Xenopus Lab Survey

Do you work with Xenopus?
If your answer is YES, then we need to hear from you!!!

We want to know 3 basic things about Xenopus research.
* How many Xenopus labs and researchers are there in the world?
* How many Xenopus frogs are used in research?  
* How frequently do you ovulate your frogs?

The survey will take less than 3 minutes.

Survey closes October 31st, so don't delay, fill it in today!

New X. laevis 9.2 and X. tropicalis 9.1 GFFs

Xenbase GFF tracks for X. laevis 9.2 and X. tropicalis 9.1 official genomes are now available on Xenbase FTP and GitLab account!

View on JBrowse: trop and laevis.
 
GFFs were created by merging NCBI and JGI GFF files.

Digital dissection of Xenopus laevis using contrast-enhanced computed tomography

Porro and Richards published in the Journal of Anatomy their detailed views of adult Xenopus laevis anatomy. View their visualizations of skeletal and muscular anatomy; the nervous, respiratory, digestive, excretory and reproductive systems; and the major sense organs.

The Zahn Drawings

A new developmental series for Xenopus, ‘the Zahn drawings’ and a complementary set of bright field photographs have been published in Development. These drawings provide researchers with views of the tadpole stages during cranial development, NF stage 22-50.

Xenopus Resources and Emerging Technologies Meeting

Read/download the meeting summary.

Held August 26th – 29th, 2017 at the National Xenopus Resource (NXR) at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MLB) at Wood's Hole, MA.

The brain is required for normal muscle and nerve patterning during early Xenopus development

Herrera-Rincon et al. published in Naure Communications their use of an amputation assay in Xenopus laevis to show that absence of brain alters subsequent muscle and peripheral nerve patterning during early development. This phenotype can be rescued by modulating bioelectric signals.

Comprehensive analyses of hox gene expression in Xenopus laevis embryos and adult tissues

Kondo et al. published in Developement, Growth, and Differentiation their analysis of two homeologous sets (L and S) of four hox gene clusters A through D and 13 paralogous groups. Read the article to see the expression of 76 genes during developement and in adult tissues.

Sorting at embryonic boundaries requires high heterotypic interfacial tension

Canty et al. published in Nature Communications their study investigating the underlying mechanisms of cell sorting of ectoderm-mesoderm separation during early embryonic development.

Xenbase v4.4

Xenbase launched 4 new features (June 2017, Xenbase v 4.4).

1. NEW Interactive RNA-seq temporal expression graphs for trop and laevis.

2. View the latest ‘Xenopus Research Articles’

3. NEW Interactive gene-interaction visualization.

4. Xenopus Article Page, now includes a list of references cited in the paper.

2016 Xenopus White Paper

Representatives of the research community have released the 2016 Xenopus White Paper summarizing strategic resource development.

Download: Word Doc, PDF

PIs: Please reference the White Paper in your NIH grant proposals and contact your program officers.

Xenopus Lab Survey

Do you work with Xenopus?
If your answer is YES, then we need to hear from you!!!

We want to know 3 basic things about Xenopus research.
* How many Xenopus labs and researchers are there in the world?
* How many Xenopus frogs are used in research?  
* How frequently do you ovulate your frogs?

The survey will take less than 3 minutes.

Survey closes October 31st, so don't delay, fill it in today!