Abstract Competition

 

Abstract and awards:

Results for the best abstracts competition, IMAD 2012.
Congratulations to the winners.

• Raymond Limet Prizes
  1st Prize 750€: Badri Vijaynagar, United Kingdom
  2nd Prize 500€: Bart Meuris, Belgium
  
  
• Camillo Di Croce Prizes
  1st Prize 750€ : Julie Faugeroux,  France
  2nd Prize 500€: Viviane Kokje, The Netherlands
  

 

Abstract and poster preparation :

• APF will award the four best posters and/or short communications as such:

  -      Raymond Limet Prizes (750€ and 500€) will be attributed to the two best posters/short communications on natural history and/or physiopathology of abdominal aortic aneurysms

  -      Camillo Di Croce Prizes (750€ and 500€) will be attributed to the two best posters/short communications on familial and/or genetic aspects of aneurysms.

• Abstract should be written in English, and not exceed 2500 signs / characters, spaces included (or 300 words). Figures or tables (max two) should be submitted as separate files. Figures must be of a 300 DPI resolution and registered in a EPS or TIFF format.

• The content of each poster should be clearly divided into sections including introduction, experimental aim (or problem definition), work summary, results and conclusions. Diagrams, graphs, data, pictures and a small text.

• Suggested sizes are a minimum graph size of 10" (25 cm), section heading letters of 3/4" (2 cm) and text and figure lettering not less than 3/8" (1 cm).

• A heading label including the title, the author name and the address of the primary author should be included.

• All figures and tables should be titled.

• The entire size of the poster material(s) is limited to 48" X 48".

 

Aneurysmal Pathology Foundation (APF)

APF is a charitative Foundation who aims to promote, help, support, encourage in a selfless way all national and international initiatives related to the medical research and the prevention of aneurysms.

For that purpose, the foundation may exercise the following activities (as examples) :

• To participate in and/or organize – be it for valuable consideration or for free – lectures, medical traineeships, seminars, workshops, publications, national and international research programmes;

• To inform the general public about aneurysms in general (cause, consequences, early warning signs, treatments, …)

• To donate in favor of organizations or natural persons defending and promoting this research and information to the general public;

• To make some premises available for the organization of events;

• To provide students and researchers with scholarship;

• To create a chair, a prize or a charitable association.

The foundation achieves its disinterested goal in absolute discretion.