Scientists/Academicians, interested in presenting their papers are invited to submit an abstract on any of the topics mentioned (in the 'thrust areas' section) in MS Word (Times New Roman, Font 12, 1.5 spacing with word limit of 250 for body text) for review. The last date for submission of Abstracts is extended to August 31, 2009. The decision on acceptance will be conveyed to the authors on or before September 10, 2009. Authors of the accepted papers will be notified for poster presentation. The outstanding posters may be selected for submission as full length papers, which would be reviewed for publication in the special issue of Indian Journal of Medical Research. Kindly submit your abstract(s) to the organizing secretary by E-mail (rupakbhadra@iicb.res.in) For publication of the abstracts in the conference book, one of the authors should register for the conference by paying the requisite registration fee.