ, Crump JG, Merrill AE. (2021) Development and maintenance of tendons and ligaments. Development. 2021 Apr 15;148(8):dev186916. doi: 10.1242/dev.186916. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33913478; PMCID: PMC8077520.

  2. Rigueur D, Roberts RR, Bobzin L, Merrill AE. (2019) A requirement for Fgfr2 in middle ear development. Genesis. 2019 Jan;57(1):e23252. doi: 10.1002/dvg.23252. Epub 2018 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 30253032; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6349551.

  3. 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. 2019 Aug 2;146(15). pii: dev170241. doi: 10.1242/dev.170241. PubMed PMID: 31320326; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6703712.

  • 2020 – 1st Prize – SCGDB Poster (43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology)
  • 2020 – 1st Prize – Graduate Student Category, Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology
  • 2017 – Roy E. Thomas Foundation Graduate Scholarship