Call for papers
BEHAVIOR GENETICS ASSOCIATION
36th Annual Meeting University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA June 20-24, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND SYMPOSIA
Any regular or associate member of the Behavior Genetics Association is entitled to submit one paper for oral presentation at the annual meeting, to appear as a junior author on others (number unrestricted), and to offer an unrestricted number of papers for poster presentation only. With the exception of symposia or workshop appearances, a member may be first author on only one paper given orally. First authors should present all oral papers. The Program Committee may invite distinguished non-members to take part in symposia or to give papers or special lectures. Except by invitation, a paper previously published or read at another professional meeting may not be presented unless it is a substantial elaboration of the earlier report.
Abstracts are to be submitted online via the Conference Maker which is a web-based program for organizing international conferences. Instructions are provided in the separate document, SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS. Each abstract is limited to 2000 characters, including citations. Please note that citations must be given for references cited in the abstract. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 15, 2006. You will receive an automatic email acknowledgement upon completing your submission. Notification of the acceptance of your abstract and assignment to a paper or poster session will be made at a later time.
The Program Committee will try to meet requests for either oral or poster presentation format, but final decisions will depend on scheduling constraints. Contributors to poster sessions should plan to be in attendance at a scheduled time for discussion with viewers. The presentation area on the poster boards is 4’ high by 6’ wide. Papers to be read aloud in topical sessions will generally be limited to 15 minutes, including questions.
Only associate members are eligible for consideration for the Thompson Award. Both posters and oral presentations may be considered for the Thompson Award. The author must be a student or be reporting work recently done while a student; he or she must be an active associate member of the Association; he or she must be the sole or first author of the paper; and the work must be primarily his or her own. For a submission to be considered for the award, indicate “YES” in the field for Eligible for Thompson Award when submitting your abstract on line.
Suggestions for symposia or workshop sessions should be sent by email to the chair of the Program Committee, Laura Baker (lbaker@usc.edu), by March 15, 2006. Earlier submission would be helpful, and informal queries about ideas for symposium are encouraged. Please include the names and affiliations of investigators who have agreed to take part; a 300-word overview of the symposium; the amount of time requested for the symposium. Abstracts for each talk must be submitted online through Conference Maker. The symposium summary should be sent by email to the Program Chair.