Thank you to outgoing SCGDB Executive Committee members Dr. Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social (President) and Dr. Eric Van Otterloo (Treasurer) for all your hard work!

Congratulations to our #SCGDB2026 graduate student poster winners 🎉👏 Jackie Olberding (University of Iowa) Dilean Murillo Gonzalez (Baylor College of Medicine) Charles Griffin (University of Colorado Anschutz)

We kicked off #SCGDB2026 with exciting awards talks from Dr. Licia Selleri @sellerilab.bsky.social and Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social, pictured with SCGDB President Dr. Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social

Had a great visit to UCSF last week for the Program in Craniofacial Biology retreat. Wonderful to see old friends (including fellow Soriano lab alumni, pictured), meet new colleagues in the field, and hear about exciting science. Thank you @sellerilab.bsky.social for hosting me!

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...

Congratulations to Dr. Licia Selleri @sellerilab.bsky.social on the SCGDB 2026 David Bixler 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.

I am incredibly honored by this award and grateful to the @scgdb.bsky.social and its members for their continued support. Looking forward to the annual meeting in September!

SCGDB@scgdb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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.

Excited to be at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! I’ll be presenting one of my postdoc projects during the poster session TODAY. If you’re interested in learning about protein-protein interactions in the contexts of PDGFRalpha signaling and mammalian facial development, make sure to stop by!

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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Ninth annual Fantauzzo lab hike, this year at Lost Lake via Hessie Trail, followed by lunch at The Sink in Boulder. Another fun day in colorful Colorado! @ecbrooks96.bsky.social

This piece really resonated with me - so often I've wished I could go back and assure my younger self that things will (mostly) work out: www.science.org/content/arti...

To my younger self, the overwhelmed new professor: You will make it

How this scientist navigated the tough decisions and personal strain of starting a lab

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🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92

Final student photos from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! IF of E14.5 skin (left) and face (right) stained with Col4 (yellow/green), phalloidin (magenta/orange), Ecad (green/pink). Images taken by students @negberry.bsky.social and @drmaolsz.bsky.social.

More student photos from the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! Left: E9.5 labeled with Fgf8 (purple), Sox9 (green), Shh (red) using @hcrimaging.bsky.social. Right: lung organ culture from Sox9-CreER (orange). Images taken by student Jack Song.

Just wrapped up a fantastic three weeks at the Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social! Excited to share some student photos. First up: E13.5 MEFs stained with phalloidin (magenta) and DAPI (cyan). Image taken by student @guangxin.bsky.social.

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...

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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Evan Brooks @ecbrooks96.bsky.social, Charles Griffin and I wrote a review on the roles of the RNA-binding protein SRSF3 in development and cellular differentiation for @diffjournal.bsky.social: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mq8m14Yy4.... We hope that it's a useful resource for the field!

Submit to our Developmental Biology Special Issue - Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development!😎 Guest editors Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social Jennifer Fish Deadline April 30th, 2026 @socdevbio.bsky.social Linked here👇 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Applications are due this Friday, March 13th!

Fantauzzo Lab@fantauzzolab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Applications for the 2026 CSHL Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social are due March 13th. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn all about the mouse model from leaders in the field!

Happy Black History Month! I am sharing a permanent and continuously updated list of inspiring Black scientists! Check it out! Huge thank you to the folks who gathered this info. Thank you to @drstarbird.bsky.social and the rest of the Index Committee! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

Index of Inspiring Black Scientists | Wiley

The Inspiring Black Scientists Index is a curated database celebrating diverse contributions to science. Join us in promoting education and collaboration.

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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!

Applications for the 2026 CSHL Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course @cshlcourses.bsky.social are due March 13th. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn all about the mouse model from leaders in the field!

Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀 Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!

Baptiste Lacoste@blacoste.bsky.social · 11mo ago

PDGFRα is required for postnatal cerebral perivascular fibroblast development. Congrats @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social ! #cerebrovascular #fibroblasts #development

New paper alert from the lab: "Additive effects on craniofacial development upon conditional ablation of PDGFRa and SHP2 in the mouse neural crest lineage" published in @devdynamics.bsky.social: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....

Additive effects on craniofacial development upon conditional ablation of PDGFRα and SHP2 in the mouse neural crest lineage

Background Activity of the receptor tyrosine kinase PDGFRα and the tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 is critical for vertebrate craniofacial development. SHP2 has been shown to both positively and negativel.....

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Half of the lab attended #SCGDB2025 and had a great time! @ecbrooks96.bsky.social

It was an honor and a pleasure serving as @scgdb.bsky.social Secretary the past two years!

SCGDB@scgdb.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you to outgoing SCGDB Executive Committee member Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo @fantauzzolab.bsky.social (Secretary) for all of your hard work!

We kicked off #SCGDB2025 with exciting award talks from Dr. Timothy Cox @craniofacialprof.bsky.social and Dr. Jennifer Fish, pictured here with SCGDB President Dr. Matthew Harris @fish4walking.bsky.social and local meeting host Dr. Kristin Artinger @artingerlab.bsky.social.

So excited to be serving as Guest Editor for a special issue in @devbiol.bsky.social on receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in development. Please consider contributing!

Developmental Biology@devbiol.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PAPERS! 🧪 DB Special Issue highlights new insights into receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during development, with a focus on cell-cell interactions & signal transduction in the regulation of cell growth and division, differentiation & morphogenesis. Submit here: tinyurl.com/RTKDevBio