Public Meeting Materials from the 2025 FaceBase Forum

The 2025 FaceBase Annual Community Forum, held on June 3 & 4 at the Information Sciences Institute in Marina del Rey, CA, demonstrated the newly emerging capabilities of FaceBase to support not only dental, oral and craniofacial (DOC) research and studies across the translational spectrum, but also in related health domains and systems. We introduced new collaborations with the National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD), explored integrating clinical elements into FaceBase with the description of an upcoming pilot, introduced the cutting edge technology of Dynamic MRI, discovered advances in basic DOC research and much, much more. FaceBase also announced their exciting roadmap for the next four years, emphasizing data integration, AI and machine learning applications, and future goals for enhancing research capabilities.

Below you will find comprehensive materials from the one-and-half-days event.

• Bios of Speakers and Panelists

Slides and Webcasts from Presentations and Panels

Presentation	Presenter(s)	Slides	Webcast/Video
Introduction	Yang Chai, D.D.S., Ph.D. (USC)	Slides	Webcast
FACEBASE: Empowering Data-Driven Research to Achieve Oral Health for All	Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, D.D.S., Ph.D. (NIDCR/NIH)	Slides	Webcast
An Introduction to FaceBase’s Newest Partner: NIDCD… and the Temporal Bone	Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A. (NIDCD/NIH)	Slides	Webcast
FaceBase PI Community Forum	Susan Gregurick, Ph.D. (ODSS/NIH)		Webcast
FaceBase 4 Roadmap	Carl Kesselman, Ph.D. and Rob Schuler, Ph.D. (USC)	Slides	Webcast
The Need for High Quality Data for Data Reuse and Machine Learning	Helen M. Berman, Ph.D. (USC)	Slides	Webcast
Long Range Gene Regulation of the Developing Human Face	Justin Cotney, Ph.D. (CHOP)	Slides
Beaks, Bones, and Beyond: Using Avian Models to Study Development	Samantha Brugmann, Ph.D. (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)	Slides
Panel: Incorporating Relevant Clinical Elements into FaceBase			Webcast
From panel: Bridging Repositories and Clinical Decision-Making	Anette Vistoso Monreal, D.D.S., M.S. (USC)	Slides
From panel: myTMJ - A Digital Solution for Orofacial Pain	Mohammad Khalifeh, D.D.S., M.S. (USC)	Slides
Approaches to Integration of Clinical Data into FaceBase	Thomas Peterson, Ph.D. (UCSF)	Slides	Webcast
AI in TMD and Orofacial Pain Diagnosis	Glenn Clark, D.D.S, M.S. and Anette Vistoso Monreal, D.D.S., M.S. (USC)	Slides	Webcast
Dynamic MRI to Study TMD and Craniofacial Conditions	Krishna S. Nayak, Ph.D. (USC)	Slides	Video Demo
Vision for Data Science in Craniofacial Research	Axel Visel, Ph.D. (LBNL)	Slides	Webcast
How FaceBase Data Helped Develop Pediatric Respirators	Christopher Nemeth, Ph.D. (ARA) and Benedikt Hallgrímsson, Ph.D. (U Calgary)	Slides	Webcast
Panel: Leveraging FaceBase in Related Health Domains	Carl Kesselman, Yang Chai, Benjamin Xu, Jennifer Kalish, Axel Visel		Webcast

Poster Session Presenters

Poster Title	Presenter(s)	Poster PDF	Abstract
Ameloblastin Multitargeting Domain Influences Ameloblast Gene Expression During Enamel Formation	Rucha A. Bapat (University of Southern California)	Not available	Not available
FaceBase: Data Resources for Craniofacial and Dental Development, Molecular Genetics, and Genomics	Alejandro Bugacov (Information Sciences Institute)	Poster PDF	Abstract
High-resolution spatial transcriptomics and cell lineage analysis reveal spatiotemporal cell fate determination during craniofacial development	Jifan Feng (University of Southern California)	Poster PDF	Abstract
Trp53 Coordinates with Hippo Signaling During Tooth Root Development	Tingwei Guo (University of Southern California)	Poster PDF	Abstract
Dysregulated chondrocyte formation as a novel mechanism of lambdoid synostosis	Fenglei He (Tulane University)	Poster PDF	Abstract

All our thanks go to those esteems speakers and panelists and to all who joined us! Looking forward to seeing you at next year’s Forum!