We are excited to announce that the 48th Annual Meeting of the SCGDB will be held September 29th - October 1st, 2025 in Minneapolis! The meeting will be hosted by the University of Minnesota @UMNews.

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Thank you to outgoing SCGDB Executive Committee members Amy Merrill @AmyMerrill_lab (President) and Juhee Jeong (Treasurer) for all of your hard work!

Congratulations to our oral presentation winners! 🎉👏.Postdoctoral: Katherine Woronowicz (Harvard).Graduate student: Arshia Bhojwani (University of Southern California)

Congratulations to our postdoctoral poster winners! 🎉👏.Lorena Maili (Stowers Institute).Mohamed Hassan (Washington University).Kelsey Robinson (Emory University)

Congratulations to our graduate student poster winners! 🎉👏 .Emily Adelizzi (University of Iowa).Audrey Nickle (University of Southern California).Emmanuel Aladenika (University of Iowa)

We kicked off #SCGDB2024 with exciting award talks from Dr. Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet and Dr. Elizabeth Leslie @elizjleslie and a keynote talk from Dr. Dan Jensen, pictured here with SCGDB President @Merrill_Lab and local meeting host @aussiebiologist.

The registration deadline for the SCGDB annual meeting this September in Kansas City is Monday, August 26th. Registration link available at

Abstracts are due by Monday, August 19th to be considered for a poster presentation at the SCGDB annual meeting this September in Kansas City. More information and program highlights available at

Congratulations to Dr. Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet on the SCGDB 2024 David Bixler Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @DevelopmentalDy. Don't miss his award presentation - register for the annual meeting by August 26th.

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Leslie @elizjleslie on the SCGDB 2024 Marylou Buyse Distinguished Scientist in Craniofacial Research Award! Sponsored by Developmental Dynamics @DevelopmentalDy. Don't miss her award presentation - register for the annual meeting by August 26th.

The deadline for the hotel group rate at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center for the SCGDB annual meeting is Monday, August 12th by 5pm CDT. Reservation link available at

Abstracts are due by Monday, August 5th to be considered for a short talk at the SCGDB annual meeting this September in Kansas City. More information and program highlights available at

Registration and abstract submission are open for the SCGDB annual meeting in Kansas City! Deadlines: 8/5 abstract for short talk, 8/12 hotel group rate, 8/19 abstract for poster, 8/26 registration. More information at

We are excited to announce that the 47th Annual Meeting of the SCGDB will be held September 9th-11th, 2024 in Kansas City! The meeting will be jointly hosted by the Stowers Institute @ScienceStowers, UMKC @UMKC and Children's Mercy Hospital @ChildrensMercy.

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉👏🏽👏🏽🎉to our Oral presentation winners!.Junior Faculty: Kara Powder (Clemson).Postdoctoral: Michi Kanai (Colorado).Grad student: Timothy Nguyen (Iowa).#SCGDB2023

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉👏🏽👏🏽🎉to our Postdoctoral poster winners!.Betsy Schock (Northwestern)🥇.Jingyue Xu (CCHMC)🥈.Nirpesh Adhikari (CCHMC) 🥉.#SCGDB2023

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉👏🏽👏🏽🎉to our Graduate Student poster winners!.David Paulding (CCHMC)🥇.Emily Adelizzi (Iowa)🥈.Thomas Forman (Colorado) 🥉.#SCGDB2023

Dr. Howard Saal discusses collaborations between clinical geneticists and researchers #SCGDB2023

Dr. Russell Reid kicks of our final session on Clinical Management of Craniofacial Differences #SCGDB2023