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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Xenbase is back! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">It is a great relief that we can finally announce that Xenbase is back online.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">This is the &nbsp;secure website url: <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/entry/">
https://www.xenbase.org/entry/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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Latest v10 genomes for <i>X. tropicalis</i> and <i>X. laevis</i> have been re-loaded, and are integrated on all gene pages and are available on the new FTP site:
<a href="https://ftp.xenbase.org/pub/">https://ftp.xenbase.org/pub/</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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BLAST&nbsp; &amp; JBrowse are all back online and fully functional:<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">- these tools are integrated into the reagent modules for MOs and gRNAs, which have their alignments and JBrowse snapshots all working.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">- JBrowse tracks (TF binding sites, CRISPR scan predictions, ChIP/RNA/ATAC-Seq data, MOs and gRNAs, ) have been re-loaded against
<i>X. laevis</i> v9.2 and <i>X. tropicalis</i> v10 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">… more tracks come online each day!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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Gene Expression, the new&nbsp; Phenotype Search, Protocols wiki and Anatomy Atlas are all restored.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Please send us your job ads! If you experience any bugs or have a question, please contact us on our new help desk email:
<a href="mailto:xenbase@cchmc.org">xenbase@cchmc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Thank you all for your patience and messages of support.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Best wishes to you all in these harrowing times.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Christina@ Xenbase <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">on behalf of CCHMC Curation and UCalgary Development&nbsp; teams, and the Xenbase PIs, Peter Vize and Aaron Zorn.<o:p></o:p></p>
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