Abstracts

Choose an abstract topic category in the “Details” section of the submission process. If you don’t see a category 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 in the programming of the poster sessions.

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.

In addition, 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 the APS Guiding Principals in the Care and Use of Animals. The Organizing Committee will refuse abstracts in which evidence of adherence to these guidelines is not apparent.

All abstracts submitted for the conference will be bound within the official program and handed out on-site. Abstracts will be reproduced directly from the electronic submission. The program distributed on-site will serve as the official conference proceedings. Authorization of the senior author certifies that the research adheres to the APS Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals. View the APS Guiding Principles.

• Read the instructions. A link to the instructions is provided on each screen throughout the submission site.
• Have the abstract title and 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.
• The entire abstract submission should not exceed 3500 characters, including spaces.
• Have your credit card information and expiration date available to pay the $75 abstract submission fee.

The abstract submission fee is non-refundable and does not include the registration fee to attend the conference.

• All abstracts submitted for the conference will be accepted for a poster presentation. Abstracts may also be selected for short talks within planned sessions on rare occasions, an abstract is not accepted by the Organizing Committee.
• 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 the workshop. 
• First author abstract presenters will be notified of the exact date, time, poster number and how to upload a PDF of their poster, short video and an audio recording into the virtual platform in mid-October, 2020.

Abstract-based Trainee Awards are available. If eligible, you may apply during the abstract submission process by following the links provided after paying the submission fee.

Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings or call 301.634.7971 with questions.