Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15, 2005
The IDS-4 organizing committee, chaired by Donald Tomalia, Jean Fréchetand Fraser Stoddard, has issued a call for papers focusing on recent researchin the field of dendrimers.   IDS-4 will be held May 18-21, 2005, on thecampus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.  

The Symposium is tentatively divided into seven sessions, including:

          • DendrimerSynthesis
          • DendriticStructures
          • Electronics,Photonics
          • CommercialApplications
          • MedicalApplications: Drug Delivery, Imaging
          • MedicalApplications: Cell Recognition, Transfection
          • Nanotechnology,Catalysis

The topics listed above are not exclusive - additional research topics are welcome.   Currently,it is anticipated that 60 - 70 oral presentations will be accommodated.  

To submit a paper, complete the abstract form provided below, following the submissionguidelines provided.   Please name the file by the last name andthe first initial of the presenting author, as well as a number correspondingto the specific abstract number (If you intend to submit multiple abstracts.i.e., SmithJ1.doc, SmithJ2.doc, etc.).  

Click here todownload the IDS-4 Abstract Submission Template

Abstracts should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word file format. Pleasesend abstracts as an e-mail attachment to ids_4@cmich.edu.   Submissionswill be followed up with a confirmation of receipt within a few days.

The submission e-mail must include the following information: Author, Organization,Street Address, City, State/Province, Zip/Postal Code, Country, E-mail Address,Telephone and Fax. (If the presenting author is other than the correspondingauthor, indicate the presenting author's name and provide the same informationlisted above)

The submission e-mail should also include presentation preference: ORALONLY, ORAL or POSTER, POSTER ONLY

PLEASE NOTE:

• Abstracts will be accepted for consideration through the submission deadline,or until the program is full.

• In order to minimize program disruptions, final acceptance and inclusionin the printed program is contingent upon speaker/poster presenter registrationand full submission by March 1, 2005 . Late poster submissions or registrationfor poster presenters after this deadline will be accepted as space becomes available.   However,these abstracts WILL NOT be published in the book of abstracts.

If e-mail is not available, or you have additional questions regarding abstract submission, please direct all inquiries to:

         Sonke Svenson, Ph.D.
         IDS-4 Program Coordinator
         2625 Denison Drive
         Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, U.S.A.
         Phone: + 989-774-1179
         Fax:     + 989-774-1194
         E-mail: ids_4@cmich.edu