Richard Behringer
@rrbehringer
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Developmental biologist, geneticist, & reproductive biologist. PhD. Son of an immigrant. Hispanic Filipino American. Endurance athlete.
Houston, TX
Joined July 2013
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Arne C. Lekven, Sarah Empie, and Richard Saoud review the history of Wnt1, its gene structure and regulation, expression, loss-of-function consequences, and connection to human disease. Read โOne Wnt to lead them all: a Wnt1 primerโ to learn more: https://t.co/SoKUa8Jo1d
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Excited to share our new paper, out today in @royalsociety Open Science, with a great team of scientists. Frogs only develop upper jaw teeth, never lower ones; we show how they transition from keratin 'teeth' to true teeth during metamorphosis! ๐ฆท๐ธ https://t.co/AargE09W7L
royalsocietypublishing.org
Teeth have been a prominent feature of most vertebrates for 400 million years, and the core regulatory network underlying embryonic tooth formation is deeply conserved. In frogs, however, odontogen...
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Applying to graduate school this fall? Don't miss getting inside tips from @SocDevBio experts! Application deadline Sept 18.
#Undergraduates #Postbacs @SocDevBio is hosting a webinar Get Into Grad School September 21 at 3pm ET. Learn about doctoral programs, the key elements of a compelling grad school application, and the interview process. Register: https://t.co/efMTxwuK5C
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This Sunday, September 7th is the registration deadline and the due date for abstracts to be considered for a poster presentation at the SCGDB annual meeting this month in Minneapolis. More information and program highlights available at https://t.co/fa1Y9X0j75.
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PROTOCOL Step-by-Step Protocol for Making a Knock-In Xenopus laevis to Visualize Endogenous Gene Expression by Norie Kagawa,ย Yoshihiko Umesono,ย Ken-ichi T. Suzuki,ย Makoto Mochii https://t.co/AN3c4JEsET
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
We have established a versatile method for making a knock-in Xenopus laevis to visualize endogenous gene expression with reporter expression. Here, we describe the step-by-step protocol for prepara...
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We're excited to announce a virtual option for attendees of #AvianModels25! Join us from afar & hear from our exciting lineup of speakers! ๐ฆ ๐
Abstracts due Sept 10 ๐
Registration closes Sept 26 ๐ป Present, discuss, connectโfrom anywhere. Register:
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Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form and Function. The XII Avian Model Systems Meeting will showcase the integrative powerโฆ
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Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? ๐๐ฌ SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators ๐ธ. Fill out the form to be featured:
โจIf Monet studied mouse ovaries ๐จ Stromal cells ๐ Follicular cells ๐ต and Fatty Cells ๐ก. Together, they reveal the cellular architecture and functional zones of the ovary ๐ฌ Image provided by Kimberly Abt ๐งช #FluorescenceFriday #ReproductiveBiology
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Baby octopus ๐ do do do do
7-mm octopus baby from Okinawa. I found it drifting in stormy waves away from the reef. It was just a dot in an endless water.
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Vote for your favorite image from @MBLScience Embryology course. Voting will close on Wednesday 3. September. @SocDevBio
https://t.co/VAUkpEJhhy
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๐ The Midwest SDB Regional Meeting is happening soon! Join at Cincinnati Childrenโs Hospital Medical Center for exciting developmental biology from across the Midwest ๐งฌโจ ๐
Poster abstracts deadline: August 22nd. More information here: https://t.co/jELlrpcgvZ
#MIDWESTSDB25
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Octopus ๐ dreams. ๐ค
A napping dog might twitch her feet, flick her ears, and thump her tail. But cephalopods are even more active. While sleeping, their skin blooms with colors. โฏHorst Obenhaus, a 2025 Whitman Fellow, investigates. Read more: https://t.co/I8UzqPQToy
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New Faculty Boot Camp e-Course by @SocDevBio deadline Aug 22.
โจ Are you a pre-tenure faculty or advanced postdoc with an academic offer in hand? ๐ 3 days left to apply for the SDB New Faculty Boot Camp! ๐ Deadline: Aug 22, 2025 Apply here ๐ https://t.co/kGLZ1RhNz2
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Neuroscience faculty position at UC Berkeley.
I'm pleased to share that the Neuroscience department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Professor in molecular, cellular and/or developmental neuroscience. The application deadline is October 31st, please find more information here:
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Cover of Developmental Biology! Congrats to Karla Akari Garcia, undergrad @NevadaStateU & @socdevbio Choose Development fellow winning 1st place for inaugural SDB Art Show competition at the 20th International Congress of Developmental Biology Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Abstracts are due by Monday, August 25th to be considered for a short talk at the SCGDB annual meeting this September in Minneapolis. More information and program highlights available at https://t.co/fa1Y9X0j75.
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๐ Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Clear as glass, zebrafish embryos let you watch organs form in real time. A powerhouse for studying organogenesis and regeneration, theyโre also champions of transgenic expression of fluorescent proteins ๐ image from Gopi Shah ๐งช #ModelMonday #DevBio
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I finished the 5K swim race! That was long! Swam through multiple lakes. Water temperature was a little warm at 82 degrees. Fun event. #swimtothemoon
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๐ฟ๐ง. ๐พ๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐จ โฝ(โ แด โ)โผ ๐ฅ๐ธ
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Congratulations to @SocDevBio 2025 West Coast Meeting graduate student poster competition winners (left to right): 1st place- Justine Ramos (not pictured), 2nd place- Ashley Arancio (Farmer lab), honorable mentions- Julia Godinez (Rogers Lab) and Samantha Medina (Accorsi lab). ๐คฉ
@SocDevBio 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting graduate student poster competition winners (left to right): 2nd place- Ashley Arancio (Farmers lab), honorable mention- Samantha Medina (Accorsi lab)
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