Abstract Submission
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Abstract Preparation Specifications
All abstracts must be in English, using metric units. Do not include illustrations, figures, or photos. Use no smaller than 10-point type if submitting by mail. Use a single space between sentences.
The title of the abstract must be in all caps and must not exceed 160 characters. The body of the abstract must adhere to a maximum count of 180 words, exclusive of the title and the author citations. Please make the abstract as informative and representative of your presentation as possible.
The abstract submittal system uses the UTF-8 (Unicode) character set. Submitters may use HTML coding to set italics or display special characters. Please do not use bold or underline formatting however, as this will be stripped out in the final, printed version of your abstract. Make sure you properly close your HTML tags as well.
Some examples:
- Italics: <em>Synechococcus</em> yields Synechococcus
- Sub/superscript: CO<sub>2</sub> = CO2, 10<sup>-1</sup> = 10-1
- Greek: µ = µ, Σ = Σ, δ= δ
- Math: ≈ yields ≈, ≠ yields ≠, ≤ yields ≤
- Non-English Characters: á = á, ñ = ñ, ü= ü, Č= Č
a good reference for finding and using codes can be found at: http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blhtmlcodes-math.htm
Important! Special characters and formatting are not required. Every abstract will be considered equally.
We offer the opportunity for authors who want to take the extra steps or who want to more properly submit personal and family names or the name of their organization.
Session Topic Codes
To assist the organizing committee in assigning your abstract to an appropriate session, please use the session codes from the meeting's session list to find sessions appropriate for your paper. Please enter your first and second choices under the Session Topic Code portion of the abstract form. Be sure to include the complete code for the appropriate session. While every attempt will be made to accommodate your session requests, the committee cannot guarantee your abstract will be placed in any of the sessions chosen. Priority is given to the overall scientific program and, therefore, final placement is solely at the discretion of the organizing committee.
Previewing Abstracts
When you submit your abstract, you will receive a confirmation and will be given a login and password for making necessary corrections. Please check your abstract for errors after you submit.
Author Notification
Presenting authors will receive electronic confirmation when the abstract and registration are received and will receive confirmation in this same manner when the abstract is accepted and assigned. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the web site after the scientific program schedule has been determined. If confirmation and notification by electronic means are not possible, please indicate an alternate method of notification when you submit your abstract.
Additional Charges to Authors
Any author who submits an abstract on a disk and then also submits via the Internet will be charged a non-refundable duplicate submission fee of $60 USD.
- An author who submits the same abstract more than once via the Internet will be charged a non-refundable duplicate submission fee of $60 USD.
- Likewise, any author who submits an abstract and then resubmits the same abstract with revisions or changes or sends in a request for the appropriate changes to be made will be charged a non-refundable abstract change fee of $60 USD.
Important Notes
- Payment of the abstract submission fee and full registration fee (in USD) is required, plus the completed form must accompany each abstract. (Abstracts will not be considered unless the presenting author has registered for the meeting and paid the full registration fee.)
- Abstracts will not be accepted by fax or e-mail.
- Do not mail in any abstracts or registration materials if you submit electronically!
- Abstracts must adhere to the guidelines in this brochure.
- Only one paper per first author will be accepted.
- Duplicate submissions will be charged a non-refundable processing fee of $60.00 USD.
- Abstract revisions or changes made by the ASLO Business Office will be subject to an abstract change fee of $60.00 USD.
- It may be necessary to accept for poster presentation some abstracts submitted for oral presentation, and, likewise, abstracts submitted for poster presentation may be accepted as oral presentations.
- The submission deadline of midnight (23:59 US, CDT) Thursday, 28 February 2008, will be strictly adhered to.
Non-Refundable Fees for Duplicate Submissions and Abstract Changes
Duplicate abstract submissions and/or registrations will be charged a non-refundable processing fee of $60 USD to cover the costs associated with processing. If submitting electronically, DO NOT submit mailed-in hard copies as well.
Also, any author who submits an abstract by mail and then resubmits the same abstract with revisions or changes or sends in a request for the appropriate changes to be made will be charged an abstract change fee of $60 USD.
