Instructions for abstract preparation and submission:

When submitting your abstract during registration, please ensure your abstract is formatted appropriately, and follow points 1-6 below. The abstract can be either structured or unstructured. Contact us at uoft.cip@utoronto.ca with any questions. Please use the following abstract template:

ABSTRACT EXAMPLE

Cancer stem cell niches in the gut.
Hans H Wall¹, Barbara C Wang² and Wei Ling².
¹Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
²Division of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

(You may use the structured headings below, or submit an unstructured abstract without these headings)
Background/Purpose: Abstract text ...
Methods: Abstract text ...
Results: Abstract text ...
Conclusion: Abstract text ...

Important things to note:

*ALL submitted abstracts will be accepted for presentation as a poster. Six of these will be selected for oral presentation. All outcomes (both poster and oral presentation) will be notified by email by November 3, 2023.

1. Please submit your registration and abstract by October 6, 11:59 p.m (EST).
2. Formatting:

· Abstracts should be no more than 250 words. *abstracts in excess of 250 words may not be considered for oral presentation*

· Please do not include any figures or tables.

· Use a concise title in bold. Capitalize the first word.

· List name, initials and institution of each author.

· Underline the presenter's (your) name.

· Use superscripts for all affiliation numbers.

· You are welcome to separate text into structured abstract headings: Background/Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions

3. Limit submissions to one abstract per person. Submissions will be forwarded to the CIP-MD/PhD Symposium abstract adjudication committee.
4. Classify your research in five different categories on the registration form.
5. Indicate whether you are interested in being considered for an oral presentation (N/A for late abstracts).
6. All abstracts submitted will be eligible for participating in the poster competition and six top-ranking abstracts will be selected for oral presentation.

Please note: Unless otherwise selected on the registration form, abstracts will be printed in the Abstract Booklet PDF.