Abstracts

Abstracts Open: 20^th January 2012

Abstract Submissions Close: 16^th March 2012

 A small number of abstracts (up to 6) will be selected for oral presentation for the Basic Science Program of ESA Seminar. This is an initiative for PhD students and early career researchers (up to 5 years post-doctoral). Abstracts will be selected under “Novel Techniques” and “Hot topics”.

Authors wishing to apply for oral presentation are required to fill out the attached application form outlining how their work aligns with either of these two topics. Selected speakers will be awarded a certificate to acknowledge their achievement in research.

Novel Techniques: We encourage authors to highlight (on your application form) whether the research presented in their abstract was obtained using a new technology/technique that may be of interest to other scientists.  Please include a brief description of the technique/technology (max 150 words) and its scope for endocrine research in your application.

If accepted for oral presentation, the speaker should include a detailed methodology, why the technique was chosen for your research, advantages and disadvantages, accessibility and any other points of interest.

Hot topics in Reproductive Endocrinology: In addition to the novel techniques a small number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentation. ‘Hot topic’ abstracts will be selected if your research is of high quality and cutting edge. Please provide (on your application form) a brief description (max 150 words) highlighting the novel aspects of your research.

Applications must be completed and sent to Jim Fawcett (jf@asnevents.net.au) before Friday 16^th March 2012.

Please click here to submit an abstract for ESA Seminar – Basic Stream

MEANS OF SUBMISSION - ONLINE

Once abstract submission has opened, please use the above link to submit your abstract for the ESA Seminar Weekend 2012.

The first step 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 you complete any section of the ‘dashboard’, you will receive a confirmation email.
You can use your email and password to access your registration at any time.

Once you have paid for your registration you will be able to upload your abstract for ESA Seminar Weekend 2012 via your "dashboard".

Once submitted you can access your abstract submission at any time to edit and observe its selection status from your dashboard.

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) - Note pasting using Mozilla can be problematic depending on your security settings. If you have issues, try and find a computer with IE on it in the first instance, thought there are work around for Mozilla (ie don't use keypad shortcuts, stick to menu commands, and type one space first in the box in question)

* 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

*You must select whether you wish for your abstract to be considered for either a "Poster or an Oral"

*You must enter your supervisors name and email address (even if you are a supervisor)

* There are two categories which you can select from, they are:

• Novel Techniques

• Hot topics

* Abstract Submissions must not include tables, graphs or images.

WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED THE SUBMISSION
As long as you haven't incorrectly filled your own email address, you will get an immediate confirmation which includes a .pdf copy of your submission for your records. On the last screen of the lodgement page

YES - YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED!!
You can go back to your dashboard and make edit changes until the program committee commences scoring the abstracts.

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.