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Abstracts MUST be submitted no
later than September 18, 2008!! |
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All participants are
encouraged to present their research
Work in all stages (planning, in progress,
or completed) will be accepted |
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Oral: |
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Time
allotted for oral presentations is 20 minutes; 15 for
presentation, 5 minutes for questions. 10 minutes will be
allowed for
reset and room changes |
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Room
assignments will be made, refer to abstract book upon
check-in |
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P.C.
computers with Power Point capabilities will be provided |
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All presentations must be formatted with Power Point 2003 or
2007
and MUST be PC compatible (No MAC) |
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Zip drives will NOT be
available |
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Laptops are CDR and USB Compatible |
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Acceptable media include: CD, USB flashdrive |
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Poster: |
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The time allotted for poster presentations is one hour |
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You are expected to stay with your poster during the
duration of the session |
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Your poster should be fully assembled with only
last minute placement on the board provided |
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Table top poster boards measuring 4'x4' will be available. |
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Posters MUST measure no more than 48 inches wide (4
feet) and 48 inches high (4 feet) as two posters per board
will be attached. |
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Tape and push pins will be provided to assemble
posters |
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Abstract Requirements: |
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In order for your abstract to be published in the conference booklet, abstracts must be received by 5:00 p.m Mountain Standard Time on September 18, 2008.
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Formatting
Guidelines: |
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Margins: All margins should be 1 inch |
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Word Maximum: No more than 150 words |
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Font Type & Font Size: Times New Roman, 10 point |
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Title Format: Title should be capitalized, bold faced,
and centered |
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Author & Affiliation format: Full names of authors and
their corresponding departments should be listed |
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University format: Name of university and the
university's city and state should be listed and centered |
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Presentation format: Type of presentation (oral and
poster) should be listed and centered |
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Paragraph format: Abstracts should be one paragraph and
not indented |
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Double check for spelling and grammar |
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Please email the abstract as
an MS Word attachment as well as copied into the body of the
email to
valerieg@lamar.colostate.edu |
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Abstracts must be submitted
by September 14th,
2007.
After this date, abstracts will still be accepted but
inclusion in the booklet is not guaranteed. |
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Sample abstract: |
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TICK SALIVARY GLAND PROTEINS INVOLVED IN ENHANCING BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INFECTION IN VIVO |
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Lisa M. Wolfe with Dr. Nordin S. Zeidner |
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Department of
Biochemistry, Colorado State University |
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Division of
Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention |
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Fort Collins, CO |
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Poster Presentation
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Previous research indicated that spirochetes, in their transit through tick salivary glands, may interact with specific salivary gland proteins to enhance their dissemination to specific target organs of the mammalian host. This study will attempt to isolate specific molecular weight fractions of tick salivary gland proteins responsible for this transmission phenomenon. To examine this phenomenon, Lyme disease susceptible C3H/HeN mice were inoculated with 106 spirochetes of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss) strain N40 either alone, or co-inoculated with salivary gland lysate fractions prepared from Ixodes scapularis ticks, the principal vector of Lyme borreliosis. Spirochetes were quantified in organs using quantitative Taqman PCR to amplify the bacterial Flagellin gene. Results were analyzed in terms of the number of spirochetes found in tissue relative to control mice inoculated without SGL (% control). |
