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Abstract Guidelines

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We are accepting abstracts for poster or oral presentations online. The abstracts should include: the title and authors; and should be less than 250 words in length (excluding title and authors). The submission deadline for abstracts is 11:59 PM, Sunday, October 13th.  All pre- and postdoctoral students are expected to submit an abstract for a poster or oral presentation.

Oral and Poster Presentations will be 10 minutes, with five minutes of questions and answers. Posters should be no larger than 36” high x 48” wide. Please do not have posters printed until after you have been notified that your abstract has been selected for poster presentation.

Judges will be using a simple scoring method based on the following criteria:

  • Presentation of Hypothesis
  • Appropriateness of Methods 
  • Validity of Results Related to Stated Hypothesis 
  • Appropriateness – Importance of Conclusions 
  • Format and Organization 
  • Responses to Questions 
  • Innovation: Ideas/Methods/Conclusions 
  • Staying on time

Participants eligible to compete for awards:

  • All PhD students and postdocs in primary and secondary faculty labs
  • All MS researchers residing in primary and secondary faculty labs


Abstract Submissions are no longer being accepted.