{"id":2924,"date":"2019-08-07T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/usc-researchers-receive-12-5-million-grant-for-craniofacial-research-data-sharing-endeavor\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:28:58","slug":"usc-researchers-receive-12-5-million-grant-for-craniofacial-research-data-sharing-endeavor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/usc-researchers-receive-12-5-million-grant-for-craniofacial-research-data-sharing-endeavor\/","title":{"rendered":"USC researchers receive $12.5 million grant for craniofacial research data-sharing endeavor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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USC researchers receive $12.5 million grant for craniofacial research data-sharing endeavor<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Nearly half of all birth defects involve the face and skull and, for the most part, scientists remain unclear as to why most occur. To better serve families at risk for these conditions, scientists need a comprehensive and systematic understanding of how the faces of healthy children form and what goes wrong to cause common malformations, such as cleft lip and palate.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) launched FaceBase, a central repository for craniofacial datasets and tools meant to advance craniofacial science by fostering cooperation and collaboration around the globe. Since 2014, USC scientists have been developing FaceBase\u2019s central data hub. That team just received a $12.5 million NIDCR grant to continue the development and expansion of FaceBase into its third phase.<\/p>\n

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USC scientists Yang Chai (left), a practicing dentist, and Carl Kesselman, a data scientist. (Photos by Phil Channing and Damon Casarez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project\u2019s principal investigators are Carl Kesselman<\/a>, professor at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Department of Computer Science and director of the Biomedical Data Center at USC\u2019s Information Sciences Institute, and Yang Chai<\/a>, associate dean of research for the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and director of the Center of Craniofacial and Molecular Biology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited and honored to serve as the hub for FaceBase III,\u201d said Chai, who is also a professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC<\/a>. \u201cThis NIDCR supported Craniofacial Development and Dysmorphology Data Management and Integration Hub will continue to develop towards a comprehensive resource for researchers around the globe and highlights the leadership provided by interdisciplinary researchers at USC to bring oral and craniofacial research to the next level of excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n