<html><body><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Dear Xenopus community,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> The application for the 2017 Whitman Center Fellowships at the Marine Biological Laboratory is now open. The deadline for the application is December 15, 2016. Xenopus researchers are encouraged to apply if you would like to come and use NXR resources (or MBL resources) for your research.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/research/whitman-awards/">http://www.mbl.edu/research/whitman-awards/</a> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> In the past several summers there have been over 10 awards given to Xenopus researchers. The summer is an exciting time at the MBL and you have the opportunity to interact with a number of different investigators from around the world. In addition, the MBL is now offering fellowships for more junior investigators. Overall, the MBL has been very happy with the researchers coming to the NXR these past two summers and are expecting more applications from Xenopus researchers. The awards cover your housing for the time you are here. So if you’d like to come and do some X. laevis or X. tropicalis work, use the various transgenic lines or create some mutant lines then take advantage of this opportunity.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> Please visit the webpage for more details about the application. You will require to coordinate your application with me as the review panel wants to make sure each individual fits with the resident research program. Feel free to contact me for more details.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Hope to hear from some of you</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">marko</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><span name="x"></span><div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>****************************************************************</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>If the NXR contributed to your work please cite us in your papers.</em></strong></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>Cite us in the acknowledgements: National Xenopus Resource RRID:SCR_013731</em></strong></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>Cite us in your references: Pearl, E. et al "Development of Xenopus resource centers: the National Xenopus Resource and the European Xenopus Resource Center" Genesis 50, 155-163</em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em><br></em></strong></span></span><div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span></div>Marko Horb, Ph.D.<br>Director, National Xenopus Resource (NXR)<br>Marine Biological Laboratory<br>7 MBL Street<br>Woods Hole, MA 02543<br></div><div><br></div><div>Email: xenopus@mbl.edu<br>Office: 508-289-7627<br>Cell: 508-564-3764<br></div><div><br></div><div>http://www.mbl.edu/xenopus<br>https://twitter.com/xenopusnxr</div><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>