The understanding and modelling of auxin transport in plants
University of Nottingham, 14-16 May 2008
Abstract Submission
The Organising Committee invites the submission of abstracts for presentations, which fall within the scope of the workshop for oral presentation.
All submissions should be sent in MS Word format to the following e-mail address: Mirela.Axinte@cpib.ac.uk not later than March 14th, 2008.
Abstracts submitted to the Workshop will be evaluated and selected for oral presentations.
The decision regarding the oral presentation will be made no later than 4th April 2008.
The authors of the accepted abstracts will be asked to prepare a short oral presentation (20 min).
Guidelines for abstract submission
Authors should format their documents using the following style:- The text should be in clear and concise English. Please be consistent in punctuation, abbreviations and spelling (English).
- The text should be laid out for standard A4 (portrait format) paper. Margins should be: top 2.5cm; bottom 2.5cm; left 2.5cm; right 2.5cm. Font size should be 11pt, text font Times New Roman. Text should be justified and single spaced. Please do not leave blank lines between the title and the body of the abstract or between the paragraphs.
- Title of abstract: Please use upper and lower case and capitalize each word, except for words such as "the, as, of, with, a, in, and, from, by, etc." Then type in the author's name(s), institution(s), city, and country. Underline the presenting author's name only. Omit degrees and titles. Please specify which session is appropriate for each abstract.
- The abstract (maximum 250 words) should include: background (a statement of the hypothesis or research questions), methods (an explanation of the study design and experimental methods used), results (a concise summary of the major findings of the experiment of study) and conclusion (summary of the overall findings and the importance of the study).