V.N. KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY

5th INTERNATIONAL YOUNG SCIENTISTS’ BIOLOGY CONFERENCE

“FROM A MOLECULE UP TO THE BIOSPHERE”

Ukraine, Kharkiv

November 22nd-25th 2010

Dear colleagues,

We are glad to invite you to participate in the 5th International Young Scientist’s Biology Conference which will take place from the 21st to the 25th of November 2010 at the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KhNU). The conference is organized by the School of Biology and Students’ Scientific Society of the Kharkiv University.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chair: Prof. Illya I. Zalyubovskyi, Dr.Sc., Pro-rector of KhNU for scientific research, corresponding member of National Academy of Sciences

Co-chair: Dr. Lyudmyla I. Vorobyova, PhD, Dean of the School of Biology, Head of the Department of Genetics and Cytology

Dr. Tetyana V. Barannik, PhD, assistant professor, Dept. of Biochemistry

Prof. Valeriy A. Bondarenko Dr.Sc., Head of the Dept. of Human and Animal Physiology

Prof. Anatoliy I. Bozhkov, Dr.Sc., Head of the Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Prof. Tetyana V. Dogadina, Dr.Sc., Head of the Dept. of Botany

Prof. Vasyl I. Glushchenko, PhD, Head of the Dept. of Mycology and Phytoimmunology

Dr. Vira V. Martynenko, PhD, assistant professor, Dept. of Human and Animal Physiology

Prof. Eugene E. Persky, Dr.Sc., Head of the Dept. of Biochemistry

Dr. Dmytro A. Shabanov, PhD, assistant professor, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Ecology

Dr. Andriy Yu. Utevsky, PhD, Head of the Dept. of Zoology and Animal Ecology

Dr. Vasyl V. Zhmurko, PhD, Head of the Dept. of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Secretaries: Savchenko Oksana, Bondareva Anastasiya, Kiosya Evgeny, Onyshko Yuliya

Languages: The official languages of the conference are English, Russian and Ukrainian.

1. PARTICIPANTS

MSc and BSc students, as well as PhD students and young scientists (up to 35 years old), are welcome to present results of their research in biology, biomedicine and ecology. Participants may choose one of the two ways to present their data: oral talk or poster.

2. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The following sections will be present:

Ø  Biophysics
Ø  Biochemistry
Ø  Molecular and Cell Biology
Ø  Biotechnology
Ø  Biomedicine / Ø  Human and Animal Physiology
Ø  Zoology
Ø  Genetics and Selection
Ø  Plant physiology
Ø  Microbiology
Ø  Mycology and Phytopathology / Ø  Botany
Ø  Ecology
Ø  Bioinformatics
Ø  Environment Protection and Nature Conservancy
Ø  Biological Education

The abstracts will be published by the Organizing Committee and distributed among the participants during the conference. Conference materials will also be available on the website of the KhNU after the conference.

3. REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

For registration, participants are required to send the following materials before the 25th of September 2010:

- by e-mail ():

·  Registration form

·  Abstract

·  A receipt for registration fee with the name of the paying person indicated (scanned copy)

Electronic versions should be sent by the first author as attachments in one message. The filenames should correspond to the surname of the first author; the extension should be .rtf (for example, jones_regform.rtf and jones_abstract.rtf).

IMPORTANT! The Organizing Committee will send you a notification that all the materials sent by e-mail were received. In case if you do not receive such a notification within one week after you have sent the data, please try to send the e-mail once more! Abstracts sent after the deadline will not be published in the abstract book.

4. REGISTRATION FORM

1. / Name and surname
2. / Date of birth
3. / Degree and position (BSc, MSc, PhD student, young scientist)
4. / Affiliation (institution, department)
5. / Institutional address (incl. ZIP code)
6. / Phone number (work, home or mobile), fax
7. / e-mail
8. / Title of the talk (poster)
9. / Names of all the authors, presenting author is underlined
10. / Supervisor or academic advisor: name, scientific degree, position
11. / Poster or oral talk
12. / Section
13. / Mailing address (incl. ZIP code)
14. / Requirements for accommodation (yes/no)
15. / Is personal invitation required (yes/no)? Way of delivery (e-mail or postal mail)
16. / Other requirements or important information for the organizing committee (optional)

IMPORTANT! To prepare registration forms, please use only the table above or an attached file! Please use Times New Roman font, 12 pt only. Registration forms should be formatted only this way and sent together with the abstracts.

5. ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

The maximal size of the abstract is one page. It should be prepared in MS Word in Ukrainian, Russian or English. The filename should correspond to the surname of the participant that presents data and have extension .rtf (e.g., jones_abstract.rtf). Please, use the following formatting: page size A4, all margins are 2 cm, font Times New Roman, 12pt, single spacing, special symbols only from the Symbol font.

The abstracts should be formatted in the following way:

1)  Title (capital letters, bold, central alignment).

2)  Names of all the authors (bold, central alignment).

3)  Affiliations: institution, department, institutional addresses, e-mails of the authors (left alignment, no indentation).

4)  Summary (justified alignment, indentation from left 1 cm, no division of words, no bold or underlined text, italics only for Latin names, no tables, pictures and plots).

5)  References: please, do not put any references at the end of the abstract. If it is necessary, reference can be given directly in the text (e.g., Smith et al., 2009).

6)  Information about supervisor or academic advisor (name, scientific degree, position) and acknowledgements

7)  For abstracts in Russian and Ukrainian: a short (not more than 10 lines) summary in English.

6. SAMPLE ABSTRACT

RALSTONIA SOLАNACEARUM РАССА 3 БИОВАР 2
В ТЕПЛИЧНОМ ХОЗЯЙСТВЕ КРЫМА
1Черненко Е.П., 2Мороз С.М.,
1Национальный аграрный университет, ул. Героев Обороны, 13, г. Киев, 03041, Украина
e-mail:
2Институт микробиологии и вирусологии НАНУ, ул. Академика Заболотного, 154, г. Киев, 03680, Украина
e-mail:
Начиная с 1970-х годов в Европе наблюдались вспышки бактериальных заболеваний картофеля и томатов, вызванные R. solаnacearum раса 3 биовар 2 (Иванов и др., 1979). На сегодня возбудитель…
Summary…

7. POSTERS

Poster design and formatting: Size A1 (84.0 x 59.4 cm). Each poster should contain: title, names of the authors, mailing addresses of the authors and e-mails. This data should be located on the top of the poster (similar to the formatting of the summary). Please, pay attention that the title should be easily readable.

IMPORTANT! All materials should contain only information about the original research performed by the authors. Please, proof-read the abstracts carefully before submitting them! Summaries that do not fulfill the requirements of the conference will be rejected. In case of rejection, the conference fee will be returned, except of the postal expenses. You will be notified about acception of your materials separately. If necessary, the Organizing Committee may shift the summary to another section, if it is more appropriate for the topic of the talk.

8. CONFERENCE FEE

Conference fee should be sent before the 25th of September 2010 to the following address:

Savchenko O.A., Staritskogo str.8, app. 57, Kharkiv 61103, Ukraine

Conference fee includes: publishing a book with abstracts (every participant receives one copy), a folder with conference materials, certificate of participation, coffee breaks and guided tours. If a participant is not able to arrive, conference materials will be sent by postal mail within 1 month after the conference. Please, pay attention that the abstracts can be published only if the conference fee is paid before the 25th of September 2010.

Travel costs, accommodation and meals are not covered by the conference fee and need to be paid by participants at their own expense!

Conference fee / Party
UAH / Euro / UAH / Euro
Ukrainian participants:
·  BSc and MSc students
·  PhD students and young scientists / 100 UAH
120 UAH / 120 UAH
For participants from the Commonwealth of Independent States / 25 € / 12 €
For participants from other countries / 35 €

In addition to the official program, everybody is welcome to participate in a Conference party. The costs for the dinner are not included in the conference fee and need to be transferred to the Organizing Committee before the 25th of September 2010. The copies of receipts for the payment should be sent to the Organizing Committee. Please, do not forget to indicate your name on the receipt! The originals of the receipts should be presented during the registration.

9. ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS

An ordinary meal in most cafes, fast-foods, hotels, and inexpensive restaurants may vary from € 4 to €10.

Accommodation costs in the hotels and dormitories offered by the organizing committee are within 10- 20 Euros per day. Detailed information regarding accommodation, room reservation and costs will be sent in the second information letter. Please, pay attention that the Organizing Committee guarantees accommodation only for the participants registered before the deadline, i.e. the 25th of September 2010.

10. CONTACTS

E-mail /
Web-site / http://bioconf4kh.web-box.ru
Mobile phone / +3 8063 270 64 76 ; +38099370 42 94
Ms. Oksana Savchenko (17:00 to 20:30)
Address for money transfer by Western Union / Savchenko O.A., Staritskogo str.8, app. 57, Kharkiv 61103, Ukraine

11. IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES

25.09.2010 – registration and abstract submission deadline;

25.09.2010 – deadline for conference fee payment and sending hard copies of the abstracts and registration forms;

22.11.2010 – opening of the conference;

25.11.2010 – end of the conference.

Second information letter and official invitation will be sent to the registered participants in October 2010

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN KHARKIV!