2015: First Place, Young Scholar Research Award, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society
2015: Research Innovation Award, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry
2015: First Place, Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Award, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry
2015: Dean's Research Award, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry
2015: Research Innovation Award, USC Stevens Center for Innovation
2015: First Place, Poster Award, Annual Meeting of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology
2014: Research Innovation Award, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry
2014: First Place, Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Award, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry
2014: First Place, Poster Award, The Gordon Research Seminar on Bones and Teeth
Research
Development of novel clearing techniques and neural connectome imaging technology Craniofacial stem cells and developmental biology
Mapping of individual sensory nerve axons from digits to spinal cord with the Transparent Embedding Solvent System., Yating Yi, Yi Men, Shiwen Zhang, Yuhong Wang, Zexi Chen, Ed Lachika, Hanchuan Peng, Woo-Ping Ge, Hu Zhao, 2023
Annexin A3 accelerates osteoclast differentiation by promoting the level of RANK and TRAF6., S Lin, M Li, Y Zhou, L Chen, Y Wang, Z Zhuang, Zhao H., R Yang, 2023
Advances in periodontal stem cells and the regulating niche: from in vitro to in vivo., Yi. Y., Liu Y., Men Y., Wang J., Zhao, H., 2022
Zirconia vs Titanium Dental Implants Demonstrate Superior Early Healing in Mice Assessed with PEGASOS Tissue Clearing and Two-Photon Microscopy., W Stenberg, Y Yi, Zhao, H., 2022
Alveolar bone marrow Gli1+ stem cells support implant osseointegration., Yi. Y., Stenberg W., Feng J., Zhao, H., 2022
Tissue clearing and 3-D visualization of vasculature with the PEGASOS method., D Jing, Y Men, Zhao, H., 2021
Gli1+ periodontium stem cells are regulated by osteocytes and occlusal force., Men, Y., Wang YH., Yi, Y., Jing D., Luo W., Chai, Y., Feng, JQ., Zhao, H., 2020
Investigation of postnatal craniofacial bone development with tissue clearing-based 3D imaging., Luo W., Yi Y., Jing D., Zhang S., Men Y., Ge W., Zhao H., 2019
3‐dimensional visualization of implant‐tissue interface with the polyethylene glycol associated solvent system tissue clearing method., Yi, Y., Y. Men, D. Jing, W. Luo, S. Zhang, J. Q. Feng, J. Liu, W. P. Ge, J. Wang and H. Zhao, 2019
Tissue Clearing and Its Application to Bone and Dental Tissues., Jing, D., Y. Yi, W. Luo, S. Zhang, Q. Yuan, J. Wang, E. Lachika, Z. Zhao and H. Zhao, 2019
Tissue clearing of both hard and soft tissue organs with the PEGASOS method., Jing, D., S. Zhang, W. Luo, X. Gao, Y. Men, C. Ma, X. Liu, Y. Yi, A. Bugde, B. O. Zhou and H. Zhao, 2018
Electron transport chain dysfunction induces muscle stem cell fusion into myofibers and mitochondrial myopathy., Xun Wang, Spencer D. Shelton, Bogdan Bordieanu, Anderson Frank, Yating Yi, Siva Venigalla, Zhimin Gu, Michael Glogauer, Navdeep S. Chandel, Rhonda Bassel-Duby, Eric N. Olson, Hu Zhao, David G. McFadden, and Prashant Mishra, 2020
MicroRNA-214-3p Modified Tetrahedral Framework Nucleic Acids Target Survivin to Induce Tumor Cell Apoptosis., Li S, Sun Y, Tian T, Zhou Y, Zhao H, Zhu B, Cai X., 2019
A multimodal light-sheet microscope that is compatible with all clearing techniques., Tonmoy Chakraborty, Kevin M. Dean, Hu Zhao, and Reto Fiolka, 2019
Low- and high-thermogenic brown adipocyte subpopulations coexist in murine adipose tissue., Song A, Dai W, Jang MJ, Medrano L, Li Z, Zhao H, Shao M, Tan J et al., 2020
Light-Sheet Microscopy of Cleared Tissues with Isotropic Subcellular Resolution., Chakraborty T, Driscoll MK, Jeffery E, Murphy MM, Roudot P, Chang BJ, Vora S, Wong WM Nielson CD, Zhang H, Zhemkov V, Hiremath C, De La Cruz ED, Yi Y, Bezprozvanny, Zhao H, Tomer R, Heintzmann R, Meeks JP, Marciano DK, Dean KM, Fiolka R, 2019
Axin2+-Mesenchymal PDL Cells, Instead of K14+ Epithelial Cells, Play a Key Role in Rapid Cementum Growth., X Xie, J Wang, K Wang, C Li, S Zhang, D Jing, C Xu, X Wang, H Zhao, JQ Feng, 2019
DMP1 Ablation in the Rabbit Results in Mineralization Defects and Abnormalities in Haversian Canal/Osteon Microarchitecture., Liu, T., J. Wang, X. Xie, K. Wang, T. Sui, D. Liu, L. Lai, H. Zhao, Z. Li and J. Q. Feng, 2019
Defining a critical period in calvarial development for Hedgehog pathway antagonist-induced frontal bone dysplasia in mice., Jiang, Y., S. Zhang, C. Mao, Y. Lai, D. Wu, H. Zhao, C. Liao and W. Chen, 2019
Dentinal mineralization is not limited in the mineralization front but occurs along with the entire odontoblast process., Li, C., Y. Jing, K. Wang, Y. Ren, X. Liu, X. Wang, Z. Wang, H. Zhao and J. Feng, 2018
BMP signaling orchestrates a transcriptional network to control the fate of mesenchymal stem cells in mice., Feng, J., J. Jing, J. Li, H. Zhao, V. Punj, T. Zhang, J. Xu and Y. Chai, 2017
GDF11 decreases bone mass by stimulating osteoclastogenesis and inhibiting osteoblast differentiation., Liu, W., L. Zhou, C. Zhou, S. Zhang, J. Jing, L. Xie, N. Sun, X. Duan, W. Jing, X. Liang, H. Zhao, Q. Chen and Q. Yuan, 2016
Sutures possess strong regenerative capacity for calvarial bone injury., Park, S., H. Zhao, M. Urata and Y. Chai, 2016
The suture provides a niche for mesenchymal stem cells of craniofacial bones., Zhao, H., J. Feng, T.-V. Ho, W. Grimes, M. Urata and Y. Chai, 2015
Stem cells in teeth and craniofacial bones., Zhao, H. and Y. Chai, 2015
Secretion of shh by a neurovascular bundle niche supports mesenchymal stem cell homeostasis in the adult mouse incisor., Zhao, H., J. Feng, K. Seidel, S. Shi, O. Klein, P. Sharpe and Y. Chai, 2014
Alk5-mediated transforming growth factor β signaling acts upstream of fibroblast growth factor 10 to regulate the proliferation and maintenance of dental epithelial stem cells., Zhao, H., S. Li, D. Han, V. Kaartinen and Y. Chai, 2011
TGF-β type I receptor Alk5 regulates tooth initiation and mandible patterning in a type II receptor-independent manner., Zhao, H., K. Oka, P. Bringas, V. Kaartinen and Y. Chai, 2008
An in vitro model for characterizing the post‐migratory cranial neural crest cells of the first branchial arch., Zhao, H., P. Bringas Jr and Y. Chai, 2006
