Full Call for Abstracts

Changes this year: 

• All abstract submissions (for the June 25th virtual day and July 9-12th in-person days) will be reviewed using the same rubric and review process. During the submission process, you will be asked on CMT if you want to present virtually only, in-person only, or if you are flexible for either conference modality.

• Consistent with previous years, individuals can only be an author on three unique in-person short talk abstract submissions (ANY author position). In order to expand opportunities for virtual presentations, an individual can be a collaborating author on a fourth unique virtual short talk abstract submission.

• This year, workshop submissions will be uploaded to CMT text boxes directly, rather than in PDFs uploaded to CMT.

Workshop Template

Rubrics for long talks, short talks, roundtables, posters, workshops 

Call for Abstract Reviewers

It is expected that individuals who submit an abstract (or who are advisors of individuals submitting abstracts) will also serve to review others’ abstracts. We also very much welcome those not submitting an abstract to review. Creating the best meeting program possible requires that we have an active community willing to donate their time to this effort. Please complete the sign up form for reviewers by January 23 (Link: Reviewer Signup Form). Reviewing will take place between March 1 through March 29.

The SABER Abstract and Mentoring Committees are organizing an opportunity for individuals to receive feedback on their short talk abstracts for the 2026 annual meeting. Participants in this program will be assigned an abstract mentor who will review their abstract and provide feedback on ways to strengthen their submission.

If you would like to participate in this program and receive feedback on your abstract, please sign up via this form as soon as possible: https://forms.gle/27jFYVpKbYs7XxmP8. After you sign up, you will be connected via email to your abstract mentor. Sign-up for this program will end on Thursday, February 19, to allow abstract mentors sufficient time to provide feedback prior to the annual meeting abstract submission deadline on February 23.

Questions? Please reach out to the Abstract Committee Chair, Claire Meaders (cmeaders@ucsd.edu), or Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs, Angela Kaczowka (akaczowka@arizona.edu) or Keenan Noyes (noyeskee@msu.edu).

View the recorded 2024 Training in Abstract Writing 

Click here to view the recorded training session

Click here to view the transcript