We are now accepting submissions for the 3rd annual student poster scholarship program for IBC's 19th Annual International Antibody Engineering meeting, set for December 6-10, 2009 in San Diego. Submit your abstract today using the form below.

To support the education and professional development of students working toward careers in antibody engineering-related disciplines, IBC Life Sciences and The Antibody Society will offer ten complimentary registrations and posterboard spaces for this year's conference. The recipients will be selected by the Society's board of directors, and each student chosen will present their poster in the Antibody Engineering poster hall and receive complimentary registration for the full five-day conference. Eligibility requirements and instructions on how to participate are shown below:

• The student must be a full-time graduate student at a university or academic research institute
• Post-doctoral researchers are not eligible
• Poster abstracts must be submitted online with the form below no later than Friday, October 23, 2009.
• Winners will be notified by Friday, November 13, 2009 - and those not awarded a complimentary registration will receive a discount to attend the meeting
• The award includes a complimentary full registration to the conference and pre-conference workshop. Travel and lodging expenses are the responsibility of the recipient.

Poster abstracts categories are as follows:

• Pre-Conference Workshop: Working with Ab Sequence Databases
• Antibody Repertoires and Responses
• Antibodies in a Complex Environment
• Antibodies - Not Just for Injection
• Antibody Polyspecificity and Single Molecule Imaging
• Bispecific Antibodies and Antibody Combinations
• Expanding our Grasp of Binding Sites in the Human Immune System and their Novel Application
• Exploring the Limits of Tumor Targeting with Molecular Formats
• Engineering Antibodies to Improve Cancer Therapy
• Antibody Therapeutics
• Other

Please spread the word to your students and interns about this program, and feel free to write me back.

With best regards,