Online abstract submission is now closed.       Delegates are more than welcome to submit abstracts. We hope that many researchers will submit and participate. Kindly note that the acceptance of the abstracts, presentation time, and categories are decided at the discretion of the secretariat office.     Please see the following guidelines before proceeding to the abstract submission page. Click the button at the end of this page for abstract submission.     Registration Period       May 26 (Tue) - July 9 (Thu), 2009     *Abstract Submission Deadline is extended to July 21(Tue).     * Due to the maintenance of the abstract submission system, you can not submit abstracts during following period.July 12(Sun) 8:30-16:00     Requirements for Abstract Submission       ♦ Only the JSID members will be able to submit abstracts. However, foreign researchers will be able to submit abstracts even if he/she is not a member of the JSID.       ♦ Presenters are required to register from the registration page.       Number of Abstracts that can be Submitted       One person can submit only one abstract as a presenter for oral and poster presentation.     Requirements for Presentation       ♦ Oral Presentation <Open>     1. Posters must be made for both plenary and oral presentation. (Plenary presentations will be chosen among the oral presentations)     2. Both plenary and oral presentations must be presented in English. However, discussions for oral presentations may be in English or Japanese.     3. The time allocated for each presenter is 12 minutes (9 minutes presentation and 3 minutes discussion) for both plenary and oral presentations.     ♦ Poster Presentation <Open>     Posters must be made in English.   Page top   Abstract Submission       All abstracts must be submitted through the online abstract submission system. For those who have difficulty accessing the online submission system on this website, please contact the secretariat office.     Guidelines for Writing Abstracts       Designated Speaker :  Special lectures, sponsored symposium, luncheon seminar, evening seminar, morning seminar     ♦ Author and Affiliation     Up to 15 authors, including co-authors, and up to 10 affiliations may be registered, respectively.     ♦ Restrictions     Abstract title must be 140 characters or below. Abstract body must be 3,000 characters or below. Abstract should NOT contain tables or diagrams.         Oral and Poster Presentations (Open) :     ♦ Author and Affiliation     Up to 15 authors, including co-authors, and up to 10 affiliations may be registered, respectively.     ♦ Restrictions     Abstract title must be 140 characters or below. Abstract body must be 1,800 characters or below. Abstract should NOT contain references or figures.     ♦ Category Classification for abstracts     Please choose from the following categories:     1 Angiogenesis & Vascular Biology 2 Auto-Immunity and Inflammation 3 Carcinogenesis 4 Cell Adhesion/Matrix Biology 5 Clinical Research and Therapeutics 6 Epidemiology/Health Services Research 7 Epidermal structure and Function 8 Genetic Disease, Gene Regulation & Gene Therapy 9 Growth Factors and Signal Transduction 10 Hair and Cutaneous Development 11 Immunology 12 Infectious Diseases and Virology 13 Photobiology 14 Pigmentation and Melanoma   Page top   Online Abstract Submission       1. Registration     • Depending on the computer environment, there may be cases where the registrant is unable to register from the meeting web page. (e.g. Firewall set to prevent intrusion) Test registration may be made from the practice page. Please confirm your internet environment in advance.     • It is mandatory that the registrant has an e-mail address that can be made through to him/her.     • Abstract acceptance receipt will not be issued. An e-mail will be generated automatically to inform the registrant that the abstract is registered. Please be extra careful not to mistype your e-mail address.     • Compatible browsers are Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, Netscape 4.0 or above, and Safari version 2.0.3 (417.9.2) or above.         2. Before Submission     • Registered data will be published on the abstract book. There will be no proofreading by the secretariat office. Please be extra careful not to mistype your abstracts.     • Change in abstract, including co-author information, will not be accepted after deadline.     Ciphertext and Plaintext       Use of ciphertext prevents third person wiretapping the registrant’s passwords. Therefore the secretariat office advises you to submit your abstract using ciphertext. However, there may be cases where ciphertext cannot be used (e.g. conflicts in internet services provider setting, or browser version may be old). In such cases, please use plaintext. In plaintext, password may be wiretapped, therefore, plaintext carries risk in security and personal information protection. Do not use passwords used for hospital information systems and e-mails. Use of plaintext requires consideration of such risks.     Password       Please set a password before ending abstract submission. It is recommended that the password be 6 to 8 characters long. Please note that the secretariat office will not answer any questions related to the registration numbers and passwords for security purposes.     For adding correction to registered abstracts, use the "Confirmation and Correction" button. Before the due date, confirmation and correction can be made repeatedly by inputting registration number and password.   Page top   Data Entries       <Entering symbols, Greek Letters and other special characters>     Symbols and Greek Letters must be entered using the respective codes from the list of "Abstract Body" on registration site. (You may cut and paste from the list.) Follow the instructions below for special characters. These are also available on the registration site for you to cut and paste.     • Superscripts:<SUP></SUP> Example: Na<SUP>+</SUP>=Na+     • Subscripts: <SUB></SUB> Example: H<SUB>2</SUB>O=H2O     • Italics: <I></I> Example: <c-fos>=c-fos     • Bold : <B></B> Example: <B>AAA</B>=AAA     • Underline : <U></U> Example: <U>BBB</U>=BBB     Note       If you wish to use "<" or ">" in your abstract (e.g. p<0.05), in order to distinguish special character codes "< >" explained above from simple uses of "<" or ">", please enter the codes of "&gt; " for " >" and "&lt; " for "<". Example: p&lt;0.05=p<0.05     Completing Registration       Please confirm the contents you have input before clicking the submit button. In rare cases, there may be trouble occurring at the UMIN website. Please check the UMIN web page before contacting the secretariat office.     ♦ UMIN Web Page     http://www.umin.ac.jp/english/     Submission Period       May 26 (Tue) - July 21 (Tue), 2009     * Due to the maintenance of the abstract submission system, you can not submit abstracts during following period.July 12(Sun) 8:30-16:00       Online abstract submission is now closed.         It is recommended that you use the practice page, and then register. The system will terminate automatically after the deadline, therefore, the registrant will not be able to register, correct, or eliminate the abstract.                   Page top   Notification of Acceptance       • Registration number for accepted abstracts will be announced on the web page around late September.     JSID Review System       ♦ Referee system     List of referees and categories are as follows:     No Category Reviewer 1 Angiogenesis & Vascular Biology Fukumi Furukawa Satoshi Hirakawa 2 Auto-Immunity and Inflammation Masayuki Amagai Kenji Kabashima 3 Carcinogenesis Hajime Iizuka Minoru Takada 4 Cell Adhesion/Matrix Biology Takashi Hashimoto Hironobu Ihn 5 Clinical Research and Therapeutics Setsuya Aiba Hiroo Yokozeki 6 Epidemiology/Health Services Research Masutaka Furue Tadashi Terui 7 Epidermal Structure and Function Masaki Akiyama Kenzo Takahashi 8 Genetic Disease, Gene Regulation & Gene Therapy Hiroshi Shimizu Daisuke Sawamura 9 Growth Factors and Signal Transduction Manabu Fujimoto Koji Sayama 10 Hair and Cutaneous Development Shigetoshi Sano Manabu Ohyama 11 Immunology Yoshiki Tokura Shinichi Sato 12 Infectious Diseases and Virology Keiji Iwatsuki Hideo Asada 13 Photobiology Akimichi Morita Hiroyuki Matsue 14 Pigmentation and Melanoma Tamio Suzuki Minoru Hasegawa     ♦ For deciding acceptance/rejection, t he following will be taken into consideration:     1. Unreleased data must be added to studies presented in SID and/or ESDR.     2. Studies presented in dermatology related meetings in Japan are not acceptable.     3. Studies presented in non-dermatology related meetings in Japan may be accepted.                     Inquiries       Secretariat Office: Office Take One, Inc. 2-5-6 Aoi Higashi-ku Nagoya, 461-0004, Japan FAX: +81-52-930-6146 E-mail: jsid34@cs-oto.com     Page top