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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">To continue funding Xenbase, we need your support!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">This is a friendly reminder, that the LoS for the Xenbase renewal are due at the end of this week, on Dec. 16<sup>th,</sup> 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We hope we can count on you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">If you haven’t already done so, please email your LoS to
<a href="mailto:Xenbase@cchmc.org">Xenbase@cchmc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Template Letter of Support for Xenbase:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Address LoS to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Drs. Aaron Zorn and Peter Vize,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Directors, Xenbase<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Express your support for the Xenbase renewal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Mention how renewal of Xenbase was identified as the most critical, immediate need of the <i>Xenopus </i>Research Community at the October 2024 XRET meeting
and in the 2025 White Paper (to be out soon).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Briefly describe your research, listing previous and current NIH grants (or any NIH funded collaborations). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Explain how vital access to Xenbase is to your research and/or teaching. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Describe which features of Xenbase your lab uses and how frequently you/your trainees use Xenbase (how many times a day/week?). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Possible features to emphasize include the availability to the most up to date genomes and genomics, support for human disease modeling, & our data sharing
infrastructure, and ‘static’ or ‘educational’ content (images movies, protocols, reagents modules, cell fates maps).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• How does Xenbase compare to other model organism databases that you use?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">• Finally, explain how your research would be impacted if Xenbase ceased to exist. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Please print your LoS on your institutional letter head and don’t forget to sign your name, and include in your email and position. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">THANK YOU!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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