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Dear Xenopus Community,</div>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> In the lead up to the International Xenopus Conference next week, we are conducting a survey to
identify how Xenbase and the NXR can serve the community better. </span></p>
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<i>Xenopus</i> is an amazing amphibian model, having helped solve some of biology's greatest mysteries. </div>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">The 2025 survey aims to find out about the resources and services you use, need, and want. Questions
relate to Xenbase, the <i>Xenopus</i> database, and the NXR, the USA-based <i>Xenopus</i> stock centers. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 33, 36);">Whether you have worked with
<i>Xenopus</i> (or other amphibians) for 1 year or 50 years, we value your opinions and insights. Your responses to this survey help us better understand your needs, how you use Xenbase, utilize the NXR, which data types, resources, and services you need for
your <i>Xenopus</i> research to thrive. </span></p>
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It will only take about 6 minutes to complete. </div>
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Please share the link to the survey with your colleagues, trainees, and students. We need as many responses as possible to guide our decisions! Share the link to the survey with your colleagues, trainees, and students.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Here’s the link to the survey:</span><span style="color: rgb(11, 99, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(11, 99, 192);"><a href="https://forms.gle/iie27qSaqhaTQZHZ9" title="https://forms.gle/iie27qSaqhaTQZHZ9" data-outlook-id="0397d76f-b9f9-44fb-9b02-a72cdfc12182" style="color: rgb(11, 99, 192); text-align: left;">https://forms.gle/iie27qSaqhaTQZHZ9</a></span></div>
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Thank you,</div>
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PIs and staff of Xenbase and the NXR</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Marko Horb, Ph.D.<br>
Director, National Xenopus Resource (NXR)<br>
Senior Scientist, Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering<br>
Marine Biological Laboratory<br>
7 MBL Street<br>
Woods Hole, MA 02543</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Email:
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><u><a href="mailto:mhorb@mbl.edu" title="mailto:mhorb@mbl.edu" data-outlook-id="ab266c56-5838-4927-9c18-324f62ffc5c2" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">mhorb@mbl.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><br>
Office: 508-289-7627<br>
Lab: 508-289-7370<br>
Cell: 508-564-3764</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.mbl.edu/research/resources-research-facilities/national-xenopus-resource" title="https://www.mbl.edu/research/resources-research-facilities/national-xenopus-resource" data-outlook-id="db9c6f47-c36e-4756-addd-79442a1d3a29" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.mbl.edu/xenopus</a></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><b><i>If the NXR contributed to your work please acknowledge us in your publications and talks.</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><b><i>Cite us in Materials and Methods as National Xenopus Resource RRID:SCR_013731 at the Marine Biological Laboratory and in the Acknowledgements you can just mention the National
Xenopus Resource.</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"><b><i>Cite us in your references: Horb M. et. al. (2019). Xenopus resources: transgenic, inbred and mutant animals, training opportunities, and web-based support. Front Physiol.
10:387. PMCID: PMC6497014</i></b></span></p>
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