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Please prepare your abstract with the Arial typeface in Microsoft Word. Then you can copy and paste your completed abstract into the on-line submission form. Symbols (e.g., general punctuation; Latin and Greek characters; and logical, mathematical, general purpose, and currency symbols) associated with the Arial typeface will appear in your abstract when you paste it as we described, and you will be able to see immediately online if your abstract appears as you intended it to.

Bold, underline, italics, superscript, and subscript formatting will not be honored by the copy and paste process from Microsoft Word. Therefore, if your abstract includes such formatting, you must send an e-mail message to srf@kumc.edu and the original Word version of the abstract, as an attachment, for manual editing before publication in the program book.

Please see the scoring criteria.

A student may only appear as the primary author on one abstract each for a presentation and poster. There is no limit on the number of co-authorships (i.e., or appearing as a contributor).

Presently, there is no limit. Only time and space would constrain the number accepted, which would be determined on the basis of original abstract submission time (i.e., editing does not affect this time stamp).

We have reserved space to accommodate five poster abstracts from each of the Schools of Medicine, Graduate Studies, Allied Health, and Nursing. These will be accepted based upon the original submission time of the abstract (i.e., editing does not affect this time stamp). Therefore, twenty poster-presentation abstracts will be accepted. However, if a full allotment of submissions from one or more of these schools is not received, then we will use the balance to accept additional poster abstracts from other schools.

Begin on-line submission: 8:00 am January 3, 2009

End on-line submission: 4:30 pm March 3, 2009

Reminder. Adds, drops, and changes are continuously available during this time period.

The actual presentation is limited to eight minutes with two minutes for questions by the audience and panel of judges.

You will have a 4' x 6' board for displaying your poster.

Abstract Sample

Vpu is an 82  amino acid integral membrane protein encoded for by HIV 1 and SIVcpz  and plays important role in their pathogenesis.  Vpu localizes the in Golgi/ER complex and down modulates CD4 molecules via proteosome degradation pathway, and enhance virion release from the infected cells.  We have generated a VPU/EGFP reporter system in which Vpu was fused with EGFP to decipher importance of amino acid residues on intra cellular localization and down regulation of CD4 molecules. In present study 4 amino acids, positively charged glutamine at positions 66 and 70 and glycine at 68 and 72 in a helix II in the cytoplasmic domain were mutated to uncharged alanine by site directed mutagenesis to know their importance on intra cellular localization and CD4 down regulation. These plasmids were transfected in human 293 cells using a cationic polymer and visualized at 48 hours under fluorescence microscope. The mutants were also assayed for CD4 down regulation. We achieved high efficiency transfection and mutants were localized in golgi/ER compartments. However, mutations did not result in altered intra cellular localization of VPU. We then transfected Hela CD4+ cells with mutants and stained for surface CD4 at 48 hours. We found that mutations did not influence CD4 down regulation. Taken together these results suggest that Glutamine at positions 66, 70 and glycine at positions 68, 72 have no impact on intra cellular localization and ability of VPU to down regulate surface CD4 molecules. Presence of charged residues and myristoylation of glycine is not required for CD4 down regulation.

Outside computers will not be accommodated in the Beller conference center where the oral presentations will be held. The university network is very secure. Only the university computer in each room will be used for your presentation.

Please contact one of the SRF Co-Chairs, or Dr. Bast - jbast@kumc.edu.