Guidelines

ABSTRACT/PROCEEDING SUBMISSION:

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 15, 2024 July 23, 2024

1. You are required to REGISTER for the symposium and COMPLETE the REGISTRATION PAYMENT prior to submitting an Abstract/Proceeding to be presented at the 18th International Symposium of the Protein Society of Thailand.
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2. DOWNLOAD our Abstract or Proceedinng template (see below) according to your submission type.

3. SUBMIT your Abstract/Proceeding ONLINE (.docx by save as "Word Document (*.docx)"). An Abstract/Proceeding submission panel on your log-in page will appear once your registration payment has been confirmed.

4. Your Abstract/Proceeding will be SENT to our expert REVIEWERS

5. Notification of ACCEPTANCE, REJECTION or REVISION based on evaluation by our experts will be sent to you by EMAIL before August 14, 2024.

6. IF REVISION IS NEEDED, please go to your log-in page and SUBMIT your REVISED ABSTRACT/PROCEEDING according to the comments from our experts.

7. Notification of ACCEPTANCE / REJECTION will be sent to you by EMAIL before August 14, 2024.

REMARK 1: Poster presentation is required for all accepted Abstracts/Proceedings. Please prepare your poster according to the guidelines below.

REMARK 2: For those who are willing to give an ORAL Presentation, please do not forget to select "Yes" answer to the question "Apply for ORAL Presentation" in the Online-Registration From. Participants whose abstracts/proceedings are selected by our Scientific Committee to be "SELECTED ORAL PRESENTERS" do not need to prepare poster . Notification of selection for oral presentation will be sent by email. before August 14, 2024. Please prepare an ORAL presentation according to the guidelines below.

ABSTRACT/PROCEEDING PREPARATION:

GENERAL FORMATTING:

File format: Microsoft Word (.docx) only; Save as >> Save as type: "Word Document (.docx)"
Paper size: A4 ("8.27 x 11.69 in" or "210 x 297 mm")
Page layout: Portrait, single column.
Margins: 1 inch (2.54 cm) at all sides.
Font: Times New Roman.
Line spacing: 1.0 (spacing: before = 0 pt, after = 0 pt; line spacing: Single) throughout the text.
Title: Sentence case, 14-point (bold text).
Authors: 12-point (bold text).
Presenting author should be underlined.
Give an asterisk (*) at the corresponding author.
Affiliations: 12-point (regular text).
Headings: e.g., "ABSTRACT", "INTRODUCTION", "RESULTS", etc.
CAPITAL LETTER, 12-point (bold text).
Do not leave a line between the headings and the following text.
Abstract body: 12-point (regular text). Do not exceed 250 words.
Text body: 12-point (regular text).
Paragraph: Start with indentation and Justified to both sides.
Abbreviations: Spelled out, in parenthesis, in the first use in the text.
Unit: SI system.
Reference: Vancouver style. In addition, please be sure to check the format of in-line reference as follow: indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in the order of their appearance in the text and in line with text (e.g. some text ... [1], some text ... [2,4], etc.). Abstracts for Poster Presentation do not need references.

REMARK:
We strongly request you to DOWNLOAD and USE OUR TEMPLATE (see below).
  >>> DOWNLOAD ABSTRACT TEMPLATE
  >>> DOWNLOAD PROCEEDING TEMPLATE

** For Proceeding preparation, see "Proceeding Guidelines" below for more details

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES:

All Abstracts must be written in ENGLISH (either American English or British English, but not a mixture of these). Graphs, figures and tables are not allowed.

Indicate Presenting Author with Underline

Indicate Corresponding Author with Asterisk (*) after the name

A good abstract should contain a brief introductory statement of the research and include a summary of the results obtained, followed by the conclusions.

Standard abbreviations can be used throughout. Any special or unusual abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. It is recommended that you use abbreviations minimally in your abstract.

Acknowledgements and the source of research support may be added at the bottom of the abstract.

Total number of words of the ABSTRACT BODY should not exceed 250 words.

Greek characters (i.e. alpha, beta) in both the title and the text should be spell out.

Reference should not be included in the abstract.

Check carefully for any misspellings and/or typographical errors.

When you fill-in the online-submission form, if symbol characters are used , please try copy & paste such characters from your document file (e.g. Microsoft Word).

>>> DOWNLOAD ABSTRACT TEMPLATE

PROCEEDING GUIDELINES:

All Proceedings must be written in ENGLISH (either American English or British English, but not a mixture of these). Graphs, figures and tables are not allowed.

Proceeding file must contain TITLE, AUTHORS, AFFILIATIONS, ABSTRACT, KEYWORDS (3 - 6 keywords), INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION, and REFERENCES.

Indicate Presenting Author with Underline

Indicate Corresponding Author with Asterisk (*) after the name

FIGURES and TABLES must be INCLUDED in the MANUSCRIPT.

Standard abbreviations can be used throughout. Any special or unusual abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. It is recommended that you use abbreviations minimally in your abstract.

Greek characters (i.e. alpha, beta) in both the title and the text should be spell out.

Total number of pages should be 4 - 8 pages.

Please be reminded that the research work to be submitted for Proceeding publication must contain PROTEIN RELATED experiments (e.g. work with only gene cloning may be rejected).

Check carefully for any misspellings and/or typographical errors.

Proceeding file should not exceed 12 MB in size. If the file exceeds 12 MB in size, please try to compress the pictures in your file.
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When you fill-in the online-submission form, if symbol characters are used , please try copy & paste such characters from your document file (e.g. Microsoft Word).

An EXTRA 1,000 BAHT will be CHARGED to the REGISTRANT for FULL PAPER PUBLICATION (ISBN: xxx-xxx-xxx-x) once your proceeding is ACCEPTED.

ACCEPTED PROCEEDING must also be presented as a POSTER unless it is selected as an oral.

>>> DOWNLOAD PROCEEDING TEMPLATE

POSTER PRESENTATION:

Presenting Authors of each poster are requested to be available for answering the questions during the assigned poster session.

The dimension of each poster must not be larger than 90 cm (width) x 120 cm (height).

A good poster should be readable from at least 5 feet away, while the figures and tables should be clearly presented.

Do not overload the poster by using too small fonts. Too much material may mean less communication.

Materials for mounting posters will be provided on-site.

ORAL PRESENTATION:

Participants whose abstracts/proceedings are selected by our Scientific Committee to be selected oral presenters do not need to prepare poster. They will be informed by email around 3 weeks before the conference date.

Oral presenters must prepare their presentation in PowerPoint presentation format (.PPTX). Selected oral presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk, including time for Q&A .

For Mac users, please convert your presentation file to PowerPoint presentation (.PPTX) format or bring your own adapter if you would like to use your own computer.

Presenters must check their files at the AV center room during the symposium dates prior to presenting.