INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
FGN #49 will be published in the fall of 2002. Reviewing of manuscripts commences in January of the
publication year so contributions should be made between 1st January and the submission deadline 1 April 2002.
The Newsletter is a suitable place for items such as short research notes, methods notes, linkage data, information
concerning new mutants, and announcements of meetings. It is a policy not to accept an abstract or shorter version
of a full-length paper that will be published subsequently. However, a more extensive description of techniques or
mutants used in a regular paper would be appropriate for FGN. We particularly encourage you to use FGN to describe new
techniques or methods. All manuscripts are reviewed. Please try to have your manuscript conform to the format used
in FGN. The details of formats for "Mini Reviews", "One-Liners" and "Brief Notes" are as follows:
"Mini Reviews" is a section in which one or two brief reviews of an area of research will be published.
Potential contributors are encouraged to communicate an outline of their review before writing the manuscript.
"One-Liners" is a section in which helpful hints can be communicated.
Please communicate one or two sentence pieces of useful information at any time during the year.
"Brief Notes" is a section in which a brief account of research observations can be made; typically only
very preliminary research will have been done.
FORMAT
1. Manuscripts should follow the standard format for the Newsletter:
consult papers in this edition of the Newsletter, or contact the Editor if you are not sure of the format.
Regular papers should also include a brief ABSTRACT (about 4 or 5 lines) which contains the following:
(a) statement of the question/hypothesis; (b)The experimental approach and most significant results; and (c) conclusions.
2. Manuscripts should be double-spaced. Three copies of the manuscript should be submitted.
DO NOT submit manuscripts by Fax. If you wish to submit your manuscript via e-mail, you should first contact
the Editor by e-mail (address below).
3. Authors should include a Fax number and e-mail address with their submission.
4. Accepted and revised manuscripts may be submitted as e-mail attachments, on computer diskette or in the
body of an e-mail. Attachments or diskettes are preferred, as format is better preserved. DO NOT send diskettes until
an article has been accepted for publication. Please indicate the software (including version number) used to prepare
the manuscript.
5. Make tables and figures as compact as possible. Both should be submitted in final form suitable for
publication. Please take steps to prevent them being bent in the mail. Figures should be avoided where text is adequate.
Color figures will be black-and-white in the print edition.
6. References should be used sparingly. When needed, they should be cited within the text as shown in the
following examples (Note: pagination is inclusive.):
(Bartnik et al. 1981 Curr. Genet. 4:173-176).
(Rand and Tatum 1980 J. Bacteriol. 141:707-714).
Deadline for receipt of contributions is 1 April 2002. Reviewing of manuscripts begins in January.
Contributions should be sent to:
Matthew S. Sachs, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
OGI School of Science and Engineering
Oregon Health & Science University
20000 N.W. Walker Road
Beaverton, OR 97006-8921
msachs@bmb.ogi.edu
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