Abstracts are currently invited for oral or poster presentations at the conference. Authors should submit abstracts via e-mail to the following address sobrevia@med.puc.cl by September 14, 2005 , for publication in one of the following international journals: PLACENTA or BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

All abstracts should be in WORD format sent as an attachment (please, do not embed your abstract into the e-mail body text).

Please indicate in your e-mail (NOT in your word document with your abstract) whether you prefer Oral communication or Poster communication . The Scientific Committee will decide the final modality for the presentation of your abstract. Invited speakers should indicate whether that abstract they are submitting is for a Plenary lecture or a Symposium seminar.

All abstracts submitted by the deadline will be, in first instance, refereed by a local committee from II SLIMP Chile 2005 and Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias Fisiológicas (SCHCF). Authors will be communicated within 10 days of submission whether their abstracts were accepted for presentation at the conference. Abstracts that need revision by the authors to comply with editorial guidelines and format from PLACENTA or BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH will be sent back to authors to address all editorial requests in a maximal period of 5 days. All abstracts that answer editorial requests will be then refereed by an international editorial board from PLACENTA or BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

Abstracts submitted after the deadline September 5, may be considered for presentation at the conference but will not be published in PLACENTA or BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

Abstracts related to placenta studies will be eligible for publication in PLACENTA. Other topics will be eligible for publication in BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

A criterion of rejection will be lack of originality.

A condition of submission is that, if accepted, the paper will be presented at the Joint meeting of II SLIMP Chile 2005 with the XIX Annual Meeting of Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias Fisiológicas (SCHCF) by a registered author.

Each author could submit one abstract free of charge. Submission of a second or more abstracts will be charged CLP 10.000 (or USD 15,70) per additional abstract.

Each author could submit as many abstracts as required.

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 days for your receipt to be returned to you.

For revisions or queries regarding abstracts already submitted
If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission or you wish to make any essential revisions to an abstract already submitted, please DO NOT RESUBMIT your abstract, as this may lead to duplication. Please contact us with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number.

Specific Guidelines for Submitting an Abstract
(Please strictly follow the instructions below since abstracts should comply requirements from PLACENTA and BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH editorials. Abstracts that do not follow these instructions will not be considered for publication).