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Abstract submission deadline - 25 April 2008
Posters will be limited to 30 and so will be subject to a selection
procedure based on submitted abstracts. Please send your abstracts
according to the guidelines below by 25th April 2008. You will receive
an email by 2nd May 2008 informing you whether or not your abstract
has been accepted as a poster.
Poster abstracts will be published in the symposium program and will
be made available on the symposium website.
Grants
Grant submission deadline - 28 March 2008
We have a number of travel grants available for students and early-stage
career scientists (researchers in their first post-doctoral position)
wishing to attend. Each grant will consist of a free registration
plus a contribution towards travel expenses (Participants from the
UK £50; Europe £100; rest of the world £300 UK Sterling).
If you wish to apply for a grant please accompany your poster abstract
submission with a brief (no more than 200 word) statement indicating
your position (graduate student/postdoc), reasons for wishing to attend
and a supporting statement from a scientist who has agreed to act
as a referee for your application, usually your group leader (please
include their contact details). Decisions will be notified by the
4th April 2008.
Abstract guidelines
Format
- Abstracts should be no more than 200 words and should fill a space
no larger than half an A4 page
- Single spacing, Arial font, 10 point
- First line: title in bold lower case
- Second line: the author(s)' name(s) in upper case. Underline
the name of the author presenting the work
- Third line: full address of the institution(s) where the work
was carried out, in italic lower case
- Leave a single line space after the address
- Main text: provide concise details of the background and objective(s)
of the investigation, methods used, results and conclusions
| Example abstract:
The origin of Helianthus deserticola: survival
and selection in a desert habitat
GROSS, BRIANA L., KANE, NOLAN C., LEXER, CHRISTIAN &
RIESEBERG, LOREN H.
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Jordan Hall 142,
1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
The diploid hybrid species Helianthus deserticola
inhabits an extreme environment relative to its parental species
H. annuus and H. petiolaris. Adaptation to
the arid desert floor may have occurred via the acquisition
of novel phenotypes resulting from transgressive segregation
in early hybrids. We have explored this possibility through
a field experiment designed to test the direction and intensity
of phenotypic selection, using crosses between the parental
species as proxies for the ancestral genotype of the ancient
hybrid species. Helianthus deserticola, H. annuus, H. petiolaris,
and early-generation hybrids between H. annuus and H. petiolaris
were all grown in native H. deserticola habitat,
and a selection analysis revealed that several traits were subject
to strong selective pressures. Several of the traits under selection
were also extreme or transgressive in H. deserticola,
and the range of variation present in BC2 hybrids suggests that
many aspects of the H. deserticola phenotype are easily
recreated. Thus, transgressive segregation may have contributed
to the adaptation of H. deserticola to the desert habitat.
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Submission
- Abstracts should be formatted as .DOC or .RTF documents and emailed
as an attachment to Helen Pinfield-Wells (newphytsymp@lancaster.ac.uk).
In the subject header of the email write 20th NPS Abstract –
followed by the name of the author presenting the work (e.g. 20th
NPS Abstract – A. Meharg).
- Receipt of abstracts will be notified by email.
- Decision on abstract will be sent by email by the 2nd May 2008
informing you whether or not your abstract has been accepted and
whether it has been accepted as a poster.
Poster guidelines
Posters should be no larger than A0 size, portrait (118 cm high
x 84 cm wide)
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