Audrey Nickle was elected by her peers as the next chair of the Gordon Research Seminar on Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Disease.

Graduate student Audrey Nickle was presented with the best graduate student speaker award at the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling in Development and Disease, which was sponsored by Developmental Dynamics.

Amy Merrill served as Chair for the Gordon Research Conference on Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling in Development and Disease, which was held in Galveston, Texas.

Arshia Bhojwani was awarded best graduate student poster award for her work on LGRs in jaw development at the USC Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Retreat in Palm Springs, California.

Audrey Nickle presented her work on craniosynostosis in Bent Bone Dysplasia syndrome at the USC Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Retreat in Palm Springs, California.

Arshia Bhojwani becomes the USC representative on the organizing committee for the Caltech/USC Developmental Biology Club Seminar series, which was established to promote collaborations between our schools.

Michaela Ince has joined the lab as a PhD student in the Development, Stem Cell, & Regeneration program.

Nickle A, Ko S, Merrill AE. Fibroblast growth factor 2. Differentiation. 2023 Oct 12;. doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2023.10.001. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37858405; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11009566.

The Merrill lab attended the 45th annual meeting for the Society of Craniofacial Genetic and Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lauren Bobzin successfully defended her PhD dissertation on the role of FGF signaling in development and closure of the anterior fontanelle.