Delegates are encouraged to submit a poster abstract; all abstracts will be reviewed by the organising committee. Before submitting your abstract please read the meeting scope and purpose and tailor your abstract to the intent and goals of the meeting.

If your abstract is selected for a talk, you are not expected to also bring a poster.

All talks will be recorded live. The recordings will be made available to the public as soon as possible following the presentation, and speakers should ensure they are happy for their presentation content to be recorded and available publicly. If you do not want to be considered as a selected speaker, please indicate this when submitting your abstract. Delegates can opt to include a digital copy of their poster in the public virtual poster exhibition.

The deadline for your abstract to be considered for a selected talk was 4 January 2023 and is now closed.

Poster abstract submission has been extended until Monday 13 March 2023.  If you cannot attend in person but would like to submit a poster, please contact Christine Phillips. 

Abstract guidelines:

• 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 sentence case
• Second line: the author(s)' name(s) in upper case. Underline the name of the author presenting the work. First and middle names denoted by initials followed by last names in full.
• Third line: Full address of the lead author’s institution:
• 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 (200 words max)
• Saved as a Microsoft Word .docx document to upload with your submission
  

Example abstract:

The origin of Helianthus deserticola: survival and selection in a desert habitat

B. L. GROSS, N. C. KANE, C. LEXER, L. H. RIESEBERG

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.

Poster guidelines

For delegates attending in person, they should bring their printed poster with them, and they will be put on display on the first day of the event.

Posters should be portrait or landscape, no larger than 3 ft by 4ft (approximately A0, or 92cm by 122cm).

Virtual poster exhibition and flash talks – In-person delegates can opt to include their poster in the public virtual poster exhibition and submit a pre-recorded flash talk – further details will be confirmed directly to poster presenters. 

Good posters should present complex information in a clear and concise way. Posters that present information well will have graphics with large, clear fonts and images, and attractive backgrounds.

For in-person posters, the text and figures should be readable from a short distance of at least one metre. The text presented should be precise and structured with a logical flow to the information. Posters that are considered to be strong for novelty and quality of the research should concentrate on focused problems, innovative solutions, rigorous methodologies, and should be significant contributions to the meeting.

Abstract submission is being administered by the New Phytologist Foundation, please note this is separate from the registration process and you will need to create a separate log-in account to submit your abstract. If you have any questions about the abstract submission process, please contact Christine Phillips, Events and Promotion Manager.