British Human Genetics Conference

York 2002

Abstract submission are now being accepted.

Extended closing date for submissions: Wednesday 5th June 2002

All submitted abstracts will be considered by the Abstract Review Committee of the BSHG.  Authors will be notified in due course to inform them whether or not their abstract has been accepted.

To Submit an Abstract, please read the instructions here carefully first, and then fill in the Abstract Submission Form. Submissions which ignore these instructions will be rejected.

  1. You may wish to print out this page for reference, prior to filling in the submission form.
  2. Only abstracts submitted via the website will be considered. Please do not send copies in other formats (e.g. paper, e-mail etc).
  3. Check the form before pressing the Submit Form button - once submitted, the information cannot be altered. If you make a mess of the form, either alter it carefully, or click the Reset Form button and start again.
  4. Please ensure that your entries are correctly formatted i.e. as you would like to see them in print. The BSHG office receives many hundred submissions, and does not have the time to re-format your entries. Poorly formatted submissions will be rejected. In particular:
    1. Do not use ALL CAPITALS,  LIKE THIS. Do not use bold, underlining or italics.
    2. Do not use any characters which cannot be found on a standard computer keyboard - for example, write 'Chi-squared', rather than Χ2 or '20 degrees' rather than 20°
    3. If you use a word processor's spelling and grammar checker, please ensure that it is set to UK English rather than US English (In Microsoft Word, this is found at: Tools > Language > Set Language).
    4. Do not try to include diagrams, pictures or tables in your abstract, as they will be lost.
    5. Abstract length is strictly limited to 1500 characters INCLUDING SPACES (about 250 words), if you try to submit a longer abstract than this it will be truncat...
  5. In the authors section, Author 1 would normally be the person who would present the paper to conference if it were to be selected for spoken presentation.
  6. After clicking the Submit Form button, a Confirmation Page should appear within a few seconds, indicating that your abstract has been sent. Only click the Submit Form a second time if this doesn't happen after 20 to 30 seconds.
  7. A few days after your submission (usually within a working week), an e-mail will be sent to you to confirm that the submission has been retrieved from the website. If you have not received an e-mail within a week, please contact the webmaster to check your submission has been received.
  8. If you are uncertain about any aspects of submitting your abstract, please ask BEFORE attempting to fill in the form, by e-mailing Ruth Cole (administrative questions) or Phil Zack (technical questions).

Now that you have read and understood the instructions, click here to complete the Abstract Submission Form.