Society of Toxicology

Award Title	Southern California RC Student Poster Award
Award Description	Graduate students are invited to submit an abstract to participate in a Poster Session for the 2007 SCCSOT Annual Meeting entitled, "Innovative Technologies in Graduate students are invited to submit an abstract to participate in a Poster Session for the 2007 SCCSOT Annual Meeting entitled, "Contribution of Physiological Differences to Different Toxicity Outcomes Across Species," scheduled for October 26th, 2007 at Amgen Inc. in Thousand Oaks, CA. Abstracts on any toxicology-related subject will be welcomed (e.g. environmental toxicology, drug development, risk assessment, product safety assessment,pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, reproductive toxicology, etc.). Students will display and attend their posters during an afternoon poster session. First ($500), second ($250), and third ($100) prizes will be awarded to outstanding posters. In order to be eligible for a prize, students must (1) submit an abstract and (2) participate in the poster viewing and discussion session. Students are requested to submit an abstract in the format outlined below no later than Monday, October 22nd, 2007 to Tina Leakakos (SCCSOT Treasurer) at tleakakos@balboabio.com. Abstract Format Please submit an abstract of 300 words or less summarizing experimental studies including a statement of the objective or rationale of the study, an abbreviated description of the experimental procedure, the results, and conclusion(s). Abstracts should not include tables, figures, or chemical structures. Please adhere to the following formatting instructions for the abstract: Use Microsoft Word to format abstract. All text should by typed single spaced in 12-point font using a standard Windows font (e.g. Times New Roman). Title of abstract should follow the format in the following example: OVARIAN TOXICITY OF 4-VINYLCYCLOHEXENE AND RELATED OLEFINS IN B6C3F1 MICE. J K Doerr- Stevens, S B Hooser, B J Smith, and I G Sipes. University of Arizona, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tucson, AZ. 4-Vinylcyclohexene (VCH), an ovarian toxicant in mice, is known to irreversibly deplete ovarian follicles as a result All abstracts that meet all of the requirements listed above will be published in a meeting program booklet. Abstract Deadlliine and Submiissiion All abstracts and abstract information sheets must be submitted by Monday, October 22nd, 2007. Please submit your abstract and information sheet electronically to tleakakos@balboabio.com. Poster Format Posters will be displayed during the poster session and are to be set-up during the afternoon break period. Posters will be mounted on presentation boards and should not exceed 4 feet by 6 feet. Additional specifics regarding poster set-up will be provided at the registration table on the day of the meeting.
Deadline	October 22, 2007
Applicable Documents	Call for Abstracts