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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=JA link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Yu Gothic"'>Marko, I also think it</span><span style='font-family:"Yu Gothic"'>’<span lang=EN-US>s great for people in Xenopus community. That very nice news reminded me of Marko</span>’<span lang=EN-US>s smiling face together with his nice beard and moustache. I (already 83 years old) do not do research anymore and don</span>’<span lang=EN-US>t have physical power to stand for the energy-consuming intercontinental long traveling (I mean the travel for Xenopus conferences), but still alive and doing various things for the local community as a Xenopus person, including the publication of books on Biology and Physiology. Koichiro Shiokawa<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Yu Gothic"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Yu Gothic"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0mm 0mm 0mm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> xenopus-bounces@lists.mbl.edu <xenopus-bounces@lists.mbl.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carole LaBonne<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 20, 2024 11:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> xenopus@lists.mbl.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Xenopus] congrats and thanks to Marko<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Great publicity for the NXR and the mutant resource from MBL: <a href="https://www.mbl.edu/news/horb-receives-renewal-funding-xenopus-mutant-resource-mbl">https://www.mbl.edu/news/horb-receives-renewal-funding-xenopus-mutant-resource-mbl</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are very lucky to have Marko at the helm continuing to build resources to support the <i>Xenopus</i> community <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you Marko!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>