USA
February 22, 2013

Please find attached the instructions for submitting an abstract for the annual meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders and take the opportunity to develop a poster or enter the poster or oral contest (see instructions for details on eligibility for competitions). For details on meeting registration and to reserve a hotel room, please see the information on the NAPB web site: http://www.plantbreeding.org/napb/Meetings/pbccmeeting2013.html. 

We look forward to seeing you in Tampa!

SUMMARY- see attachments for details

Posters and Oral Presentations
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 30, 2013

Each registrant is encouraged to submit a research poster, which will be displayed at the meeting.
Advanced graduate students and post-docs are encouraged to compete for three 15-minute invited speaker slots. An ad hoc committee will rank eligible poster abstracts and select up to three winners. To be eligible, the presenting author must either be a graduate student or a post-doctoral researcher who earned his/her PhD between 2011 and 2013. In addition to the oral presentation competition, there will be a poster competition at the meeting. An ad hoc committee will evaluate and acknowledge up to three outstanding posters with awards. Each poster presenter will be asked to give a one-minute oral summary during the meeting.

In order to present a poster, the presenting author must do the following by April 30, 2013
1. Register for the meeting
2. Submit an abstract and a data sheet (see attachment)
3. Receive an email indicating that the abstract has been approved

Regards,
Barry Tillman
Secretary, NAPB
 

Website: http://www.plantbreeding.org

Published: February 22, 2013