• The abstract submission deadline is May 15th, 2008
• Abstracts for the 33rd FEBS Congress & 11th IUBMB Conference can only be submitted on-line in MS Word format. No PDF files will be accepted. Should you encounter any difficulties with on-line abstract submission please contact us at febs-iubmb2008scientific@acnc.gr
• Abstracts have to follow the Symposia & Topics' categories as outlined in the Preliminary Program
• Some accepted posters will be selected for oral presentation
• Presenting authors will be informed on the status of their abstract (accepted -rejected) on May 23rd, 2008 
• All accepted abstracts will be included in the book of abstracts, provided that the presenting author has been registered to the Congress. (For each abstract accepted, at least the presenting author needs to register. The same author can be the presenting one for a maximum of two abstracts).
• The deadline for author's registration is May 15th strictly
• Presenting authors will be notified about the final poster number and date of presentation in May 2008

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors are kindly requested to strictly adhere to the following guidelines:

• The abstract should not exceed 250 words and must be supplied in MS Word format . The font must be "Tahoma", size 10 cpi and fully justified.
• The title of the abstract should be typed in UPPER CASE.
• Authors' names should be typed in the appropriate fields. The presenting author should have the Presenting check box checked.
• Authors' affiliation(s), city and country should be typed in title case. Authors' names should feature in ascending order corresponding to their affiliation(s).
• e.g. Smith John1, Bower Jack2
• 1. King's College Hospital, London
• 2. Kaiser Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
• Single line spacing should be applied between title, authors and authors' workplace.
• It is recommended that the abstract is structured as follows:
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions
• The above titles should be written in Title Case and in bold.  
• Standard abbreviations as well as tables and diagrams can be used, as long as they do not exceed the prescribed text margins and overall should not be more than 250 words.
• Tables should be supplied as Tab-spaced text (not key-spaced), or as Word tables, i.e. not pasted in from other applications
• Carriage returns should not be used within cells
• Tables will be reduced to one column width
• If figures are necessary, they should be of high quality, and lettering/symbols/lines should be clear and distinct as they will be reduced to one column width for publication, and there will not be sufficient time to revise them. By default they will be printed in black and white
• Changes, additions or corrections will not be accepted after the abstract submission.
• Take care not to use I (cap i) or l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German esszett) for β (beta).
• If references are essential, they should be within the text, in the form: (Murphy et al. BJU Int 2005; 95 27-30).
• Abstracts having insufficient data or including phrases such as "the conclusions are to be discussed" or "the evidence will be presented" etc. will not be accepted.
• The topic as well as the desired presentation type, oral or poster presentation, should be selected in the abstract submission form.

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Please address any inquiries regarding abstract submission to febs-iubmb2008scientific@acnc.gr