Abstracts Formatting

Biomedical Sciences Symposium

Instructions

Font and Margins

Please use the Times New Roman size 12 font for all sections of the abstract and set the document margins at 1.25" for the left and right margins and 1" for the top and bottom margins.

Title

  • Use a short and concise title that indicates the content of the abstract.
  • Bold the Title.
  • Capitalize the first letter of each word except prepositions, articles and species names.
  • Do not place a period at the end of your title.
  • Do not place hard returns in your title. Italicize scientific names of organisms.

Example: Real Time PCR Assay for G. destructans Identification in Fungal Cultures and in Bat Tissues

Authors

  • Author's names will be displayed using first name, middle initial(s) if applicable, and full last name.
  • Presenting authors will be displayed in bold type

Example one affiliation: Ryan A. Jones and John B. Smith
Example for more than one affiliation: Ryan A. Jones1, John B. Smith2, Deborah Brown1

Affiliations

  • Author(s) affiliation(s) will include department, institution's name, institution's city, two-letter state abbreviation (no zip code), and country.
  • If more than one affiliation needs to be listed, each institution and author will be referenced with superscript numbers.
  • Italicize affiliation.

Example one affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA;

Example for more than one affiliation:
1Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; 2Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Abstract Text

  • Do not place hard returns at the end of each text lines.
  • Only use hard returns for new paragraphs.
  • Italicize scientific names of organisms.