News & Events
Announcing FB3 - Downloads no longer require sign-in, we're accepting data from the community! (07 November 2019)
We are happy to officially announce the third phase of FaceBase! This new phase kicked off in early fall and we are hard at work on many changes over the next five years that will make FaceBase an even more open and useful resource for the community. But for now here are the two biggest updates:
Opening up data submissions
The former hub and spoke format of the previous two versions of FaceBase is no more. We still have the Hub as the coordinating center and innovators of the data repository, but we no longer have a select group of projects (the spokes). Instead we are opening our repository to the craniofacial research community to help enhance our already rich data offerings.
If you have data that you think the community would find useful, please fill out this form to tell us about yourself and your data.
Downloads without login
We no longer require you to have a membership and be logged in to download our data (except for controlled-access human data, of course). This is a major shift designed to make it even easier and more seamless for our users to get the data you need for your research when you need it.
We do still encourage you to sign up for our newsletter - membership does have its privileges, such as keeping you updated on new features and new data and learning about the many exciting events we’ll be planning in the future.
Slides and Videos available from the 2019 Final Recap Webinar (22 May 2019)
Thank you to so many people who attended our webinar on Monday. We had about 86 attendees overall and over half of those came from outside the consortium! That indicates a lot of interest in the kind of resource FaceBase has become for craniofacial research.
We’ve posted presentations and videos from May 20th that have been approved for public viewing.
If you are interested in keeping in touch with us for any future news about FaceBase as a resource, sign up for a FaceBase account, or subscribe to our newsletter.
Final Recap Webinar on Monday, May 20th (29 April 2019)
As we close the second phase of FaceBase at the end of this month, we invite the craniofacial research community to join us for a special FaceBase 2 Recap webinar on Monday, May 20th where the FB2 projects will summarize their research and findings over the past 5 years. We will also delve into what the future of FaceBase will bring to the craniofacial research community.
If you would like to join us, please register using this form and we will send you the videoconferencing information and keep you updated on the details.
Date: Monday, May 20th
Start Time: 11:00 am Eastern / 8:00 am Pacific
End Time: 5:20 pm Eastern / 2:20 pm Pacific
You can find an agenda for the webinar here.
Photos, Slides and Videos available from the 2018 FaceBase Annual Meeting (30 May 2018)
This year’s annual meeting was another great opportunity for our spoke projects to see what everyone’s been up to and to share their work with the broader community. We now have posted the slides and videos from each of the talks on May 15th (Note that there are a couple that are not approved for sharing outside of the meeting.)
Special thanks go to Yang Chai, Linda Hattemar and the rest of the folks at the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology for organizing a wonderful, collaborative event for all.
We’ve posted presentations and videos from May 1st that have been approved for public viewing.
Here are some more photos from the meeting!
FaceBase Annual Meeting - Open to the Public on May 15, 2018 (09 April 2018)
The next annual meeting of the FaceBase Consortium will be held May 15-16 in Los Angeles, CA. The venue will be the Tutor Campus Center on the main campus of the University of Southern California. The first day of the meeting – Tuesday, May 15th – will be open to the general craniofacial research community and will be webcast.
During this day-long meeting, each FaceBase project will describe their project and the progress they’ve made in their particular focus on craniofacial research during the past year for FaceBase.
We are also excited to announce the Dr. Andrew McMahon, Director of the Stem Cell Institute, will be giving a talk at 3:00pm on “New Developments in GUDMAP and Possible Collaborations”.
To participate:
- Read the agenda for the public portion of meeting
- RSVP to attend Tuesday, May 15th either onsite or via webcast
(If you are a member of the FaceBase consortium, please contact help@facebase.org if you need help with internal registration/information.)
You can find more information on the event page.