Abstract Fee: There is a $100 nonrefundable fee for each submitted abstract.
- All abstracts must be submitted electronically.
- Payment is required at time of submission.
- Payment may be made with Visa, MasterCard or American Express credit cards. A receipt of the abstract handling charge will be emailed to the first author only.
- Submitting an abstract does not register you for the conference.
- Registration is a separate charge. You must register for the conference to be able to present your abstract during the conference. See the registration tab for more details.
- If an abstract is withdrawn, the submission fee cannot be refunded.
Abstract Categories
- Biomechanics, locomotion and functional morphology
- Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology
- Conservation physiology
- Developmental physiology
- Endocrinology and reproduction
- Evolutionary physiology
- Ecotoxicology
- Metabolism and energetics
- Nutrition, digestion and gastrointestinal physiology
- “-Omics” in comparative physiology
- Osmotic, ionic and acid-base physiology
- Physiology of behavior
- Sensory physiology and neurobiology
- Thermal biology
Choose an abstract topic category in the “Details” section of the submission process. If none of the categories are relevant to your abstract, choose the topic that is closest to your research or select “Other.” The Organizing Committee will review each abstract to determine its proper placement.
Abstracts should contain:
- a sentence stating the study objective (unless given in the title),
- a brief statement of methods,
- a summary of the results obtained (if applicable), and
- a statement of the conclusions.
Please use a short, specific title, capitalize initial letters of trade names and use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Nonstandard abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
All investigations involving humans and animals reported in abstracts must have been conducted in conformance with guidelines for experimental procedures as set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki and APS “Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals in Research and Training.” The Organizing Committee will refuse abstracts in which evidence of adherence to these guidelines is not apparent.
All abstracts submitted for the conference—unless withdrawn—will be viewable via a password- protected SharePoint site on the APS website one week before the conference and up to one month after the conference. Abstracts will be reproduced directly from the electronic submission entry and will serve as the official conference proceedings. Instructions for citing abstracts will be included on the website.
- A link to abstract preparation instructions is provided on each screen throughout the submission site.
- The first author must be the presenting author.
- Have the abstract title and all the author(s) contact information available.
- Prepare only the body of your abstract as a document (MS Word document is preferred) on your personal computer. Paste the text of your abstract into the online program.
- Do not include the title, authors or affiliations within the main body of the abstract.
- Do not use all capital letters when entering the abstract title, author names and affiliations. Use proper formatting with uppercase and lowercase letters.
- Include the funding source(s) as the last line of your abstract or add references, if needed.
- Limit your submission to 3,500 characters and spaces. This includes the title, authors, institutions, the abstract body and references.
- Select your preferred type of presentation within the submission site, however, please note that your presentation preference is not guaranteed. The conference organizers make the final decisions about oral and poster presentations. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be programmed as posters.
- The first author must register for the conference to present a submitted abstract. Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings to make alternate arrangements if the first author is not available to attend.
- Only the first author will be notified of the presentation date and time.
Abstract-based Trainee Awards are available. If eligible, you may indicate your intent to be considered for an award during the abstract submission. See what awards are available for this conference by clicking on Awards in the menu.
Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings with any question about submitting an abstract.
Important Abstract Information
EXTENDED Abstract submission deadline: Friday, July 15, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
Abstract presentation and acceptance notifications: mid-August 2022.
Who can submit? APS members and nonmembers are eligible to submit an abstract.
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