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Posters
Poster Abstract submission
deadline - 3 July 2009
The number of posters are limited
and so will be restricted to one poster
per presenting author and be subject
to a selection procedure based on
submitted abstracts. Preference will
be given to new unpublished, or recently
published, work. Please send your
abstracts according to the guidelines
below by 3 July 2009. You will receive
an email by 10 July 2009 informing
you whether or not your abstract has
been accepted as a poster. Note there
will be prizes awarded for the best
posters.
Poster abstracts will be published
in the symposium program and will
be made available on the symposium
website.
Grants
Grant application submission
deadline - 15 May 2009
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.
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
22 May 2009.
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 Holly Slater (newphytsymp@lancaster.ac.uk).
In the subject header of the email
write 22nd NPS Abstract – followed
by the name of the author presenting
the work (e.g. 22nd NPS Abstract –MH
Lebrun).
Receipt of abstracts will be notified
by email.
Decisions on abstractswill be sent
by email by the 10th July 2009 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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