Resource Center:

Hiroshima University

Amphibian Research Center (Japan)

  1. 箇条書き項目About This Site

  2. This is the website of the "National BioResource Project (NBRP) on the Clawed frogs / Newts. NBRP is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

  3. This site provides embryos, tadpoles, adult frogs/newts, and DNA/RNA for research purposes as well as information to conduct studies by utilizing these bioresources.

  1. 箇条書き項目The resources now available

  1. 箇条書き項目Resources provided by us can be used as...

  2. •Research materials at research institutions including universities

  3. •Corporate research and development

  4. •Materials for training at educational institutes such as high schools and universities

  1. •Released on 11.20.2018

  2. The shipping cost of bio-resources is now included in each resource fee and paid to the courier by the resource center. Previously, users had to pay the shipping cost to the deliverer, at the time of delivery. The new prices can be shown in the Price List page.

  1. •Released on 11.16.2018

  2. An albino line, Xtr.tyrtm1Szk has been added to our living-resource list. Animals of this line are now available through this site. Please contact the person in charge of living-resources for further information (Contact Information).

An albino frog

of the Xtr.tyrtm1Szk line

  1. •Released on 4.2.2019

  2. The new content “You can do it for 100,000 yen!? How to make a breeding system” has been released. Please visit the article page by clicking on “Rearing” in the left side bar.

  1. The page Non-Living Resources includes the web links to EST clones that had been distributed by NBRP.

  1. 箇条書き項目Reminder to Users

  2. Please specify the resource provider  in your research papers.

  3. Please be sure to specify the resource provider as "The Xenopus tropicalis strain Nigerian A (Xtr.NigerianAHuarc, RRID: HUARC_1001) was provided by Hiroshima University Amphibian Research Center (RRID: SCR_019015) through National BioResource Project (NBRP) of MEXT." when publishing research papers using resources provided by us. That user requirement is stated in the material transfer agreement.

  4. The official strain names and their RRIDs are listed on the resource detail pages (currently only for X. tropicalis).

  5. Please send your paper PDF or reprint to us and register it with RRC.

  6. Please send a PDF or a reprint of your paper using our resources to the general reception of NBRP Clawed frogs / Newts. In addition, please register its information with Research Resource Circulation (RRC, https://rrc.nbrp.jp/). Those user requirement are stated in the material transfer agreement.

  1. •Released on 3.19.2019

  2. The web site has been renewed and moved here and renewed (the old site here). We invite your comments through a questionnaire found on the special site (sorry, only in Japanese). You don’t have to answer every question. Please feel free to visit the site and participate.

  1. •Released on 8.2.2019

  2. [Application Deadline: August 23 (Fri)] Participate in the NBRP X. tropicalis Technical Workshop. For details, please refer to the article “Technical Workshop Information” in the Web Forum (in Japanese).

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  1. 箇条書き項目News!!

Non-living Resources

  1. X. tropicalis cDNA clones

  2. X. tropicalis Genomic DNAs

  3. X. tropicalis total RNAs

Living Resources

  1. X. tropicalis inbred wild type strains

  2. X. tropicalis mutant lines

  3. X. tropicalis transgenic lines

  4. X. tropicalis F1 hybrids of inbred strains

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  1. •Released on 12.16.2019

  2. [Application Deadline: February 3 (Mon)] Participate in the 2020.3.3-5 NBRP X. tropicalis Technical Workshop. For details, please refer to the Special Site (in Japanese).

  1. •Released on 8.1.2020

  2. Prices for academic users in Japan have been revised due to the increased costs associated with breeding and packaging. This revision includes the increase in the sales tax rate. This price revision is not currently reflected in the Web ordering system. Please note that when you order using the Web ordering system, the actual billing amount differs from the billing amount displayed by the system. Price update on the system will be completed soon. The new pricing is here.

  1. •Released on 9.1.2020

  2. Prices for users other than academic users in Japan have been revised due to the increased costs associated with breeding and packaging. This revision includes the increase in the sales tax rate. This price revision is not currently reflected in the Web ordering system. Please note that when you order using the Web ordering system, the actual billing amount differs from the billing amount displayed by the system. Price update on the system will be completed soon. The new pricing is here.

  1. •Released on 12.27.2020

  2. The movie “Formation and utilization of the resource base for genetics and genomics of Xenopus tropicalis (in Japanese)” has been added to the page “Use of Xenopus tropicalis recommended”.

  1. •Released on 12.27.2020

  2. The movie “How to make a free-flowing aquarium for breeding Xenopus tropicalis (in Japanese)” has been added to a page in “Rearing”.

https://xenopus.nbrp.jp/NBRP_Xenopus/NBRP_Clawed_frogs_Newts_Top_EN.html

  1. •Released on 12.15.2022

  2. On February 20-22, 2023, Technical Workshop for users of the Iberian Ribbed Newts will be held. For more information and registration, click here.

To promote the use of NBRP resources, we would also appreciate it if you could provide an acknowledgement (an example as follows) for any other support from us.

"We would like to thank National BioResource Project (NBRP, Clawed frogs / Newts) of MEXT and Hiroshima University Amphibian Research Center (RRID: SCR_019015) for technical assistance."

  1. •Released on 9.27.2023

  2. Due to the resent Yuh-Pack fee increase, we have updated the resource shipping charges. For the latest shipping charges, please refer to "Pricing”.