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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The International Xenopus Board (IXB) are now accepting nominations for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>IXB Young Investigator Award</b></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The IXB Young Investigator Award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member from any country who has made significant scientific achievements using <i>Xenopus</i> as
a model. Awardees will be recognized at the International <i>Xenopus</i> Conference in Portsmouth, UK (August 17<sup>th</sup>-21<sup>st</sup>, 2025) where they will present an award lecture. Awardees also will receive funds from the IXB towards travel to
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Nominations for the Young Investigator Award should be submitted to <a href="mailto:ixc25@port.ac.uk">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Submit the application in a single PDF file that includes:</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">• A letter of nomination describing the candidate’s research using <i>Xenopus,</i> and its importance to the field.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">• The nominee’s C.V.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Nominations must be received by June 20<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>2025.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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