The British Pharmaceutical Conference & Exhibition 2007

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	The closing date for receipt of abstracts is: Sunday 15 April 2007 at midnight

	Contributions in any area of the pharmaceutical sciences are invited for presentation at the conference and may be entered for poster display or oral (podium) presentations. For BPC 2007, abstracts may only be submitted online at www.bpc2007.org. Please note that paper abstracts will not be accepted. Contributions should relate to original, previously unpublished work in those sciences that contribute to the development, preparation, use and evaluation of medicinal substances. They may be a self-contained report of a complete piece of research, or a report of work in progress. Contributions should be in one of the following areas of pharmaceutical science:

	1	ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY pharmaceutical and biochemical analysis
	2	DRUG DELIVERY pulmonary, transdermal and all other non-oral routes, targeting, biological barriers, intracellular trafficking, liposomes, conjugates
	3	MATERIALS SCIENCE biomaterials, novel polymers, polymer synthesis, characterisation (API, excipients), solid-state
	4	PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY pharmaceutical processes, oral delivery, macromolecule delivery, colloids
	5	BIOPHARMACEUTICS pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, in vitro dissolution, in vivo correlation, CACO-2 cells
	6	TISSUE ENGINEERING tissue regeneration, stem cells, biodegradable scaffolds
	7	PHARMACOGNOSY natural products, phytopharmaceuticals
	8	CHEMISTRY drug discovery, design, synthesis, molecular modelling, combinatorial chemistry
	9	PHARMACOLOGY genomics, proteomics, treatment of diseases
	10	DRUG METABOLISM metabolic processes, toxicology, toxicogenomics
	11	PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY biofilms, antibiosis, pathenogenicity
	12	BIOLOGICS genes, peptides, proteins.

	INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
	Your BPC 2007 abstract will be published within a supplement to the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (JPP) in print and online. To facilitate the submission and publication process you should adhere to the following instructions. Please also refer to the sample abstract available online by clicking here.
		An online submission process is to be used and you should use the Word template provided
		The title of your submission, author names and affiliations should be entered separately. The name of the presenting author should be entered first
		Arial 10 point font should be used
		The main body of the abstract should be typed in one column within the template and presented under the following sub-headings: objectives, methods, results, conclusions and references. The inclusion of references is optional but no more than three references may be cited. The main body of the abstract including references should not exceed 500 words
		Either a single table or a single graphic (black and white photograph or line-drawing) may be included in the abstract. Images should be uploaded as a separate file (see below). If images are included, the word count of the main body of the abstract including references should not exceed 350 words
		Tables should be formatted using the ‘table’ feature of your word processor program and should not exceed 8.2cm in width
		Line-drawings (e.g. chemical structures, graphs, etc.) may be included as noted above. Linedrawings should not exceed 8.2cm in width and all captions and associated text within the drawing should be clearly legible at this size. The line drawing should be saved as a separate .tif file at a minimum of 1200 dpi resolution; you should save the file using LZW compression (to reduce the file size). The .tif file will be separately uploaded with your Word template as part of the submission process
		High quality black and white images may be included as noted above. The image should not exceed 8.2cm in width and 5cm in depth. The image should be saved as a separate .tif file at a minimum of 300 dpi resolution. The .tif file will be separately uploaded with your Word template as part of the submission process
		If your abstract contains a figure, a self-contained figure legend entitled "Figure 1" should be placed on a separate line at the end of your abstract in the Word template provided
		References should appear in the text using Harvard Style (the author date mode of citation), e.g. Green (2006), Green and Black (2006), Green et al (2006). No more than three references may be included. At the end of the text, list the references as shown below: Green J, Black AT (2006). J Pharm Pharmacol 58: 439-448.
		Please include six key words as requested on the online submission
		Abstracts not formatted as described above will be returned immediately to the authors
		All abstracts must communicate a clear scientific message, which falls within one of the conference subject areas [1-12]. Abstracts lacking in quantitative or qualitative data will be immediately returned to the authors
		All research communicated requiring ethical approval must state that approval has been obtained from the relevant local ethics committee.

	SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT
	Please note: all abstracts must be made online at www.bpc2007.org You may direct enquiries to bpcscience@rpsgb.org or tel: 020 7572 2260.

	ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ABSTRACT
	Your submission will be acknowledged via an automated service. Each submission will be assigned a unique abstract number. This must be quoted in any correspondence.

	ACCEPTANCE
	Abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance, in consultation with the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and collaborating science organisations. The corresponding author will be notified of the outcome, the date and the format (poster or podium) of the presentation by mid-May. The corresponding author is responsible for notifying these details to other authors, including the presenting author. Abstracts, once accepted for publication cannot be changed (except as identified by the evaluation panel) and cannot be withdrawn, except with the consent of the Conference Secretariat. Please note: all presenters must register for the conference.

	POSTER DISPLAY
	Posters should be prepared in PORTRAIT format. A board, 2 metres high and 1 metre wide, will be made available for each poster. Oversize posters will not be accepted for display. Posters must be self-explanatory as presenters are unlikely to be available at all times to answer questions. Lettering must be readable at 2m from the panel (minimum height of characters 8mm, minimum line thickness 0.7mm). Posters will be displayed for one day only and corresponding authors will be notified of the day of display. The presenting author must be present during attended periods, which will be notified.

	ORAL (PODIUM) PRESENTATIONS
	Oral (podium) presentations will be made of selected papers in some subjects. Full instructions will be provided following the acceptance of submissions but for initial guidance, oral communications will be limited to a presentation time of 10 minutes. Corresponding authors will be notified if the abstract has been selected for podium presentation.

	PRIZES
	Prizes will be awarded to selected poster and oral presentations.

	NEW SCIENTISTS
	Academic, research or industrial scientists who are within five years of commencing their careers are invited to present their work in a "New Scientists" oral session at the conference. Submitted abstracts must conform to the requirements for science abstracts. Those wishing to be considered for presentation at this session should indicate this on the abstract submission form. The Secretariat will endeavour to offer the format preferred by the corresponding author but this cannot be guaranteed. Some presenters may be invited to present their work in both poster and oral formats. Prizes will be awarded for commended presentations.

	PUBLICATION
	All accepted abstracts presented at the conference will be published in a supplement to the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (JPP) and be available at the conference. Abstracts will also be available on the web at www.bpc2007.org

	LICENCE TO PUBLISH
	Copyright of the submitted abstract will remain with the author(s) but in order to publish the abstract the publisher will require all authors of each abstract to grant a licence to publish. Formal written agreement is not required but authors are advised that by submitting an abstract for the BPC the publishers will consider that authors have read the licence and agree to accept its terms should the abstract be accepted for publication. Any enquiries should be directed to the Secretariat at bpcscience@rpsgb.org. Abstract titles and authors may be posted onto a website at any time after submission of the abstracts. The full abstracts will not be made available until the start of BPC.

	The closing date for receipt of abstracts is: Sunday 15 April 2007 at midnight

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