Poster Session for the Tyrosinemia 2015 International Conference

The Tyrosinemia 2015 organizing committee is proud to offer a platform for knowledge transfer and sharing. We invite you to propose a poster presentation in one of the three categories:

• Fundamental research pertaining to the following aspects of the disease.: molecular biology, cellular biology or genetics.
• Clinical research pertaining to the following aspects of the disease : treatment, nutrition, patient care, prevention, genetic counselling or screening .
• Initiative developed to help patients or improve their quality of life (nutrition, information, prevention or tools)

The winner of each category will receive $500.

Eligibility

The Poster Session is open to students, researchers, clinicians, organizations and patient associations who are interested in Tyrosinemia.

Prerequisite

In order to participate, you must submit your candidacy according to the procedure described below.

Procedure

To participate in the Poster Session, you must submit your poster by filling the Session form. The form must be completed in the language of the poster, i.e. French or English.

The poster proposal must be submitted before August 1^st at midnight, using the online form at the bottom of this page. The committee will contact the main authors only to announce if the poster was accepted or refused. All authors will be contacted August 14, 2015 to the latest.

Requirements and poster format

All posters must be presented in a landscape format that does not exceed a height of 90 cm  and a width of 120 cm. All posters will have to be installed on September 24^th, 2015 between 2 and 8 pm. The necessary material will be available on site.

Poster evaluation

The poster will have to remain installed until September 26^th at 4 pm. The jury, composed of three to five members, will evaluate the posters on the 26^th between 12 and 1:30 pm. The main author will be asked to present his poster to the jury during a ten-minute presentation. A question period of 5 minutes will follow the presentation.

The evaluation criteria include : scientific rigour, quality of poster (written and visual aspects) and quality of the oral presentation (ability to communicate the content dynamically and to answer questions)

For more information, please contact

posters@tyrosinemia2015.com

To participate, fill in the following form.