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Hi,
<div>I will write it this week and send it before Thursday. Thank you.
<div>Ken<br>
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<div>On Dec 10, 2024, at 11:31 AM, James-Zorn, Christina <Christina.James_Zorn@cchmc.org> wrote:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">To continue funding Xenbase, we need your support!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">We hope we can count on you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">If you haven’t already done so, please email your LoS to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Xenbase@cchmc.org" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">Xenbase@cchmc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Template Letter of Support for Xenbase:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Address LoS to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Drs. Aaron Zorn and Peter Vize,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Directors, Xenbase<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• Express your support for the Xenbase renewal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• 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></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• Briefly describe your research, listing previous and current NIH grants (or any NIH funded collaborations). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• Explain how vital access to Xenbase is to your research and/or teaching. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• 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></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• 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></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• How does Xenbase compare to other model organism databases that you use?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">• Finally, explain how your research would be impacted if Xenbase ceased to exist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">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></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">THANK YOU!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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