2009 Annual Meeting
GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER SESSION
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Graduate students are invited to submit an abstract to participate in a Poster Session for the 2009 SCCSOT Annual Meeting entitled, "Safety Biomarkers: Recent Progress and Current Initiatives," scheduled for October 1st, 2009 at Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA. Abstracts on any toxicology-related subject will be welcomed (e.g. environmental toxicology, drug development, risk assessment, product safety assessment, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, reproductive toxicology, etc.). Students will display and attend their posters during an afternoon poster session. First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded to outstanding posters and oral presentations. Posters/presentations will be judged by anonymous volunteer members of the SCCSOT on the basis of clarity, scientific merit and impact. In order to be eligible for a prize, students must (1) submit an abstract and (2) participate in the poster viewing and discussion session. Please specify in the Abstract Information Sheet if you are interested in providing an oral presentation. Students are requested to submit an abstract in the format outlined below no later than Wednesday, September 16th, 2009to Tina Leakakos (SCCSOT Treasurer) at: .
Abstract Format
Please submit an abstract of 300 words or less summarizing experimental studies including a statement of the objective or rationale of the study, an abbreviated description of the experimental procedure, the results, and conclusion(s). Abstracts should not include tables, figures, or chemical structures. Please adhere to the following formatting instructions for the abstract:
Use Microsoft Word to format abstract.
All text should by typed single spaced in 12-point font using a standard Windows font (e.g. Times New Roman).
Title of abstract should follow the format in the following example:
Ovarian toxicity of 4-vinylcyclohexene and related olefins in B6C3F1 mice. J K Doerr-Stevens, S B Hooser, B J Smith, and I G Sipes. University of Arizona, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tucson, AZ.
4-Vinylcyclohexene (VCH), an ovarian toxicant in mice, is known to irreversibly deplete ovarian follicles as a result
All abstracts that meet all of the requirements listed above will be published in a meeting program booklet.
Abstract Deadline and Submission
All abstracts and abstract information sheets must be submitted by Wednesday, September 16th, 2009. Please submit your abstract and information sheet electronically to .
Poster Format
Posters will be displayed during the poster session and are to be set-up during the afternoon break period. Posters will be mounted on presentation boards and should not exceed 4 feet by 6 feet. Additional specifics regarding poster set-up will be provided at the registration table on the day of the meeting.
2009 SCCSOT Annual Meeting
Graduate Student Poster Session Abstract Information Sheet
Please complete this sheet and submit it with abstract. Contact information to be provided by the contact author who will be presenting the abstract.
Name:Affiliation: / Department:
Address:
City: / State: / Zip:
Country: / Email:
Telephone: / Fax:
Are you interested in presenting your data in an Oral presentation?
MS or Ph.D. Program?: / Year in Program?:
Mentor:
Are you a student member of: / SOT? / ______/ SCCSOT? / ______