Abstract Submission

Each abstract must be submitted on the World Wide Web. Complete and detailed instructions for submitting abstracts on the Web are available at this website beginning on or around September 26, 2003. Abstracts prepared on paper and mailed to the GSA office, photo-copies, facsimiles or e-mails of abstracts will not be accepted.

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. Only the author may make revisions and corrections via the Web abstract submission program. GSA staff cannot make revisions. All revisions must be made no later than the November 19, 2003, revision deadline. Please proof your text carefully before submitting.

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.

Authors presenting a talk in a workshop may not make a platform 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 17, 2003, U.S. East Coast time.

Receipt of each abstract submission as entered by the author will be confirmed on screen immediately following submission. Confirmation of abstract receipt will include an abstract control number, an author ID number for future reference, and text of the abstract. If this confirmation does not appear on your screen immediately following abstract submission then your abstract was not received. To double check, go to the abstract submission Web site and enter the submission program as if you plan to revise the abstract. If you do not find your abstract, it was not received and you should resubmit it.

In early January, authors will be sent an e-mail reminder 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 session topic area (01-13) 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 Meiosis, mitosis, and cell division
02  Cytoskeleton and cellular biology
03  Genome and chromosome structure
04  Regulation of gene expression
05  Signal transduction
06  Pattern formation
07  Gametogenesis and sex determination
08  Organogenesis
09  Neurogenetics and neural development
10  Neural physiology and behavior
11  Evolution and quantitative genetics
12  Immune system and cell death
13  Techniques and genomics

  STEP 2: Select a keyword from the following 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 key-word 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 select "other" as a keyword and fill in a keyword that fits your research best.

Posters will be grouped by the thirteen 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.

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 abstracts.

  KEYWORDS

01  Meiosis, mitosis, and cell division

    1. mitosis
    2. meiosis
    3. checkpoint
    4. kinase/phosphatase/cyclin
    5. developmental modulation
    6. centrosome
    7. kinetochores and cohesion
    8. spindles and motors
    9. cytokinesis
    10. other

02  Cytoskeleton and cellular biology

    1. cytoskeleton
    2. intracellular transport
    3. cytonemes
    4. other

03  Genome and chromosome structure

    1. chromatin and remodeling complexes
    2. insulators/boundary elements
    3. polycomb/trithorax complexes
    4. position effect variegation
    5. dosage compensation
    6. telomere
    7. centromere
    8. transposons
    9. other

04  Regulation of gene expression

    1. core promoters and general transcription factors
    2. enhancers
    3. activators/coactivators
    4. repressors/corepressors
    5. transcription elongation
    6. splicing and its regulation
    7. RNA modification and editing
    8. translational control
    9. RNA localization
    10. other

05  Signal transduction

    1. kinase/phosphatase
    2. cell-cell communication
    3. G protein
    4. receptor-ligand
    5. tumorigenesis
    6. protease
    7. second messengers
    8. downstream cascades and targets
    9. other

06  Pattern formation

    1. segmentation
    2. homeotics
    3. axis specification
    4. compartments and boundaries
    5. cell migration and motility
    6. cell polarity
    7. commitment
    8. imaginal disk derivatives
    9. non-Drosophila patterning
    10. other

07  Gametogenesis and sex determination

    1. oogenesis (germ line)
    2. oogenesis (soma)
    3. spermatogenesis
    4. pre-gametogenic germ cell development
    5. sex determination (germ line)
    6. sex determination (soma)
    7. sex-specific traits and molecules
    8. fertilization
    9. other

08  Organogenesis

    1. endodermal derivatives
    2. mesodermal derivatives (muscle)
    3. mesodermal derivatives (nonmuscle)
    4. ectodermal derivatives (nonneural)
    5. extracellular matrix/cell adhesion
    6. other

09  Neurogenetics and neural development

    1. axon guidance
    2. synaptogenesis
    3. neuronal specification
    4. programmed cell death
    5. glia
    6. hormonal control
    7. CNS
    8. sensory
    9. postembryonic
    10. other

10  Neural physiology and behavior

    1. sensory
    2. synapse
    3. neurotransmitters
    4. neuropeptides
    5. ion channels
    6. homeostasis
    7. learning/memory
    8. courtship and mating
    9. circadian rhythms
    10. hormones
    11. other

11  Evolution and quantitative genetics

    1. genome evolution
    2. population variation
    3. evolution and development
    4. quantitative traits
    5. speciation
    6. phylogenetics
    7. other

12  Immune system and cell death

    1. cellular immunity
    2. humoral immunity
    3. caspases
    4. death mutants/genes
    5. inhibitors of apoptosis (iaps)
    6. transcriptional regulation
    7. other

13  Techniques and genomics

    1. microarrays
    2. RNAi
    3. microscopy
    4. gene disruption and targeting
    5. gene mapping
    6. computational analyses
    7. mutational screens
    8. molecular interactions
    9. other