Welcome, Oliver!
Oliver O’Donnell from Palisades Charter High School has joined the lab as part of USC’s BUGS Jr. Summer Research Program.
Category Archives: Merrill Lab News
Merrill is inducted as an OKU Honorary Member
Amy Merrill was inducted as an Honorary Member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Delta Honor Society, Zeta Chapter.
Pacheco wins poster awards at USC Dental School Research Day
Maria Pacheco Vergara wins two poster awards for her work on TMJ repair at the USC Dental School Research Day: Dean’s Research Award and Graduate Student Poster Award.
Merrill becomes standing member of SBDD
Amy Merrill has become a standing member of the Skeletal Biology Development and Disease Study Section with the NIH.
Merrill becomes President Elect of the SCGDB
Amy Merrill has become President Elect of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology.
Nickle wins graduate student poster award at SCGDB meeting
Audrey Nickle wins a graduate student poster presenter award sponsored by the American Association of Anatomy at the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology meeting.
Merrill lab attends the SCGDB annual meeting
The Merrill lab attended the 44th annual meeting for the Society of Craniofacial Genetic and Developmental Biology Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in La Jolla, California.
Welcome, Maria!
Maria Pacheco Vergara has joined the lab as a PhD student in the Craniofacial Biology program.
New publication on development & maintenance of tendon & ligament
Bobzin L, Roberts RR, Chen HJ, Crump JG, Merrill AE. (2021) Development and maintenance of tendons and ligaments. Development. 2021 Apr 15;148(8):dev186916. doi: 10.1242/dev.186916. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33913478; PMCID: PMC8077520.
Welcome, Arshia, Sebastian, & Catherine!
We are excited to welcome three new students to Merrill Lab: Arshia Bhojwani (PhD student in the Development, Stem Cell, & Regeneration program), Sebastian Ko (Master’s student in Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine), and Catherine Choi (DDS student).