<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Marko- thank you for sharing this information.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">To clarify, Nasco will continue to fulfill Xenopus orders through the end of June, 2021. This date may fluctuate depending on inventory levels.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Nasco also plans to continue the sale of frog food.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks to you all for the support over the years. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Kind regards,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Deb</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">D</font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">ebra Tipton </font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Proprietary Operations Manager</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000099" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dtipton@nascoeducation.com" target="_blank">dtipton@</a><a href="http://enasco.com" target="_blank">enasco.com<br></a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:53 PM National Xenopus Resource <<a href="mailto:xenopus@mbl.edu">xenopus@mbl.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Xenopus community<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Nasco has informed us that they will be closing down their live animal sales as of March 31, 2021. They still have frogs for sale and you can contact them to place an order and they are willing to work with you on the ship date.
They do not know yet whether they will continue selling their frog brittle. After March 31 there will be two options for purchase of wild type Xenopus frogs:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Xenopus 1 (<a href="http://www.xenopus1.com/Xenopus1/HOME.html" target="_blank">http://www.xenopus1.com/Xenopus1/HOME.html</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Xenopus Express (<a href="https://www.xenopus.com/" target="_blank">https://www.xenopus.com/</a>)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Xenopus 1 does ship internationally. I have spoken with both those companies and they are excited to work with any new customers and have said they have capacity to cover the additional animals when Nasco closes. Please reach
out to each company to ask about their frogs and their availability. Xenopus 1 has wild caught and lab bred frogs, while Xenopus Express has lab bred frogs. Both companies also sell food pellets for Xenopus.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The NXR stocks mainly transgenic and inbred and mutant frogs, but we do have some wild type frogs. Likewise, the EXRC has some wild type frogs for sale, but we do not have the capacity to meet all demand. Moving forward, I would
be glad to hear from people about how this might impact their use of Xenopus and whether they have concerns about this. The EXRC and NXR are looking into whether there is a need for further expansion if there are issues with obtaining frogs in the near future.
But we really won’t know unless the community informs us. We ask you all to let me and Matt Guille know of your concerns with this new development. Matt and I will work closely together to ensure that this does not have a significant impact on the Xenopus
community.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marko Horb<u></u><u></u></p>
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Marko Horb, Ph.D. |Director, National <i>Xenopus</i> 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"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Email: </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mhorb@mbl.edu" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">mhorb@mbl.edu</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">|
Office: 508-289-7627 | Lab: 508-289-7370 | Cell: 508-564-3764</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/horb" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://www.mbl.edu/horb</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.mbl.edu/xenopus" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://www.mbl.edu/xenopus</span></a><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/xenopusnxr" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Twitter</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><b><i><span style="color:black">If the NXR contributed to your work please acknowledge us in your publications and talks.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></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 and in the Acknowledgements you can just mention the National Xenopus Resource.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Cite us in your references: </span>
</i></b><b><i>Horb M. et. al. (2019). Xenopus resources: transgenic, inbred and mutant animals, training opportunities, and web-based support. Front Physiol. 10:387. PMCID: PMC6497014</i></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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