Celebrating Departmental student funding success! Nichols lab grad student Maggie Keating received an F31 award from #NICHD and student Abi Mumme-Monheit received an F99 from #NIGMS. @fantauzzolab.bsky.social grad students Cassie Minne and Gabi Padilla received F31 awards from @nidcr.bsky.social 🎉

A NIH-funded postdoc position is available in our laboratory @cu-coms.bsky.social to study PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the mouse craniofacial mesenchyme. Please repost! Job description and how to apply: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Congrats to Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social on the SCGDB 2026 Marylou Buyse Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social. Don't miss her award presentation - register for the meeting by Sept 8th at scgdb.org.

A $2.5M NIH grant positions @fantauzzolab.bsky.social to redefine PDGFR signaling in craniofacial development. news.cuanschutz.edu/dental/decod...

Decoding Cellular Signals that Shape the Human Face

NIH-funded research at CU Anschutz Dental is redefining how cells communicate during facial development with implications for craniofacial birth defects.

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Congratulations to Nichols Lab graduate student Colette Hopkins on her NSF GRFP fellowship! news.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-sch...

Fellowship Helps Support Next Generation of Scientists

Four CU Anschutz doctoral students are awarded the prestigious NSF GRFP fellowship, supporting their innovative research and professional development in STEM fields.

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We are currently seeking to hire a new faculty member at the rank of Assistant, Associate or full Professor to join our collegial, research-intensive Department. Preference will be given to complete applications received by July 1st. Job posting: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Earlier this week @cuanschutz.bsky.social celebrated 25 years of service from Professor Dr. Trevor Williams, pictured here with @cu-coms.bsky.social Chair Dr. David Clouthier and School of Dental Medicine Dean Dr. Denise Kassebaum.

The former Department of Craniofacial Biology has been renamed the Department of Craniofacial, Oral and Materials Sciences: news.cuanschutz.edu/dental/intro...

Introducing the Department of Craniofacial, Oral and Materials Sciences

The CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine announces the newly-renamed Department of Craniofacial, Oral and Materials Sciences, reflecting broad scope.

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The Department will be well represented at the upcoming GRC on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration and IADR meeting: news.cuanschutz.edu/dental/from-...

From California to Canada: CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine at ADEA, GRC and IADR 2026

Students and faculty from CU Anschutz Dental are presenting at the ADEA Annual Meeting, Gordon Research Conference and IADR General Session.

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Congratulations to Departmental faculty Dr. Kristin Watt @wattlab.bsky.social on winning the H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology through the American Association for Anatomy @anatomyorg.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Erin Binne, who won the Outstanding Laboratory Research Service Professionals Award through the CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine!

We are currently seeking to hire a new faculty member at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor to join our collegial, research-intensive Department. Job posting: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Delighted to share our updated work, led by postdoctoral fellow Dr. Maria Campaña, published in @natcomms.nature.com: rdcu.be/em66g, PDGFRalpha/beta heterodimer activation negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation

PDGFRα/β heterodimer activation negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation

Nature Communications - Here they show that heterodimerization of the receptor tyrosine kinases PDGFRa and PDGFRb negatively affects downstream ERK1/2 signaling and cellular proliferation, due in...

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The Dept was well represented at the Rocky Mountain RNA Symposium today! Congratulations to student Camille Goo and postdoc @ecbrooks96.bsky.social on their poster awards and students Cassie Minne and @graceinsci.bsky.social on their honorable mentions. @wattlab.bsky.social @fantauzzolab.bsky.social

The Department of Craniofacial Biology has a new Vice Chair: Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!

Join us on Friday, May 16th for a symposium honoring the scientific career of our colleague Dr. Mary Reyland.

Department faculty member Dr. Devatha Nair and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Humberto Escobedo are co-authors on new research using nanogels as a drug delivery vehicle for treating UTIs: news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories...

Promising New Research Shows Potential to Cure Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Promising new research shows potential to cure recurrent urinary tract infections through the use of a nanogel.

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Tomorrow is School of Dental Medicine Research Day at @cuanschutz.bsky.social! The event will feature keynote talks from Drs. Effie Ioannidou and David Johnsen, talks from trainees and faculty, and a poster session.

The sclerotome is the source of the dorsal and anal fin skeleton and its expansion is required for median fin development Read this #OpenAccess Research Article by Raisa Bailon-Zambrano, James Nichols @cu-cfb.bsky.social and colleagues: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.203025

Delighted to share our updated work, led by former @molbcu.bsky.social student Thomas Forman, out now in @elife.bsky.social: elifesciences.org/articles/98531, PDGFRa signaling regulates Srsf3 transcript binding to affect PI3K signaling and endosomal trafficking

PDGFRα signaling regulates Srsf3 transcript binding to affect PI3K signaling and endosomal trafficking

Upon PDGFRα signaling in mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme cells, Srsf3 exhibits differential transcript binding, resulting in retention of the receptor in early endosomes and increased downstream PI...

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We are currently looking to hire a new faculty member (open rank) to join our collegial, research-intensive Department. Job posting: cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

Hello, Bluesky! We are the Department of Craniofacial Biology @cuanschutz.bsky.social, composed of 11 laboratories studying craniofacial developmental biology, oral cancer biology and dental biomaterials.