<html><body><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Dear Xenopus community,</div><div> <strong>Registration is now open</strong> for the Xenopus Resources and Emerging Technologies Meeting that is being held Saturday August 26-Tuesday August 29. As in past years, the meeting will start with a dinner/BBQ on Saturday night and the talks will then begin on Sunday morning at 9am. The meeting will then end at noon on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT203_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT231_com_zimbra_url"><a href="https://MBL-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&ct=STDCONF&eventid=10283" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://MBL-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&ct=STDCONF&eventid=10283">https://MBL-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&ct=STDCONF&eventid=10283</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Object"><br></span></div><div>The cost for the 3 nights is $680 for a single room and $497 for a shared room. This includes all food, drink for the entire meeting as well as registration costs. </div><div><br></div><div>The International Xenopus Board is offering two $500 travel awards to support junior attendees to the meeting. Please email if you would like to apply for these awards.</div><div><br></div><div>Last, <strong>we are now accepting abstracts</strong> for the meeting as well. Anyone interested in giving a talk should email <a href="mailto:xenopus@mbl.edu">xenopus@mbl.edu</a> with their abstract. We are hoping to provide time for everyone to speak. And we encourage postdocs and graduate students to apply as well. </div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to seeing you at this exciting meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Organizing committee</div><div><br></div><div>Marko Horb</div><div>Matt Good</div><div>Andrea Wills</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><br></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>****************************************************************</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>