USC Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology

#StaffSaturdays Linda Hattemer Executive Assistant... What is one place you absolutely have to travel to in your lifetime? Ricky Gervais made a travel show called An Idiot Abroad and features Karl Pilkington, a guy who has no interest in travel. I’m that guy! I’ve been to enough places to know I’d rather be home on Kauai. If you were only able to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Pizza from Brick Oven in Kalaheo, Hawaii. What is a fun fact about you that people don’t know? I ran a marathon. It was fun except for all the running. What inspires you? Kindness What is the last movie you saw? A Call to Spy Introduce us to your family. Husband Eric Hattemer of ITS and our cats named His Excellency The Cat Overlord of Los Feliz (Chili), and Lola What is one thing you couldn’t live without every day? Laughter What are your hobbies outside the dental school? I play the flute. I was the principal flutist of two Hawaii Youth Symphony orchestras. I still perform with friends. What would the perfect weekend look like for you? Reading at home with my cats as shown on Instagram @catoverlordbookclub Who is one person who’s made a great impact on your life? Professor William Ouchi of UCLA Anderson. He hired me twice! If you could have dinner with three people (living or dead), who would they be? Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane to talk about their books and Dolly Parton because I love her music. In times of great uncertainty, how do you stay grounded? I go to an outdoor CrossFit gym. It’s fun and humbling. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? Ganbatte, a Japanese word that means, Do your best. Read more staff Q&As: dentistry.usc.edu/staff-saturdays/

The USC Master's Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine application for Fall 2021 is now open! The deadline to apply is May 1st, 2021. Please no...te that partial scholarships are now available for qualified applicants. To learn more, please visit https://scrm.usc.edu/ or email [email protected]. See more

Drumroll, please ... Introducing Ostrow Connect, a brand new social network for USC Dentistry. Find classmates, share your news, get a mentor, look for a job. I...t's all possible on Ostrow Connect. Sign up today at ostrowconnect.usc.edu. For more information, visit https://dentistry.usc.edu/ostrow-launches-exclusive-social/. See more

USC's newest University Professor, CCMB Director Yang Chai!

A new article highlighting the FaceBase Consortium is the cover story for the most recent issue of Development. CCMB researchers Bridget Samuels, Thach-Vu Ho, Yuan Yuan, and Yang Chai contributed.

Read about the exciting progress made in the past 5 years of FaceBase and the even more exciting future! Follow for more FaceBase news on twitter @FaceBaseDataHub

Congratulations Oldak Lab on your beautiful JDR cover!

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 brother, Mark Jackson-Weaver.

#Repost @uscdentistry with @get_repost Congratulations to Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai who has been appointed a University Professor, making him the first ever from Ostrow to achieve this distinction held by fewer than 20 other faculty members at USC.

Congratulations to Associate Dean of Research Yang Chai who has been appointed a University Professor, making him the first ever from Ostrow to achieve the distinction held by fewer than 20 other faculty members across USC.

Congratulations to the C-DOCTOR team!

Are you a @KECKSchool_USC postdoc or grad student working on a manuscript? Register now for a free Zoom writing workshop that begins next Tuesday, May 26. @USCStemCell https://calendar.usc.edu//manuscript_writing_workshop_for_

Congratulations to Dr. Jianfu "Jeff" Chen, who was recently promoted to associate professor with tenure! Chen joined the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC in 2017 and has been an incredible addition to our research team. Photo: Hannah Benet