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Submission Deadline and General Policies
Deadline for
abstract submission : August 01, 2010.
Abstracts should be submitted in English.
All abstracts will be refereed in the absence of the names and addresses
of the authors. Authors are requested to indicate their preference for
oral and/or poster presentation on the abstract submission form.
Abstracts that are submitted for oral presentation, but that are not
selected for oral communication can be referred to the poster sessions.
The decisions of the selection committee are final. All accepted
abstracts and the index of authors will be published in an abstract
book, a monograph to the MEFS Journals.
All authors will be notified
of the results after August 30, 2010. The
scientific committee will contact all authors by e-mail. Please make
sure to include a valid e-mail address.
Abstract Topics
Abstracts for the following topics will be
accepted:
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Adolescence, puberty
ART, basic research: ICSI, MESA, TESE
ART, basic research: IVM
ART, clinical: follow-up children
ART, clinical, GnRH agonists/antagonists
ART, clinical: IUI
ART, clinical, outcome
ART, clinical: ovarian stimulation
ART, clinical: pregnancy
ART, clinical: procedures
ART, clinical: prognostic factors
ART, clinical: risks & complications
ART, clinical: single embryo transfer
ART, laboratory: cryopreservation embryos
ART, laboratory: cryopreservation gametes
ART, laboratory: cryopreservation gonads
ART, laboratory: embryo selection
ART, laboratory: ICSI, MESA, TESE
ART, laboratory: procedures
ART, stem cell research
Contraception
Early pregnancy: basic research
Early pregnancy: clinical aspects |
Embryology, experimental
Embryology, human
Endocrinology: basic research
Endocrinology: clinical aspects
Endometriosis: basic research
Endometriosis: clinical aspects
Endometrium
Epidemiology, demography, terminology
Ethics & law
Female fertility: basic research
Female fertility: clinical aspects
Genetics: female
Genetics: male
Genetics: PGD
Genetics, PGS
Implantation
Male fertility: basic research
Male fertility: clinical aspects
Menopause
Paramedicals
Psychology & Counselling
Reproductive surgery |
Abstract Content and Format
Abstracts should be structured and include the following parts:
Introduction
- should be informative and short, stating why the study
was conducted;
Material & methods
- indicating the locale, number and type of human
subjects, non-human species or material being studied, the principal
procedures, assays, tests or treatments performed;
Results
- confirming or refuting the hypothesis, supported by
statistics if appropriate;
Conclusions - stating the major new findings of the study and
specifying what these findings add to what is known already.
Abbreviations
can be used after defining them first.
The use of graphs, tables and images is strongly discouraged.
Abstract title. Do not use capital letters and do not indent. The
title should reflect the contents and should be no longer than 50
characters.
List the authors with family name first, followed by initials (i.e.
Jones, A.; Sinno, J.; and Mrad, A.;) The name of the first authors is also
the presenting author. Do not include professional titles or degrees.
The text must be a maximum of 450 words. The different parts of the
abstract - introduction, material and methods, results, conclusions - are to
be typed in bold.
Free Communications
Each speaker will be given 10 minutes for
presentation followed by 5 minutes for discussion. As the scientific
program will be conducted on a very tight time schedule, speakers are
asked to strictly adhere to the time given.
All meeting rooms will be equipped with slide projectors for single
projection or double projection. Overhead projectors and pointers will
be available. Slides must be 50x50 mm with an image window of 24x36 mm
in plastic or metal mounts and protected by glass. All slides must bear
a serial number and identification of the correct direction of
insertion.
Slides must be submitted at least 60 minutes before presentation to the
slide desk in the slide preview room.
Poster Presentations
Posters offer
an excellent way of presenting detailed scientific data to an interested
audience. It is well accepted nowadays that poster presentations in many
instances are superior to oral communications at scientific meetings. MEFS
has always encouraged this way of communication and urges authors to be
available for discussion at their posters as often as possible, but
certainly during the daily lunchtime poster viewing.
All selected posters will be presented
electronically on a number of workstations. All workstations will be
available throughout the course of the meeting.
Instructions for Posters
MEFS will abandon the traditional scientific exhibition format
of printed posters, and therefore paperless poster exhibition. The
poster area will be in the exhibit area (ground floor).
The
presentation of electronic posters onsite will be accomplished
by a number of workstations connected to a center server. A high
performance search engine will allow searching by authors,
posters titles, full text and many more criteria.
All selected posters will be presented
electronically on a number of workstations. All workstations will be
available throughout the course of the meeting.
The best 5 posters will be discussed
and the author will make a presentation for 2 to 3 minutes followed,
please make sure to
attend the poster session.
Submission Procedure
Deadline for
abstract submission : August 01, 2010.
Abstracts can be submitted by email:
abstract@mefs.org or
on-line
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Please read the on-line
instructions carefully before
submitting your abstract.
HARD COPY ABSTRACTS (SENT BY FAX OR POST) WILL BE COMPLETELY IGNORED!!!
Topic Choice
Authors are urged to carefully consider the list of topics, before
indicating the single most appropriate
topic for their abstract.
Keywords
Authors are requested to mention a minimum of two and a maximum of
five keywords.
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