Abstracts will appear on the Web and in the program and abstracts volume exactly as submitted, i.e., no corrections, additions, revisions or deletions will be made by the GSA staff. Revisions and corrections can be made only by the author via the Web abstract submission program no later than the November 27, 2000, deadline for receipt of abstract submissions. Please proof your text carefully before submitting.

Because slide presentation requests far exceed slide presentation slots (only 10-15% of all abstracts received can be accommodated in slide sessions), authors should be prepared to present a poster if their abstract is not selected for a slide presentation.

Any authors presenting a talk in a workshop may not make a slide session presentation on the same topic.

Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts

To submit an abstract, follow the instructions for Web submission. Submissions must be completed before midnight on Monday night, November 27, 2000, U.S. East Coast time.

Receipt of each abstract submission as entered by the author will be acknowledged electronically to the author's e-mail address. 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).

In late January, authors will be notified by e-mail about the selection of their abstracts for either a poster or slide presentation.

Instructions for Submitting Abstracts

STEP 1: Select a session topic area (01-12) 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. 01 Cell division and cytoskeleton 02 Chromosome structure and function 03 Gene regulation 04 Signal transduction 05 Pattern formation 06 Reproduction 07 Organogenesis 08 Neural development 09 Neural physiology and behavior 10 Evolution 11 Immune system and apoptosis 12 Techniques and genomics

STEP 2: Select a keyword from the keyword list 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 fits your research best.     Posters will be grouped by the twelve session topic areas listed in the adjacent column. Within these topics, posters will be ordered by keywords, in an effort to group related abstracts together within session topic areas.     Slide 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 abstracts.