Required Abstract Components and Guidelines

Abstracts must abide by the following rules and guidelines in order to be considered for acceptance into the conference:

• All submissions must be received by 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time on September 5. The abstract submission site will close at 11:59 pm PST on September 5. Late submissions will not be accepted.

• The only method of submitting an abstract is through the online abstract submission site. E-mail and paper submissions will not be accepted.

• Accepted abstracts must contain: 1) hypothesis or statement about the problem under investigation, 2) statement of the experimental methods/methodology used, 3) essential results must be provided in summary form (even if preliminary), and 4) a conclusion.

• Students must obtain permission from their research mentor, co-authors and program director before submitting an abstract. Research mentor, co-authors and program director will receive a copy of the notification email indicating the status of the abstract.

• Abstracts must have at least two authors in the author block.  Abstracts with only one author will be automatically rejected.

• Abstract must be written by the student and reviewed/edited by the mentor. Mentors should not write the abstract.

• Only one abstract submission, poster or oral, per student is acceptable. Students must decide between submitting an abstract for poster presentation or oral presentation. If a student submits more than one abstract, all abstracts associated with the student will be automatically rejected.

• Students working in the same lab must independently submit an original abstract. Identical abstracts submitted by different students will be automatically rejected.

• Only students can be presenting authors.

• Only one student, the individual listed first in the author block, can present the abstract.

• Citations are not allowed within the abstract text and will be removed.

• Work must be proofread prior to submission. ABRCMS staff will not edit abstracts.

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