Call for Abstracts

MARC 2003 is only accepting abstracts via electronic submission. All abstracts submitted and received by January 31, 2003, 12:00 p.m. (noon) CST will be automatically accepted as an oral/poster presentation. Abstracts received between February 1 and February 18 will be accepted only for poster display on a provisional basis. Notification of session assignment and acceptance status of late submissions will be sent by e-mail to your MARC Coordinator by February 28, 2003.

Required Format

Abstracts must include Title, Author, Affiliation, abstract body and any figures and tables. Abstracts must fit on one 8 ½ x 11” sheet of paper with ½” margins on all sides. Abstracts should be submitted in no smaller than 10pt type font and must be in English.

Title: Should reflect the content of the material. Use BOLD, ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

Authors: Presenting author listed first and underlined, All authors listed by initials, full last names and degree(s).

Affiliation: Include name of institution, city/state

Categories

Abstracts may be submitted in one of the following categories:

• Clinical Science
• Basic Science
• Case Reports

CLINICAL AND BASIC SCIENCE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

All clinical and basic science abstract submissions should contain the following sections as they apply (begin each section as a new paragraph with section headings in BOLD, do not indent, e.g. Introduction: The purpose of …)

Introduction: Purpose of work clearly identified.

Methods: Scientific approach and material used identified. If applicable, institutional approval or animal committee’s approval should be noted. Where applicable, statistical methods must be clearly described in detail.

Results: Describe important finding (s). A table or graph may be used, but it must fit within the margins.

Discussion: Discuss major findings and their relevance to the question(s) asked by the study.

References: No more than three.

CASE REPORT ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

In addition to the Title, Authors, and Affiliation, as above, case reports abstracts should include an introduction, the presentation of the case, a brief discussion and no more than three references.

PRESENTATION METHODS

There will be 20 minutes of poster viewing at the beginning of each session. A computer projector will be used for presentations. Each basic science poster presenter will be allowed 5-6 minutes to present (6 slides maximum). Each clinical science case report presenter will be allowed 3-4 minutes to present (4 slides maximum). Presentations will be followed by questions or discussion by the audience and moderators. Slide projectors will not be available. Presenters will e-mail their Windows Power Point presentations to whoffman@uic.edu by March 7, 2003. It must be indicated in the subject field the presenter and the session to which they have been assigned.

Submission

All submissions are processed electronically. At the time of submitting a proposal, you will be asked to choose a username and password, which will later enable you to :

• submit another proposal using the same profile (author name, contact information),
• make changes to your submission(s),
• update your contact information.

The submission deadline has passed. Further submissions, or changes to earlier submissions, are no longer accepted.