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Late Abstract Deadline for Submission: January 30, 2010

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Abstract Submission Overview

All abstracts will be accepted electronically via the World Wide Web. For instructions, access the Drosophila Conference Web site at: http://www.drosophila-conf.org
 

The site will open for abstract submissions beginning on September 22, 2009.
 

The deadline for submission of abstracts is December 4, 2009, at 11:59 PM (midnight) U.S. East Coast time. Revisions may be made until December 7, 2009.
 

If space allows, late abstracts may be submitted from December 11, 2009 until January 30, 2010. Submission of late abstracts must be via the late abstract submission program on the Drosophila Conference Web site. If accepted, these abstracts will not appear in the Program Book but will be available online in the Program Addendum. Accepted late abstracts will be assigned poster presentations and given space at the back of the poster area, rather than in the requested area of interest. These abstracts will not be considered for platform presentation and will not be available through the searchable on-line database.

Submission Rules & Guidelines

All authors will be asked to approve the following statement when submitting an abstract: “I have read, understand and agree to the rules and guidelines.” Your abstract will not be programmed if this box has not been checked.

Each abstract must be submitted on the World Wide Web. Complete and detailed instructions for submitting abstracts will be available beginning on September 22, 2009. Abstracts prepared on paper and mailed to the GSA office, photo-copies, facsimiles or e-mails of abstracts will not be accepted.

1. Abstracts must be submitted with the intention that they will be presented if selected. First authors are expected to attend the meeting and make the platform or poster presentation. First authors should not submit abstracts if they do not plan to attend the meeting.

    

2. A complete abstract should include a statement of purpose, methods used, and a summary of results in sufficient detail to support the conclusion. Statements such as "results will be described" should be avoided.

    

3. Abstracts will appear on the Web exactly as submitted, i.e., no corrections, additions, revisions or deletions can be made by the GSA staff. Only the submitting author may make revisions and corrections via the Web abstract submission program.  All revisions must be made no later than the December 7, 2009, revision deadline. Please proof your text carefully before submitting.

    

4. Any authors presenting a talk in a workshop may not make a platform session presentation on the same topic. However, those authors whose abstracts are selected as poster presentations MUST display their poster for the length of the conference in the poster area and MUST present that poster during scheduled times.  If the poster will be needed for the workshop, a duplicate poster will be necessary.

    

5. All abstracts submitted will be assigned either a platform or poster presentation at the discretion of the Drosophila Organizers and their Committee. The Committee reviews all abstracts submitted for presentation at the Drosophila Annual Conference and determines whether an abstract is suitable for platform or poster presentation.  Because platform presentation requests far exceed platform presentation slots (only 10-15% of all abstracts received can be accommodated in platform sessions), authors should be prepared to present a poster if their abstract is not selected for a platform presentation.

    

6. The Organizers reserve the right to decline a presentation to any submitted abstracts that lack scientific content or merit, or merely announce the availability of a resource or service.

Publication of Abstracts

Abstracts selected for presentation will be available online March 17, which will be considered the official publication date. Again this year we will only offer the full abstract text on-line through a searchable database and in PDF. You will be able to print full abstract text for any individual abstracts or all of them. If you would prefer to get the complete text of all abstracts in a bound book, we will offer a print-on-demand service through an outside vendor for an additional fee. Click here for more information
 

Abstract Revisions

If you need to revise your abstract, follow instructions for revision on the abstract link on the Drosophila Web site. All revisions must be completed prior to the December 7, 2009 deadline. Revisions will not be accepted after this date.

Abstract Withdrawals

Withdrawal requests (from the first/presenting author only) should be made by midnight, December 10, 2009, EST (USA Time). All abstracts will be published and cannot be removed from publication after December 10 (even at the request of the author and/or principal investigator). Abstracts not withdrawn by December 10 will be reviewed and if selected for presentation at the Drosophila Annual Conference, will be published online. This information can be accessed by the public and may be referenced by the Genetics Society of America Media Relations staff and others. Once a presentation has been scheduled, first authors who are unable to make the presentation are asked to notify Suzy Brown (sbrown@genetics-gsa.org) immediately so that notation can be included in the Program Addendum.
 

Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts

To submit an abstract, follow the instructions for Web submission. Submissions must be completed before 11:59 PM on December 4, 2009, U.S. East Coast time.

Confirmation of abstract receipt will include an abstract control number, an author ID number for future reference and text of the abstract (for specifics, consult the Web instructions).  To double check that your submission was received, go to the abstract submission Web site and enter the submission program as though you plan to revise the abstract. If you do not find your abstract, it was not received and you should resubmit it.  You will not receive an e-mail confirmation.

Shortly before the abstract assignment Web site opens on or about January 25, 2010, authors will be sent a reminder e-mail to check the Conference Web site for platform and poster assignments. Individual notification letters will not be issued. It is the responsibility of each author to check the Web site to ascertain the assignment to poster or platform presentation.

Instructions for Submitting Abstracts

Step 1

Select a primary session topic area (1-18) from the following list. Select the area that best defines the session in which you would like to be included. Insert the number in the appropriate field on the Web abstract submission form.

 

1. Cell biology & signal transduction

2. Cell cycle and checkpoints

3. Cell death

4. Cell division and growth control

5. Chromatin and epigenetics

6. Drosophila models of human diseases

7. Evolution and quantitative genetics

8. Gametogenesis and organogenesis

9. Immunity and pathogenesis

10. Neural physiology and behavior

11. Neurogenetics and neural development

12. Pattern formation

13. Physiology and aging

14. Regulation of gene expression

15. RNA biology

16. Stem cells

17. Techniques and functional genomics

18. Educational Initiatives

 

Step 2

Select a secondary session topic area (01-18) from the list above.  This category, at the discretion of the program committee, will be used if the program committee feels conference attendees will be better served by placing the abstract in this area.  Insert the number in the appropriate field on the Web abstract submission form.

 

Step 3

Select a keyword from the keyword list on the following page and enter it in the appropriate place on the Web abstract submission form. You may choose only a keyword listed under the same number as the number of the session topic area you select from the above list. Do not use a keyword from another session topic area.

If you do not see a keyword that is appropriate for your abstract under the session topic you chose, please choose "other" as a keyword and fill in a keyword that best fits your research.

Posters will be grouped by the eighteen session topic areas listed above. Within these topics, posters will be ordered by keywords, in an effort to group related abstracts together within session topic areas.  NOTE:  Late abstract submissions will not be displayed in their topic area but will be grouped together with all late abstracts.  Late submissions will not be available through the online search.

Platform session topic areas will adhere as closely as possible to the session topic areas above, but are subject to modification based on the relative distribution of specific research areas in the pool of submitted abstract.

The Genetics Society of America Conferences - Abstract Licensing Agreement

In consideration of the Genetic Society of America's (GSA's) acceptance of the abstract, the sponsor author grants GSA a nonexclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to copy, reproduce and publish the abstract in GSA's publication of Drosophila Conference abstracts and/or other compilations or collective works to be assembled and owned by GSA (together, "Collective Works") in any form or medium now existing or hereafter created throughout the world.
 

The sponsor author understands and agrees that GSA shall own all rights, including copyright, in and to the Collective Works including the right to

1. distribute, reproduce, license, display, perform, lend, lease, or transfer rights to the Collective Works to third parties,
2. prepare derivative works of the Collective Works, and
3. register the Collective Works in GSA’s own name with the US Copyright Office.

It is understood that the sponsor author and/or third parties with copyrights shall retain copyright in and to the abstract contributed by the sponsor author to a Collective Work. The sponsor author affirms that he/she is the author and owner of the abstract and holds all copyrights in and to the abstract, or has secured any third party permissions necessary to grant GSA the above rights. The sponsor author is responsible for providing any related third party with a copy of this grant of rights.

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