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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Deb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> I will let people know this information. I was unaware of the frog brittle since the last email I had from Nasco stated that you weren’t sure if you would continue it. Also I did get an email from
Lori last week and replied but hadn’t heard back. This email stemmed from a community zoom call we had and they wanted people to be informed as quickly as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><xenopus-bounces@lists.mbl.edu> on behalf of Deb Tipton <dtipton@enasco.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, February 8, 2021 at 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>National Xenopus Resource <xenopus@mbl.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"xenopus@lists.mbl.edu" <xenopus@lists.mbl.edu>, Lori Jacoby <ljacoby@nascoeducation.com>, Dan Brattlie <dbrattlie@enasco.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Xenopus] Nasco closing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Marko- thank you for sharing this information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">To clarify, Nasco will continue to fulfill Xenopus orders through the end of June, 2021. This date may fluctuate depending on inventory levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thanks to you all for the support over the years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:53 PM National Xenopus Resource <<a href="mailto:xenopus@mbl.edu">xenopus@mbl.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Xenopus Express (<a href="https://www.xenopus.com/" target="_blank">https://www.xenopus.com/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Marko Horb<o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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:#0563C1">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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.mbl.edu/xenopus" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">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:#0563C1">Twitter</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="color:black">Cite us in your references:
</span>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><o:p></o:p></p>
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