The European Xenopus Resource Centre

Despite his teacher’s opinion that he couldn’t learn simple biology, John Gurdon went on to receive a #NobelPrize, thanks to his classic frog experiment, which showed that the DNA of mature frog cells has all the information needed to develop all cells in its body. #WorldFrogDay

Another busy day @ExrcXenopus test gene function by CRISPR. Fear not, genotyping gels are running in the background! @INeucrest @uk_wheeler

We are very excited to be hosting the 20th international Xenopus conference this year and are looking forward to seeing all of you lovely frog people. Come to Portsmouth for a week of science, fun and hopefully good weather. Check the EXRC website for more details.

I can’t believe this needs to be said. TransGENIC mice are not TransGENDER mice

At EXRC we use tadpoles to test links between changes in patients' genomes and disease, e.g. in a newly discovered brain disease tinyurl.com/4wwcn7x6. These links are essential for supporting patients. #RareDiseaseDay. Look out for new work on PURA coming soon #PURAsyndrome

Congratulations to Aaron Zorn @ZornLab. He has accepted the position as Division Director of Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center @CincyChildrens , starting July 1st, 2023. #xenopus #devbio

The team at the new Dual Imaging and Diffraction (DIAD - K11) beamline @DiamondLightSource looking at the differences in microstructure of frog and mouse bones in health and disease. Big thank you to @DrSharifAhmed and the DIAD - K11 team! #raregeneticdisease #purasyndrome

Congratulations Dr Sian and Dr Annie!

Annie giving tadpole memory tests their debut @EUAmphiClub

Lunch with truly dedicated amphibian biologists! @ExrcXenopus

3rd European Amphibian Club 2022. Check (and save) the NEW date! (and please RT)

Another busy morning injecting X. tropical is eggs to test gene function by CRISPR @INeucrest

For the next 2 weeks EXRC is hosting a @INeucrest gene editing workshop. Aim to test 100 Crispr guide RNAs. But yeah, there's basically no genetic manipulation in Xenopus......

For the next 2 weeks @FranciLorenzini 👩🏼‍🔬 will be in Portsmouth to attend a very interesting Gene Editing workshop at @ExrcXenopus organized by @INeucrest & @ExrcXenopus 🐸. She will come back with many expertise to share with our #zebrafish team. Enjoy this in presence workshop!

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HELP attention @GOVUK @FCDOGovUK incomprehensible ATAS requirements! Our @MSCActions colleagues coming for a two week practical course on neural crest biology @ExrcXenopus should not need ATAS approval. You are risking UK science in EU #neuralcrest #atas #delays @INeucrest

Excited to share this soon!

A convergent molecular network underlying autism and congenital heart disease dlvr.it/S605Xh

The last presentation by @ExrcXenopus #Xenopus #XenopusConference2021 #frogfest2021 #frogfest21

Check out our latest work studying comorbidity between autism and congenital heart disease. Great collaboration with @TreyIdeker @sbr28 @WillseyLab and Khokha lab authors.elsevier.com/c/1dbe98YyDffJ…