Session 67: A Spectrum of Reproductive Phenotypes Across Vertebrate Species
Tuesday 8th June, 2021. 3PM EST/ 8PM GMT / 9PM CET
PROF. RICHARD BEHRINGER
Richard Behringer is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Ben F. Love Chair for Cancer Research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Behringer’s research focuses on mammalian developmental genetics, including organogenesis, stem cells, and evolution. Dr. Behringer also conducts field studies of marsupials on Kangaroo Island in Australia and bats on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Previously, he was the Director of the Molecular Embryology of the Mouse course at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Director of the Embryology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. He is one of the editors of the 3rd and 4th editions of Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual and co-author with Dr. Virginia Papaioannou of Mouse Phenotypes: A Handbook of Mutation Analysis both published by CSHL Press. He is currently the Coordinator for the Society for Developmental Biology Choose Development! summer undergraduate research program to diversify the field of developmental biology. He is an advocate for developmental biology, genetics, and reproductive biology (@rrbehringer).