Online Registration and Abstract Submission

 

	Calendar of Activities
		Online Registration and Submission of Abstracts		May 10th - July 1st, 2010
				July 1st, 2010
		Deadline for Submission of Abstracts
				July 2nd – August 17th, 2010
		Evaluation of Abstracts by a Review Committee
				August 18th, 2010.
		Notification of abstract selection:

Rules for abstract Submission

1. All abstracts must be submitted online using the Registration Center. Submission deadline is Midnight July 1^st, 2010 (Brasilia, Brazil time).
2. An official email will be sent to the corresponding author in order to confirm that the abstract has been correctly received. If this email is not received within 7 days after submission, correspondent author should contact Secretariat by email (epididymis5@eventus.com.br).
3. An individual may be first author on one and only one abstract and make only one presentation at the meeting. However, an author’s name may appear on more than one abstract.
4. The first author must present the abstract. Any exception must be approved by the Scientific Committee.
5. The Scientific Committee will review each abstract for scientific merit. Submission of an abstract does not ensure its acceptance for presentation. The first author will be notified by an official email of Scientific Committee’s decision regarding acceptance of abstract and program assignment by August 18^th, 2010.
6. Abstracts must be original material and results should not be published at the moment of the abstract submission. Data and conclusions presented at the meeting must be based on the same research as the abstract.

Important Information

1. Submission of an abstract constitutes an agreement that the presenting author will attend the meeting to present the abstract, if the abstract is accepted.
2. The presenting author must certify that the conditions for submission have been satisfied and that all ethical and animal and human welfare considerations have been met.
3. All accepted abstracts will be published in a meeting supplement volume in Annual Review in Biomedical Sciences (ARBS; http://arbs.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/arbs/index), an open access journal. For this reason, authors should carefully follow the rules for abstract format listed below.
4. The Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis V, containing contributions from the invited speakers, will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Andrology sponsored by the American Society of Andrology (USA).

Format of Abstracts

1. Abstracts must be written in English.
2. The abstract - including title, authors, and affiliations - may not exceed one printed page with the following format: Times New Roman font 12, single space, letter page (8.5 x 11 inches; 21.6 x 27.9 cm), 0.8 inches (2 cm) in each margin.
3. The title should not exceed 150 characters (including spaces).
4. Authors should be listed in order, with first, middle initials and last name (ex. Camilla M Ribeiro). All affiliations should be informed by numbers (Department, Institution, City, State and Country).

5. Correspondent author will be the first author and should be indicated by an asterisk.
6. Abstracts must contain the following itens: Introduction, Aims, Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Financial Support, Keywords (up to five) and Correspondent Author information (name, mailing address and email).
7. Do not include tables, figures, or references. Abstracts may not contain any type of advertising or logos. Abbreviations and acronyms should be avoided.
8. Do not use phrases such as “will be discussed” or “will be presented.”
9. It is strongly recommended the proper use of gene and protein nomenclature as recommended by the bioinformatics databases.
10. Each author must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships with other people or organizations that could reasonably be perceived as conflicts of interest or as potentially influencing or biasing their work. Authors’ disclosures should also appear on the oral abstract presentation slides or poster presentation board.
11. If an abstract must be withdrawn, written notice of withdrawal signed by the presenting author must be submitted (by fax or email) to the Organizing Committee (epididymis5@gmail.com; Fax: 55-11-5576-4448). This notice must state the reason(s) for withdrawal of the abstract and attest that all authors are in agreement that the abstract must be withdrawn.

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1.___A Young Investigator Symposia will be devoted to original research performed by young scientists.
2.___All accepted abstracts in which the first authors are young scientists (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and young investigators within 10 years of their last degree) will be evaluated. Based on the scientific merit, four (4) qualified first authors will be selected and have the opportunity to give an oral presentation on the work described in the abstract at the Young Investigator Session. A poster should be also displayed in the poster exhibit hall.
3.___The selected authors will be notified by an official email from the Selection Committee by September 10^th.
4.___The presenting author is expected to discuss his/her scientific research and summarize the data into a comprehensive 15-minute presentation, with five minutes for questions and answers. English is the language of the meeting.