The Society for Developmental Biology West Coast Regional Meeting will be held August 14-17, 2025 at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Abstracts are being accepted for Short Talk Consideration (12 min talk, 3 min Q&A) and Poster Presentation Consideration. Select all presentation types you wish to be considered for. See submission instructions for more details.
The best undergraduate student, graduate student, and postdoctoral poster presentation winners will receive a travel award to present at the SDB Annual Meeting. Current SDB membership (2025 dues paid) at time of abstract submission is required to be eligible for receipt of the travel award. If you are not a current member, renew or join before submitting your abstract.
Please review the abstract submission instructions.
Save your entire abstract as a text file (.txt) to remove all formatting before starting your submission. The entire abstract must be one paragraph only. There is a 2000 character limit (with spaces) for the abstract text. Include any funding sources in the last sentence of your abstract. NO ONLINE REVISION of the abstract is available after submission. Therefore, please review your abstract carefully on the preview page before submitting. If you do not see everything in the preview, go back to add the missing items.
Abstract submission is separate of meeting registration. Please register for the meeting if you have not already done so. If you have any problems, contact SDB at sdb@sdbonline.org with "WCSDB Abstract Question" in the subject line or call 301-634-7815 during office hours (M-F, 8:30 AM - 5 PM ET).
Deadline for Submissions: July 7, 2025 (11:59 PM ET)
Submission Fee: Free
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