Abstract Guidelines
The abstracts should include the title and authors and must be 250 words maximum in length. Please indicate whether you would prefer an oral or poster presentation- we will try to accommodate your choice. All predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees who have been in the lab for one year or more are invited to submit an abstract for a poster or an 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
Abstract submissions are now closed. If you still need to submit your abstract, please contact Heather Carter at hcarter3@uab.edu.