Short Report Instructions

SPECIAL NOTE:  DEADLINE FOR POSTERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 16.

Short Reports (Extended Abstracts) For  Poster  Presentation
(An example of a Short Report, can be found by clicking Here)

A Short Report is an extended abstract and will be published as an "instant symposium", given to registrants on arrival. These take the form of 2-page Short Reports where speakers and poster presenters are encouraged to document their findings, fully illustrated, along with an introduction; discussion; conclusion and bibliography. The example Report shows that the limited space can be used very effectively.

The Reports will not only be printed in black and white for distribution at the meeting, but will also be published on-line in advance of the Symposium and will remain accessible, free of charge, thereafter. This offers many advantages such as the ability to include color illustrations, graphics, accessible via the on-line version of your Report. Short Reports of exceptional interest may be selected for 15 minute oral presentation within the program, as well as being presented as a poster.

Please note that we cannot accept a Short Report from anyone who at the time of submission, has not registered for the Symposium. Your registration should accompany your Report. The registration fee for a person whose poster has been accepted is non-refundable after acceptance has been notified. You may, however, send someone to replace you and present your poster. The editors reserve the right to accept or decline a Report. When a Short Report is not accepted, the registration fee will be refunded only upon request. Notification of the acceptance of a Short Report will be sent 3 weeks after the closing deadline of November 5, 2007.  Reports received after the deadline will be considered for presentation as posters and will be published on-line.   Late Reports will be copied and handed out at the Symposium as a supplement to the book of  Short Reports.

INSTRUCTIONS

YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR SHORT REPORT USING PC format only, MSWord  (no MAC’s)

How to submit your Report -

By e-mail using the above PC format to: sblack@miami.edu

SESSION DESIGNATION- When submitting your Short Report be sure to include in your covering e-mail to sblack@miami.edu  the following:

• the name of the person who will be presenting the poster.   This person should be  registered and will also be the person we will contact when a decision has been made whether or not the Report has been accepted. You may submit  your registration on-line simultaneously to sending your Short Report.
• include your address, phone, fax numbers and e-mail address in your correspondence as well  as on your Short Report
• if you are a student or postdoc, indicate if you would like to take part in the poster competition
• select a session that relates to your Short Report the closest.  Your choices are:

1.  Mechanism of Action

2.  Novel Regulatory RNA

3.  Biogenesis of Regulatory RNA

4.  Regulatory RNA in Development and Disease

5.  Regulatory RNA and Cancer Biology

6.  RNA as Therapeutics and Diagnostics

PLEASE  USE THE  EXAMPLE   REPORT (click here for example)  AS A  GUIDE  TO  STYLE

GUIDELINES - Clarity of presentation and legibility are the most important criteria, rather than adherence to any set of rules. You are responsible for the quality and appearance of the final product.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - 

Margins: 2 pages, each page 2 inch top margin, 2-1/4 inch bottom margin, 1-1/2 inch left and right margins.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pts
Line spacing: single space
Illustrations: jpg format
Software: PC format only (no Mac's) MSWord

LENGTH OF REPORT - Short Reports must occupy two pages and stay within the margins specified.  Anything under or over will be rejected.

TITLE MATERIAL - ALL CAPS (no underlining) for the main title of your Short Report. Use obvious abbreviations. Under the title, list the author(s) then the address, sufficiently complete for mailing purposes. Indicate, by an asterisk, which author is the corresponding author and include his/her e-mail address, as in the example Report.

HEADINGS - Capitalized and bold headings (no underlining) for major sections, either by topic, or by organizational headings, e.g., INTRODUCTION, METHOD, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, REFERENCES.

REFERENCES - The inclusion of a bibliography is essential for the Report to be accepted.  Refer to these in the text by number in the order in which they are mentioned. Follow this style exactly. Make sure all punctuation and order are the same as the example given below.

REFERENCES
1. Harrison, J.E., and Schultz, J. (1976) J. Biol. Chem. 251, 1371-1374
2. Van Dalen, C.J., Whitehouse, M.W., Winterbourn, C.C., and Kettle, A.J. (1977) Biochem. J. 327, 487-492
3. Gehring, W. (1994) A history of the homeobox. In Guidebook to the Homeobox Genes (Duboule, D., ed.)    pp. 1-10, Oxford University Press, Oxford

ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES - Please keep in mind that Short Reports, for distribution at the Symposium, will be printed in black and white, not color. The illustration(s) that you use within your Short Report must be submitted in black and white for printing purposes. However, you may submit the same illustration(s) in color for the on-line version of your Report.   Send the color illustration(s) as well as your black and white version(s)  by e-mail.  Illustrations must be submitted in jpg format.

Note: The example Short Report is based on a full description of the work, by the same authors, published in J. Biol. Chem. 275, 11964-11971 (2000).

EXTENDED DEADLINE - We must receive Short Reports by  November 16, 2007  if you wish to have it considered for oral presentation and for printing in the book of Short Reports for the meeting. 

IF YOU WISH TO SEND US A LATE POSTER. Reports received after the deadline of  November 16  will not  be printed in the book. Short Reports that are submitted after the primary deadline will be considered for poster presentation.  Copies of  late Short Reports will be distributed at the meeting as a supplement to the book of abstracts.  Late Short Reports will be  published on the website after the Symposium.  Follow the same instructions for preparing the Short Report as noted above.  Late posters will be considered up to December 28, 2007 only.