4thSCHOOL OF MEDICINE POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY

Monday 19thSeptember 2011

Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James’s Hospital

SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATION OF ABSTRACTS FOR SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

1. The text of the abstract should not normally exceed 300 words and must be typed in 12 point typesize, Verdana/arial font, with single line spacing. Figures cannot be accepted.

2. Please refer to pro-forma abstract on page 2 for abstract layout

3. Abstracts should be formatted to include:

(a) Introduction

(b) Methods

(c ) Results

(d) Discussion & conclusion

(e) References

4. Where appropriate the abstract should:

(a) for experiments on human subjects, indicate clearly that ethical committee approval was obtained

(b) include numerical data which if presented as mean values must include the s.d. or s.e.m.; n values should also be given. Statistical tests used should be named and the level of significance indicated where appropriate e.g. p<0.05.

(c) include, where possible, only those abbreviations accepted in the field. (New abbreviations should be explained within the text).

(d) include succinct descriptions of the methods used and clear descriptions of the results and conclusions.

5. Abstracts should be submitted under one of the following categories which represent the Research Divisions within the School of Medicine

  • Clinical and Molecular Sciences
  • Neuroscience
  • Physical Medicine
  • Population and Developmental Health

THE EFFECT OF ...... ABSTRACT TITLE IN CAPITALS

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Name of student, Name of supervisor, Department

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Low copper status has been implicated in atherogenesis1 which in turn is known to impair endothelial cell function thus reducing vasodilatation in response to endothelium dependent relaxing agonists2.

In the current study......

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...... although the mechanism for this remains unknown.

The authors acknowledge grant support from......

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References

1. Allen, J.M., Keenan, A., McHale, N.G. Cholesterolaemia and copper in the ……………..deficiency. Br. J. Pharmacol., 1999; 29: 81-89.

2. Davis, G.K., Mertz, W. In: Mertz, W. (ed). Trace elements in ......

...... nutrition (5th edition). Vol. 1, 301-365. Academic Press. San Diego. 1987.

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