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<b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">IXB Young Investigator Award</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">The International Xenopus Board (IXB) Young Investigator Award&nbsp;recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member from any country who has made significant
 scientific achievements using&nbsp;<i>Xenopus</i>&nbsp;as a model.&nbsp; Awardees will be recognized at the International&nbsp;<i>Xenopus</i>&nbsp;Conference in Portsmouth, UK (August 23-27, 2020) where they will present an award lecture. Awardees also will receive funds from the
 IXB toward travel to the meeting.<br>
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Nominations for the Young Investigator Award should be submitted to the IXB at&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:Xenopus@Xenopus.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Xenopus@Xenopus.org</span></a><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">Submit the application in a single PDF file that includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">• &nbsp;A letter of nomination describing the candidate’s research using&nbsp;<i>Xenopus,</i>&nbsp;and its importance to the field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">• The nominee’s C.V.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#222222">Nominations must be received by June 30th, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><i><span style="color:black">If the NXR contributed to your work please cite us in your papers.</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Cite us in Materials and Methods as National Xenopus Resource RRID:SCR_013731 at the Marine Biological Laboratory</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Cite us in your references: Pearl, E. et al &quot;Development of Xenopus resource centers: the National Xenopus Resource and the European Xenopus Resource Center&quot; Genesis 50, 155-163</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Marko Horb, Ph.D. |Director, National&nbsp;<i>Xenopus</i>&nbsp;Resource (NXR) |Senior Scientist, Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering<br>
Marine Biological Laboratory | 7 MBL Street | Woods Hole, MA 02543</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Email:&nbsp;</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mhorb@mbl.edu"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">mhorb@mbl.edu</span></a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">|
 Office: 508-289-7627 | Lab: 508-289-7370 | Cell: &nbsp;508-564-3764</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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