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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Xenopus community<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif">The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC)</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif">,
<span style="color:#292B2C">organized by the Genetics Society of America</span>, will be held April 22-26, 2020 in Washington, D.C. USA. It will
<span style="color:#292B2C">bring together multiple international genetics communities, including the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif">C. elegans</span></em>,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif">Drosophila</span></em>,
 mammalian, yeast,<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif">Xenopus</span></em>, zebrafish, along with population, evolutionary, humans, plants, and agricultural species. To make sure Xenopus has a
 presence at this meeting, please consider submitting an abstract and participating in the meeting. Abstract submission opens October 1, 2019 and closes December 5, 2019.&nbsp; For more information:
</span></span><a href="http://conferences.genetics-gsa.org/tagc/2020/index">http://conferences.genetics-gsa.org/tagc/2020/index</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope to see you all there<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marko<o:p></o:p></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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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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