Association for Molecular Pathology

AMP Invitation to Submit Abstracts to the 2008 Annual Meeting
Deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008 11:59:59PM (Eastern U.S. time)
Please read the instructions, then click on link at bottom of page to submit your abstract online.

All participants at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association for Molecular Pathology are invited to submit abstracts of work related to molecular pathology and diagnostics. Complete abstracts must be submitted online no later than 11:59:59PM (Eastern) on Monday, June 2, 2008. Faxed, emailed or mailed abstracts are not acceptable. Eligible abstracts will be published in the November 2008 issue of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (JMD). Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to present posters at the Annual Meeting summarizing their studies. Abstracts that have been accepted to be presented as posters but are not eligible for publication in JMD will be published in the AMP Annual Meeting Program Book.

1. IMPORTANT: Abstracts must be submitted properly. The online system is a database, the fields of which (title, author 1, author 2, author 3, etc) are used to generate the published abstracts. Therefore, pay careful attention to the submission instructions and to the submission process. Ask for technical support (see link at top of submission screens) if you are not sure. Abstracts that are not submitted properly will receive an administrative reject and will not be reviewed.

2. Only AMP Regular Members are eligible to submit abstracts. Associate Members and non-members must have a Regular Member sponsor their abstract.

3. Abstracts may be rejected if the Sponsor's membership dues are in arrears or if the Sponsor or any author violated any of the AMP rules for abstract submission at the previous meeting, e.g. the authors failed to present a poster without notifying AMP prior to the meeting.

4. The Corresponding Author is the contact person for all correspondence from AMP. The Corresponding Author is responsible for notifying all other authors of acceptance, rejection, scheduling and any other information provided by AMP. The Corresponding Author is responsible for notifying the Presenting (First) Author of the AMP Rules for Poster Display and any other information provided by AMP.

5. The First Author is also considered the Presenting Author and has the following responsibilities:

- The Presenting Author is expected to register for the Annual Meeting and attend the poster at the assigned time period to discuss the study and answer questions. If the Presenting Author is unable to attend the Annual Meeting to present the poster, every effort should be made to arrange for one of the other authors to present the poster. Both AMP (mwilliams@asip.org ) and the Annual Meeting Program Chair (kantja@upmc.edu) must be notified. Failure to defend the study with a poster may result in forfeiture of future abstract submission privileges.

- Ensure that the abstract poster conforms to the Rules for Poster Display at the Annual Meeting (i.e. poster display size, format, and schedule

6. It is expected that all authors have approved submission for publication in JMD and for poster presentation.

7. IMPORTANT: A disclosure report is required for each author of a submitted abstract. Therefore, we recommend that you collect disclosure information from each author before you begin your abstract submission in order to expedite the process. Each time you add an author's name during the online submission process, you will be asked to complete a disclosure report that is specific to that author.

- Introduction / Background: a brief discussion of the background or rationale of the study and/or the question addressed

- Materials and Methods: the experimental approach, materials, and methods used in the study

- Results: the data and results obtained in the study

- Conclusions: the conclusions and/or implications of the results

9. Limits
Number of authors: 30
Abstract Title: 200 characters
Abstract Content: 2,500 characters
A "character" is a keystroke, i.e., spaces count.

10. Poster Size Requirement: All posters must be no larger than 4 feet (122cm) high by 6 feet (1.8 meters) wide, with a 7-inch high x 11-inch wide (18cm high x 28cm wide) space in the upper right hand corner for the AMP staff to attach a poster number. AMP reserves the right to remove posters that exceed the size requirement. Young Investigator and Technologist Award applicants must leave an additional 7-inch high x 11-inch wide (18cm high x 28cm wide) space in the upper left hand corner for the AMP staff to attach the appropriate "Award Applicant" sign.

11. Posters must be attended by the Presenting Author during their assigned time period(s). Please note that award applicants may be required to attend their posters at two time periods, one for the committee judging posters and the other for meeting attendees. Authors will be notified of their assigned time(s) in the abstract acceptance notice, which will be emailed to the Submitting Author no later than Monday, July 28, 2008. The poster attendance schedule will also be noted in the Preliminary Program at www.amp.org and the meeting Program Book.

12. Young Investigator and Technologist Award applicants must agree to attend the AMP Business Meeting/Awards Session on Saturday, November 1, 2:45 – 3:30pm.

13. Young Investigator Award applicants must submit a .pdf or PowerPoint version of their poster to Mary Williams in the AMP office no later than Monday, September 29. Posters up to 2MB in size may be emailed to mwilliams@asip.org. IMPORTANT: Posters larger than 2MB in size must be put on a CD and mailed to Mary Williams at AMP, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. Posters larger than 2MB in size may be rejected by the AMP email system and/or hamper its functionality. Therefore, please do not attempt to email files larger than 2MB. Posters that are not submitted properly will receive an administrative reject.