Understanding Biology Using Peptides

On-line Submission is up and running!

Every Symposium Attendee will receive a free CDrom version of the Proceedings.

The Proceedings Book will be published by Springer and can be ordered at the Symposium in San Diego at a 50% discount price ($75). An ordering form is available here and should be returned to the Springer booth during the Symposium. Forms will also be distributed during the Symposium.

1. Download instructions and template (Template & Instructions)
2. Remember to fill out and fax or submit on site the copyright transfer form
3. Check the allocated length of your manuscript:
   
   

   Poster Presentations only	2 pages
   Young Investigators Mini Symposium	2 pages
   Oral Presentations	3 pages
   Plenary Lectures	5 pages
   Keynote Lectures	8 pages
   Makineni Lecture	8 pages
   Merrifield Award Lecture	12 pages

   
   
4. Format your manuscript carefully following the detailed instructions accompanying the manuscript template and shown below
5. Once your manuscript is completely formatted, proceed to manuscript submission

Instructions:

The manuscripts for the Symposium Proceedings volume must be submitted not later then 4:00 pm, Wednesday, June 22, 2005. We will not accept a manuscript unless at least one of the co-authors participated in the meeting and the manuscript was presented in the meeting.

Acceptance of manuscripts for publication in the Proceedings of the 19th American Peptide Symposium is pending review by an Editorial Board. To maintain the quality of the Proceedings Volume, manuscripts that are scientifically unsound and/or do not comply with the requested format will be rejected. When necessary, a manuscript will be returned only once to the author for editing with a firm deadline for completing the requested minor revisions.

All manuscripts must be submitted in their final version (fully complying with the template, instructions and length) and exclusively electronically (no exceptions), preferably via the web page (manuscript submission). In addition, a hard copy and a file on a CD-ROM must be turned in at the Registration Desk during the meeting before the above-mentioned deadline. To achieve our goal of shipping the CDrom version of the Proceedings volume before the end of 2005, deadlines will be strictly applied (no exception).

IT IS ESSENTIAL TO FOLLOW EXACTLY THE INSTRUCTIONS ON MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION BELOW.

• Open the accompanying manuscript template (an MSWord file).
  
  
• After you open the downloaded file, edit as needed. The best way to edit is to write your manuscript in a separate file and then copy and paste your text into the template. Copy title, authors, affiliations, text, and references separately - this way you will retain the styles defined in the template and be able to view your manuscript exactly as it will appear in the book. You may apply the styles defined in the template by placing the cursor in the appropriate paragraph and clicking the style needed (ApsProcTitle, ApsProcAuthors, ApsProcAffil, ApsProcText, ApsProcRef).
  
  
• Do not change the size of the defined page.
  
  
• Do not change the margins.
  
  
• Do not change the font definition. (If you try to "squeeze in" a little more text by changing the page size, margins, or font size, your manuscript will be returned to you for editing - the net result being unnecessary delays or the omission of your work altogether.)
  
  
• Use the same style for references as shown in the template.
  
  
• Electronically generated graphics should be stored in TIFF format in actual size (as it would appear in the printed manuscript) before inserting into the template with the resolution 600 dpi. For halftone or color images, the resolution must be at least 300 dpi.
  
  
• If you have color illustrations you also need to submit a black and white version on a separate page for publication in the Proceedings Book. Color illustrations will appear only on the CDrom version of the Proceedings (your manuscript will be returned to you for inserting a black and white illustration if missing).
  
  
• When you are satisfied with the manuscript, save it under the name of your choice, e.g., "SmithAB.doc" in the format of MSWord (do not name your manuscript "19APS.doc" -- Macintosh users select PC version). All text editors have the option to save files in this format - just choose "Save As Type."
  
  
• Make sure the information requested on the "Submit Manuscript Form" button is completely filled out.
  
  
• If you are submitting more than one manuscript, you must fill out separate forms for each.
  
  
• Download the copyright transfer form, print it out, fill it out completely and bring it to the symposium or mail it to: Dr. Sylvie E. Blondelle, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 3550 General Atomics Court, San Diego CA 92121, USA -- or fax to: ++(858) 455-3804

Any inquiries can be communicated to:
Sylvie Blondelle - sblondelle@tpims.org