National Xenopus Resource
@XenopusNXR
This is the official account for the National Xenopus Resource. Tweets on all the latest Xenopus news and happenings!
A nice paper that used X. laevis from the NXR!
Check out the Brownlee Lab's first publication and journal cover in @emboreports 🎉Cover image showcases neural progenitor cells in a developing Xenopus brain taken at @cshlxeno course🐸! embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…
Nice new paper using the tuba1a:MyrPalm-mRFP transgenic line from the NXR!
Super excited that our paper is out. It describes a new mechanism for dealing with tissue crowding that does not involve cell extrusion. nature.com/articles/s4146…
Please read and share this opinion piece written by Carole LaBonne (our fellow Xenopus researcher) published in STAT in support for animal models in biomedical research. statnews.com/2025/05/19/ani… #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
It is absolutely crazy to think we no longer need model organism research. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Let @NIHDirector_Jay and @MartyMakary know there is strong support for animal models. They are essential for biomedical research
fda.gov/news-events/fd… Please watch video and post a comment in support of use of animal models. They are seeking our input and if we don’t provide it then they will simply say well we didn’t hear anything
fda.gov/news-events/fd… Please watch video and post a comment in support of use of animal models. They are seeking our input and if we don’t provide it then they will simply say well we didn’t hear anything
Abstract submission for the 20th International Xenopus Conference in Portsmouth, UK is extended to 12pm UK time, June 9! xenopusresource.org/20th-internati… #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
There’s still time to submit abstracts to this conference. Looking forward to seeing people at the conference. NXR will be there to answer any questions you have and discuss opportunities to use NXR resources.
xenopusresource.org/20th-internati…
Congratulations to Ray Keller, PhD for his election to the National Academy of Sciences. xenbase.org/xenbase/doNews… #science #devbio #xenops #frogs
xenopusresource.org/20th-internati… Join us for the International Xenopus Conference taking place in Portsmouth, UK in August!
The MBL hosts the @XenopusNXR, which serves as a national stock center for X. laevis and X. tropicalis. 🐸 Our frog ranchers raise thousands of individuals and develop new experimental tools and husbandry techniques to support the Xenopus research community. 📷: Molly Herring
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.
⚙️#ORIPResourceOfTheMonth. The National Xenopus Resource, @XenopusNXR collaborates with @ExrcXenopus, supporting the Xenopus community by providing breeding, maintaining genetic stocks & distributing stocks to researchers. (ORIP- P40OD010997). Learn more: orip.nih.gov/division-compa…
So many mechanisms that determine whether an embryo develops into a male or female in the frog genus Xenopus. How did these mechanisms evolved? Happy to share our new paper: Rapid Sex Chromosome Turnover in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus) and the Origins.. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41…
NEW TOOL on Xenbase Simple Synteny Search: 16,000 synteny maps! Each map shows the gene of interest at center (yellow) flanked by 5 up and 5 downstream genes. bio1.xenbase.org/synteny/Xenbas… Test it out and tell us if you find any bugs: [email protected] #science #devbio #xenoopus #frogs
It’s giving Joker vibes… #Xenopus laevis neuronal beta-tubulin-GFP transgenic tadpole head en face, stained for phalloidin (red) and nuclei (blue). Transgenic line from @XenopusNXR imaged during the @cshlxeno course on a @LeicaMicro widefield scope by @goodfrognosis.
Check out these amazing #Xenopus resources through @Xenbase ! Make sure you send this out to all your labmates. Xenbase has SO many features all ready to help you get the work done 💪🐸✨
Xenbase YouTube channels: Latest Videos: youtube.com/@xenbase_mod2 Xenbase Tutorials: youtube.com/@XenbaseTips Older Videos: youtube.com/@xenbase_mod1 Stay tuned for updated Xenbase Tutorials. Please like and subscribe! #science #biology #devbio #xenopus #frogs
What a crew! #xret24 is a smashing success!!! Thanks to the organizers! @jenelandino @CoralZhou @goodfrognosis
Nieukoop to Holtfreter, April 1948: “….a new animal appeared in the embryological firmament…” #xenopus. @XenopusNXR @Xenbase