Abstracts

Abstract submission is now open for ESA-SRB 2012.

The abstract submission deadline is Friday 15^th June 2012.

Please read the important information below before submitting your abstract for the ESA-SRB 2012 Meeting.
 
There are several abstract categories for both ESA & SRB for 2012.

The categories for ESA are:
Clinical
Basic Science

Please see the ESA website for all awards and application procesess: www.endocrinesociety.org.au/awards.htm

The categories for SRB are:
Assisted Reproductive Technology - Stem Cells
Gene regulation
Growth factors / Cytokines / Immune System
Male Reproductive tract
Native/Exotic species biology
Oocyte/blastocyst/embryo
Ovary/Follicle Development/Corpus luteum
Pituitary/Gonadal axis
Pregnancy/Parturition/Placenta
Receptors/Signal transduction
Seasonality
Spermatogenesis / Sperm function
Uterus/Placenta/Implantation

Please see the SRB website for all awards and application procesess: www.srb.asnevents.com.au/index.php/travel-grants-and-awards.html

*If you are applying for society awards you will need to tick the abstract awards box in abstract submission as well as complete the online application forms and criteria.

The first step in uploading your abstract is to record your personal details on your own ‘dashboard’. If you have already completed it for your registration or another ASN event, you will not have to repeat this, just login to your ‘dashboard’ as a returning delegate. As you complete your registration you will receive a confirmation email. You will be able to upload your abstract via your personal 'dashboard.'

You can use your email and password to access your abstract submission at any time.

The presenting author must be the person submitting the abstract and they must do this from their own ‘dashboard’.

You can cut and paste your abstract in several simple steps. The benefits of this system are many but include:
i. Allowing you to preview your abstract and make modifications to your satisfaction.
ii. Ensuring you know your lodgement is completed as you will receive an immediate email confirmation
iii. Ensuring accurate indexing of all authors in the abstract book
iv. Ensuring consistent presentation of all abstracts in the proceedings (overarching formatting is imposed).

Before You Start
* Are you using one of the following browsers
   INTERNET EXPLORER (ver 5.5 or newer)
   NETSCAPE (ver 7.4 or newer) or
   MOZILLA (ver 1.3 or newer)
If not the screen will tell you if it detects you are using the wrong software and you would be advised to change to a computer with one of them installed.

* Have you got your abstract open and running on your own computer? – you need to be able to cut and paste it onto the web. (Note that keypad short cuts do not work with Mozilla, you need to use the menu, edit, paste command to paste in text to your submission).

* Is your abstract text less than 300 words – it will not allow you to paste larger submissions. The word count does NOT include your title, authoring or cited references

* Have you got a table in your abstract? If you have, it may copy and paste straight into the submission. This is likely if you have used the Times New Roman font and it is not physically large (try and keep it less than 12 cm wide on an A4 sheet). Otherwise you should save a copy of your table as an image file on your own computer first and upload that. (It should be a .tif .gif .png or .jpg file)

WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED THE SUBMISSION
You will receive a confirmation email with your Abstract Submission Reference Number. You can view or edit your abstract by returning to your dashboard.

If you do not receive this confirmation email, please contact ASN Events.

YES - YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED!!
Changes can be made to your abstract until the scoring process begins. Just return to your Conference Dashboard and select the Edit option under Abstracts. The edit option will no longer appear once scoring has commenced.

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
Notification of programming decisions will come from the secretariat shortly after the expiry of deadlines and the working program will be posted to the web site. It will also appear on your own ‘dashboard’. The notification will include specific presentation instructions but in the interim, those preparing posters should note the maximum size allowed is 100cm wide by 120cm deep. Velcro will be available to fix the poster to the boards. Computer data projection is the preferred presentation method for orals.

WEB PUBLISHING
A couple of weeks before the meeting, the final program will be published to this web page along with hyperlinks to the abstracts.

Important Information
Please note that your abstract will not be included in the program if you do not register and pay for your registration.