Abstract submission

The deadline for abstract submission is 21 January 2010.  Oral presentations will be selected from the submitted abstracts.  However, if you would prefer your abstract to be considered for a poster only, please make this clear during submission.  Please download the abstract submission guidelines here.

Abstracts should fit within one A4 page with margins of no less than 2 cm.  If you choose to include greyscale images in your abstract, they must fit within the 1 page limit and the total submitted file size must be less than 1 MB.  Please use Times New Roman font and justify all type to the left.  Title should be in bold, 14 pt type.  Leave a blank line, then type the names of the authors in 12 pt type with their given name (first name) followed by their surname. (last name).  Underline the name of the presenting author.  Leave another blank line then type the author affiliations in 10 pt type.  Use numerical superscripts if they are from more than one institution.  Leave another blank line then type the main body of text, single spaced and in 12 pt type.    Please save your abstract as a word (.doc) file and email it as an attachment to pd2010@bio.usyd.edu.au.

Please refer to the following sample abstract as a formatting guide:

Contact the conference organizers by email at pd2010@bio.usyd.edu.au