AMS 2026 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIon

Abstracts are due by Friday 15 May. Earlier submissions are appreciated. This helps us plan for a smooth meeting for everyone. You will be informed of your abstract acceptance on May 22.

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Use the format below. The presenting author should have already registered for the meeting before submitting an abstract.

If you think your abstract might fit into the theme of “Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Indigenous Priorities in Research on Molluscs,” please check out the instructions at the end of this page for some additional submission instructions.

Please use this format:

Title of presentation

Pat J. Krug^1*, Parker J. Smith², and Jamie Doe³

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8201, USA
² Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
³ Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA

^* Presenting Author

Insert the text of your abstract here. The length limit is 300 words. JEDI-highlighted abstracts are permitted an additional 60-110 words.

IMPORTANT: Word docs must be named “FamilyName_GivenName_AMS2026” using the names of the presenting author! Thank you!

More information about “JEDI-Highlighted Abstracts” (i.e., related to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Indigenous Priorities in Research on Molluscs)

This year our AMS JEDI Committee is spotlighting JEDI-Highlighted content throughout the meeting, by making special note of those talks and posters. These presentations can occur at different times throughout the meeting. Our JEDI Committee will review these abstracts.

To have your abstract considered for this Jedi-Highlighted designation, please add a separate, short paragraph to the end of your abstract (60-110 words additional, for 410 words max. overall) that discusses how the methodology, results, or other components of the work related to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in malacology. We especially encourage presentations that illustrate or inform this year’s JEDI theme, “Collaborating with Indigenous Researchers, Knowledge Keepers, and Communities.”

Practical examples of this theme might include but are not limited to: research presented by an Indigenous person; seeking permission to access field sites from Indigenous individuals, families, or communities; incorporating information from Indigenous Knowledge Holders or Traditional Ecological Knowledge into findings; and discussing Indigenous cultural significance of study organisms.

The purpose of highlighting JEDI-oriented talks and posters is to showcase the breadth of experiences and perspectives on collaboration with Indigenous researchers, knowledge keepers, and communities across subfields in malacology. If your abstract is included as a JEDI-highlighted presentation, you commit to discussing collaboration with Indigenous researchers, knowledge keepers, and communities as part of your talk or including this information on your poster. JEDI-highlighted presentations will receive additional advertising in the conference program.