RULES FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The regular deadline to submit a poster abstract has passed. We will continue to accept late-breaking abstracts until May 3, 2010. Please complete the Online Abstract Submission form to be considered. More details can be found on the Poster Presenter Resources page.
Each abstract must contain:
- a sentence stating the study's objective (unless given in the title)
- a brief statement of methods (if pertinent)
- a summary of the results
- a statement of the conclusions. It is not satisfactory to say, "The results will be discussed."
- the species and sex of the experimental subjects, materials and cell lines
- abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses; exceptions are for commonly used abbreviations such as DNA, RNA, HIV, etc; use standard abbreviations for units of measure
All material presented on a poster should be the work of the author(s) or otherwise appropriately referenced. Presenters must ensure that all authors listed have had a significant role in the research being reported. Copies of the submitted abstract must be communicated to all authors before submission.
Work submitted for presentation should not have been reported previously in an archival scientific publication, either as an article or as an abstract, at the time of submission. An abstract is, however, a proper medium for rapid communication of work that will subsequently appear as a full-length article.
Poster presentations should emphasize the significance of results and general principles rather than ordinary methods and procedures. Click here to see an example of a properly formatted abstract.
The goals of OSSD and its annual meeting are the following:
- To facilitate interdisciplinary research on sex/gender differences at all levels of biological organization;
- To advance the understanding of sex/gender differences by bringing together scientists and clinicians of diverse backgrounds;
- To encourage the application of new knowledge of sex/gender differences to improve health and health care; and
- To promote the field of sex/gender differences research through education, mentoring, and outreach.
We encourage OSSD members to submit abstracts for poster presentations on all topics on sex differences in biology and medicine.
