ABSTRACT AND POSTER PREPARATION GUIDELINES
MIKI 2008
The 46th Annual Medicinal Chemistry Meeting-in-miniature
April 25-27, 2008

Abstracts will be included in the program booklet that will be available at the conference. The deadline for registration is the 4th of April 2008. Guidelines for the preparation of abstracts and posters are summarized below.

Please submit abstracts by e-mail to BOTH Patty Sadowski (patricia-sadowski@uiowa.edu) and Ozan Gulcan (hayrettin-gulcan@uiowa.edu). Please send your abstract in word format with your last name plus abstract in the file title (e.g. Gulcan abstract.doc).

ABSTRACTS

1. Use a 12 point font, Times or Times Roman and "exactly 12 pt" spacing of lines.
2. Format the margins as follows: top 1.5", left 1.5", right 1" and bottom 1".
3. The title of the paper should be bold faced and ALL CAPS (except where smaller case letters are appropriate to the meaning, example CaM). Leave a single blank line, then type the author's name(s) (first, middle initial,last). Please underline the name of the presenter and place an asterisk by the name of the faculty member or senior author (e.g., Rhonda Newman and Madeline Shea*). On the following line, type the departmental or company affiliations.
4. Leave a single blank line and type the abstract using single spacing. The title, author's name(s), affiliation, and abstract should fit in the area shown on the template.

Abstract Template

POSTER PREPARATION

1. The poster board has a 44" x 68" area for mounting the posters.
2. Lettering and illustrations on the poster pages must be large enough to be read by attendees from a distance of 3 feet or more.
3. Each poster must have a title, authors and affiliation section at the beginning. Material should be displayed in logical sequence (e.g., introduction, objectives, results, conclusion) and each sheet should be numbered.
4. Authors are responsible for mounting their own poster material on poster boards.  Push pins will be supplied.