IXB Young Investigator Award

The International Xenopus Board (IXB) Young Investigator Award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member from any country who has made significant scientific achievements using Xenopus as a model.  Awardees will be recognized at the IXC 2025 in Portsmouth, UK (https://xenopusresource.org/20th-international-xenopus-conference-ixc25) where they will present an award lecture. Awardees also will receive funds from the IXB toward travel to the meeting.

Nominations for the Young Investigator Award should be submitted to the IXB at ixc25@port.ac.uk. 

Submit the application in a single PDF file that includes:

•  A letter of nomination describing the candidate’s research using Xenopus, and its importance to the field.

• The nominee’s C.V.

Nominations must be received by June 20th 2025.

IXB trainee award recipients:

19th International Xenopus Conference, 2023, Chesapeake Bay USA
     Best Trainee: Rachel Mckeown, University of Cambridge.
     Best Poster, 1st place: Lila Hoachlander-Hobby, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
     Best Poster, 2nd place: Rachel Mckeown, University of Cambridge.
     Best Poster, 3rd place: Leslie Sepaniac, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
     Gurdon Best Student Presentation: Kato Soichiro, RIKEN.
     Gurdon Best Postdoc Presentation: Coral Zhou, UC Berkeley.
     Gurdon Outstanding New Investigator: Miler Lee, University of Pittsburgh.

18th International Xenopus Conference, 2021, Portsmouth UK (virtual).
     Gurdon Outstanding Speaker Award:  Alice Godden.

2nd European Amphibian Conference, 2019, Leucorea Germany.
     Best student presentation: Kelli Grand, University of Zurich. 
     Best student poster: Deiter Tulkens, University of Ghent.