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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Dear Xenopus Community, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The 19th International Xenopus Conference is being held August 20-24, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Cambridge, Maryland, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Registration is now open!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Visit <a href="https://www.19thxenopusconference.org/">19thXenopusConference.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The International
<i>Xenopus</i> Conference is the premier forum for researchers using <i>Xenopus</i> in biomedical research.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Register soon, as attendance will be limited to 300 participants.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">DEADLINES</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">General Registration and Abstract Submission:
<b>June 15, 2023.</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Trainee Travel Award application:
<b>May 15, 2023</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Housing:
<b>July 30, 2023</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">TRAVEL AWARDS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Trainees (students and post-docs) may apply for Travel Awards during registration: choose "Student - Travel Award Application" or "Postdoctorate - Travel Award Application"
and upload a brief justification for the request. If you are a SDB member, please also include your membership ID number on the registration page.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">A limited number of Travel awards are available and will be awarded based on need and impact.
<b>Approved applicants will be sent a discount code by June 1, 2023</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Applicants will then be able to complete their registration and payment, by the June 15, 2023 registration deadline.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Travel Awards are supported in part by a Meetings Grant from the Society for Developmental Biology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">TRAVEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Local airports include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) (preferred)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Washington Dulles International (IAD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Salisbury Regional (SBY)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">See
<b>19IXC</b> website for more details of travel, accommodation, and conference T-shirts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Amy Sater, University of Houston<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Aaron Zorn, Cincinnati Children’s<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Ann Miller, University of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Matt Good, University of Pennsylvania</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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