Link to Abstract Template
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 1, 2024
UPLOAD ABSTRACTS BY USING THE BELOW LINK & PASSWORD:
Password: NTD2024
For any questions or concerns, please contact Xue.Gu@bcm.edu
**Please note this new submission procedure
We strongly encourage all participants at this meeting to share their relevant research or clinical expertise encapsulated in an abstract. The abstracts accepted for platform and poster presentations will be selected by a committee of experts in the areas of neurosurgery, clinical genetics, genetics and genomics, molecular biology, pediatrics, epidemiology, teratology, and developmental biology. As always, priority will be given to research of the highest caliber delineating mechanisms of normal and abnormal neural tube morphogenesis, those describing new genomic patterns of inheritance, and papers providing new insights into old problems.
Abstract acceptance notification: May 1, 2024
As always, we encourage you to submit your best work for consideration in any area related to malformations and morphogenesis with an emphasis on mechanisms leading to a better understanding of the spectrum of NTDs and their proper management. In addition to general topics there will be several sessions dedicated to the following focus areas:
Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida (SB) Repair
Epidemiology of NTDs: Health Disparities and Global Issue
Maternal Nutrition, One Carbon Metabolism and NTDs
Gene-Environmental Interactions and Risk for NTDs
Although abstracts in the above focus areas will be given priority for presentation, abstracts which report research on any aspect of malformations and morphogenesis will be considered.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES – NEW THIS YEAR
**Abstracts submission electronically only by using this link:
Password: NTD2024
Please follow the style guidelines of the abstract format listed below, and adhere to the following specifications:
Each person should submit 1 abstract (only)
Page size: 8.5” x 11” (US Letter)
Number of pages: one (1)
Margins: Top – 1”; Bottom – 2”; Left – 1.25”; Right – 1”
Text Alignment: Left
Typeface: Arial
Type size: 12 Point
Abstract Title: All caps and centered on the page
Authors: Underline the name of the presenting author
Institution: Italics
Trainees only: indicate if you are a pre or postdoctoral student, fellow, or resident.
File name must be “LastName_NTDAbstract”
PLEASE NOTE – Abstracts that are submitted without correct formatting or file name will be returned for correction and resubmission. Please check that you have turned off track changes. Do not reduce font or margin size to allow abstract to fit.
POSTERS: the poster board stands are 4’ X 8’.
