All participants are invited to submit abstracts for posters and oral competition by September 10, 2010.
Conference Themes
Suggested topics for POSTERS include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Rodent Resource and Animal Welfare
- Facility Management and Operation
- Animal Models for Biomedical Research
- Quality Control
- Laboratory Animal Technologies
- Nonclinical Animal Testing
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Open：April 1, 2010
Abstract Submission Deadline：July 31, 2010
Abstract Submission Deadline：September 10, 2010
(Submission received after this date will not be taken into consideration)
Notification of Acceptance：August 10, 2010
Notification of Acceptance：September 15, 2010
Rules for Submission
All abstracts must be prepared according to the guidelines provided. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be accepted for review. In order to standardize the abstract layout, we kindly ask you to read the preparation guidelines carefully. We encourage you to submit early to ensure prompt confirmation and processing
- Submit an abstract ONLY through the on-line Abstract Submission system, and thus not by letter, fax, e-mail or on disk / CD.
- Abstract for posters must be written in ENGLISH; abstracts for oral competition can be written in ENGLISH or CHINESE.
- The body of the abstract is limited to 400 words (minimum 150 words), excluding the title and contact information on authors. It is recommended using word-processing software (for example Word) for editing your abstract and counting the number of words.
- Font size should be no bigger than 12 pt. Times New Roman.
- Please put the title in CAPITAL letters. The title should be concise and indicate the content of the abstract.
- Abstract are to be text only. Table, pictures, figures, symbols, diagrams and graphs should not be included in the abstract.
- There is no limit on the number of abstracts an author may submit.
- It is the author’s responsibility to submit a correct abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientific facts will be published as typed by the author, if accepted. If you need help, please arrange for the review of your abstract by a colleague who is a native English speaker, by a university scientific publications office (or other similar facility) or by a copy editor, prior to submission. Poor English may be a cause for rejection.
- Abstracts must be submitted by the presenting author who should complete all fields on the online submission form.
- The presenting author will be required to register for the Congress in order to ensure their abstract(s) are included in the oral/poster program and eligible to present their papers in the Congress.
- Abstracts whose authors did not register to attend the meeting risk being withdraw.
- The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission and of all communications thereafter.
- Changes in the abstract are possible until September 10, 2010 through your Personal Page, which can be accessed with the password and email included in the electronic confirmation of receipt.
- Abstracts are not eligible if already presented at an international meeting or would be published prior to the 4th AFLAS Congress Meeting.
Abstract Content
Abstracts stating merely that the results will be presented or discussed are considered uninformative and will be subject to rejection. Abstracts will include the following sections:
- Objective (Aim of the Study): stating concisely why the study was conducted
- Methods
- Main Results: confirming or refuting the hypothesis, supported by statistics if appropriate
- Conclusion
Instructions for Abstract Submission
Before you begin, please prepare the following information:
- You will need a user account to submit the abstract. To create a user account, please click [Register] on the submission system.
- Presenting author’s contact detail (Email address, full postal address, daytime and evening phone number).
- The presenting author’s name must be written in bold.
- Author and co-authors’ details (full first and family name(s), affiliation details and email(s)).
- If you wish to WITHDRAW an abstract, please contact the Congress Secretariat before September 30, 2010. Otherwise the abstracts will still be published in the abstract book if accepted.
If you are unable to submit via the website or are experiencing difficulties in submitting your abstracts, please contact the Congress Secretariat at aflas2010@gisgroup.com or call +886-2-8780-5688 ext.270
Review Process
The abstract selection process for AFLAS 2010 is organized under the auspices of the 4th AFLAS Congress Meeting Secretariat. All submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by multiple members of the Academic Committees. Scoring is based on originality, importance and ethics of the work.
Accept: The paper is accepted with no editing requirements to be included in the book of abstracts.
Reject: No suitable for presentation at the Congress.
Reject and resubmit: The paper is rejected unless the authors can make satisfactory responses to the reviewers’ concerns. The paper will then be accepted only if all the concerns are addressed to the satisfaction of the reviewers.
Notification of Acceptance
Abstracts accepted will be notified by e-mail. It is the responsibility of the author to inform the other authors about the status of the abstract. Scheduling details and oral competition instructions will be included with this correspondence. All the accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book, which will be distributed to each registered participants at the Congress.
Only abstracts sent through the system will be accepted. To enter into the system, you will need your credentials that you receive while submitting your short abstract. If you have forgotten the credentials, please click on the login page the FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD button and order your password by sending your e-mail address (which you use for the first abstract). You will receive a password to your e-mail address.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts for your contributions to what promises to be a very memorable 4th AFLAS Congress Meeting in Taipei.
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