The study of extremals for Steklov eigenvalues has revitalised the theory of free boundary minimal surfaces. One of the most basic open  questions can be phrased as follows: Can a surface of any given topology  be realised as an embedded free boundary minimal surface in the 3-dimensional Euclidean unit ball? We will answer this question for surfaces with connected boundary and arbitrary genus.

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