ICAR 2024 Abstract Submission

You may only submit 1 abstract to ICAR, which can be considered for up to 2 sessions and/or a poster

You must submit your abstract by the official abstract portal.

ONLY if the portal fails (some in China have a problem) then follow the manual abstract submission instructions, below.

Abstract, Registration, Funding Timeline

  1. For talk consideration: extended to 22 April: to abstracts@aab.org.uk, using the Word document linked above

  2. Funding deadline for virtual: 1 May (must be a member to apply)

  3. Abstracts selected for talks announced by email week of 13 May

  4. Deadline to accept a slot for a talk: 24 May (if we do not get a response, chairs will select an alternate)

  5. 31 May: Deadline to submit an abstract for a POSTER and to REGISTER & Pay in full or your abstract is deleted and your talk (if you have one) is removed.

    Depending on space availability, posters may be rotated with half displayed in Session 1 (Tuesday) and half in Session 2 (Wednesday). There will not be a poster session for virtual attendees.

Alternate (non-web portal) abstract submission to ICAR 2024

EMAIL #1-4 shown below to abstracts@aab.org.uk by extended to 22 April (for talk consideration/review) and by no later than May 31 (if your abstract is for poster only)

1.     Email subject line: ICAR 2024 Abstract submission.

2.     Completed Abstract word document using provided template (only as Word document). Include Presenting Author last name, e.g., filename: ICAR2024_Abstract_Proforma_Friesner

3.     Answers to these questions in your email:

a.     Title of presenting author (Write one: Dr., Prof, M, Mx, Ms, Miss, Mrs, Mr, Sir)

b.     First Name: presenting author:

c.     Last Name: presenting author:

d.     Are you an undergraduate, graduate student or postdoc? Write Yes or No

e.     Do you identify as a woman? Write Yes or No

f.      Is this your first ICAR? Write Yes or No

g.     Write one answer in your email : Oral only (no poster), Oral & Poster, Only Poster (no talk): Should your abstract be considered for____________

h.     Abstract Title:

i.      For oral presentations: Write the name of 1 or 2 sessions that you want your abstract to be reviewed in (see list (1) below).

If you only want to present a poster, then please write: N/A.

j.      To organize Posters- Write the name of one poster theme (see list 2, below).

If you do not want to present a poster, please write: N./A

4.     Write one answer in your email (Agree, Do not agree) with these conditions before submitting: ICAR 2024 will not be responsible or liable if abstracts, presentation materials, livestreaming contents & recordings of presentations infringe on a third party’s copyrights and other intellectual property rights. All oral presentations will be recorded & made available online during for 1 month + 1 week after ICAR 2024 ends for registered participants. Authors agree to the browsing of the recordings that include their faces in addition to the presentation materials and livestreaming contents.

5.     Write one answer in your email (In-Person, Online) : At the time of submission how do you intend to join ICAR?

1: Session List to choose from for your abstract to be considered for a TALK. You may choose 1 or 2 sessions to read your abstract. Write N/A for (i) above if you do not want to be considered for a talk.

1.     A Systems Approach to Decipher Plant Cell Wall Dynamics

2.     Adaptations to Extreme Climate in Arabidopsis Extremophyte Relatives

3.     Arabidopsis Beyond Arabidopsis - Towards Generalisable Principles in Biology

4.     Cell Fate Control and Organogenesis: Towards Understanding and Imaging Complex Tissues

5.     Cell-type Specific Responses for Plant Resilience to Stress

6.     Chemical Genetics in Arabidopsis Research: Recent advances and Applications

7.     Chromatin at Single-cell and Single-molecule Resolution

8.     Deciphering the Secrets of Microbiomes in Promoting Stress Resilience in Plants – a Strategy for Achieving Agricultural Sustainability

9.     Dynamic Plant Cells: Organelle Dynamics and Cell Division During Development

10.   Environmental and Tissue-Specific Regulation of Plant Circadian Rhythms

11.   Epigenetics

12.   Epigenome and Epitranscriptome in Environmental Stress Signaling and Memory

13.   Evolutionary Plant Systems Biology for Climate Adaptation

14.   From Arabidopsis to Crops: Unveiling the Secrets of Elemental Nutrient Uptake, Allocation, and Biofortification

15.   From Perception to Memory: How Plants Adapt to Climate Change

16.   Genomic Features and Mechanisms of Mutation

17.   Hormonal Influence on Plant Form

18.   Light and Warm Temperature Crosstalk in Plants: a Concerted Response to Optimise Growth and Fitness

19.   Long-distance Signaling in Times of Stress

20.   Mobile DNA and Genome Plasticity

21.   Molecular Mechanisms of Hormone Function

22.   More than Growth: Plant Development in Plant-Biotic Interactions

23.   New Methods to Accelerate Plant Synthetic Biology

24.   Phenotypic Plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana - Mechanisms and Evolution

25.   Pushing the Boundaries of Single-cell omics Technologies and Applications

26.   Quantitative Proteomics Applications to Dissect Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis

27.   RNA Modifications and Their Role in Plants

28.   Robustness and Resilience: Surviving a Changing Climate

29.   Seed Biology: Development, Germination and Dormancy

30.   Stress Combination: A New Frontier in Plant Sciences

31.   Synthesis and Function of Plant Specialized Metabolites that Regulate Development and Stress Responses

32.   The Roles of Biomolecular Condensates and Their Interactions with The Membrane System

33.   Tiny Pores With Global Impact

34.   Translational Research from Arabidopsis to Crop Plants and Beyond

35.   Visualizing the Dynamics of Cell Biology During Plant Development and Environmental Stresses

2: Poster Theme List to choose from for your abstract to be considered for a TALK.

Write 1 theme name in (j) in your email or write N/A if you do not want to present a poster.

a.      Abiotic Stress

b.     Biotic Interactions

c.      Biotic & Abiotic Stress

d.     Applied/Translational Plant Science

e.     Biochemistry and Metabolism

f.      Cell Biology

g.      Development or Developmental Mechanisms

h.     Education, Outreach, Community Building or Support

i.       Evolution, Ecology, or Population Biology

j.       Epigenetics, Chromatin, and Small RNAs

k.      Hormones/Hormone Biology

l.       New Research Tools, Technology or Resources

m.    Signal Transduction

n.     Systems, Synthetic, and Computational Biology

o.     Other