Submission Guidelines

The EXTENDED deadline for abstract submission has passed.

All abstracts submitters have been notified of the outcome of their abstract and if it has been included as a talk in the programme you can double check by searching your name in the scientific programme.  You can see which session it has been included in.

If you have not received an email notifying you, please check your spam folder.  Please check your other email accounts as well, in case you sent it in using a different email address.

The poster session list will shortly be added to the scientific programme.

If you have any further questions about abstract submission please contact Kate Wooding.

Accepted non-invited abstracts must be presented by an author who is registered and has paid to attend the conference. An exhibition visitor registration will not be considered a valid registration to present your work. Failure to register for the conference by Friday 16 May, will result in your work being excluded from the congress.

You can submit a late breaking abstract until Friday 2 May 2025

Authors can submit a late breaking abstract for either a submitted talk or a poster (the deadline has passed to submit an abstract for a commercial talk / techno bite presentation).  Authors may submit more than one abstract.

Late breaking submissions are invited to report the very latest results in microscopy. This abstract deadline is not intended to be merely an extension of the general submission deadline: instead this session provides an opportunity for researchers to present the most exciting recent developments in the field.

Abstracts must contain original data and meet international ethical standards.

Authors may submit abstracts for either a submitted talk or a poster. The deadline for submitting abstracts for a commercial talk / techno bite presentation has passed. Authors may also submit more than one abstract.

Abstracts are to be limited to a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 1000 words. You may include supporting figures and tables and your abstract must contain adequate information to allow a sound referee review.

Abstracts should be a condensed version of the final presentation and include all significant findings. The text should be written so that readers who are not specialists will be able to appreciate the purpose of the study and understand the procedures and conclusions. The text, entirely written in English, must include a short introduction and motivation of the study, including experimental procedures, main results and conclusions.

Abstracts should be structured as follows (please note you do not need to use the headings below in you abstract text):

• Summary - Brief description of the project/case study.
• Introduction - Includes the background, aim and/or objectives, and importance of the study.
• Methods/Materials - Summarises the approach, procedures or steps used in the study.
• Results and Discussion - Describe the observations or data in an orderly and logical sequence using both text and illustrative materials such as tables, figures. The discussion section should interpret the results and connect the key points or findings of the study with the objectives stated in the introduction.
• Conclusion - highlight the significant findings and outcomes.

All sections on this form should be completed:

• Abstract title.
• All authors’ and co-authors’ names and affiliations.
• Contact information (name, affiliation / institution, email address, postal addresses of corresponding author(s)).
• Type of presentation (submitted talk, poster or commercial talk / techno bite presentation).
• Theme or sub-topic area.
• Detailed information with introduction, methods, results, and conclusions.

Abstracts will be reviewed according to the following criteria: (a) relevance to a specific symposium or keyword, (b) scientific content, quality and innovative proposals, (c) clarity of the text.

*Submitters will be notified if their abstract has been successful by early April 2025

Accepted non-invited abstracts must be presented by an author who is registered and has paid to attend the conference. An exhibition visitor registration will not be considered a valid registration to present your work. Failure to register for the conference by Friday 2 May, will result in your work being excluded from the congress.

Revisions of abstracts for submitted talk, poster or commercial talk / techno bite presentations could be made until Friday 28 February.

Revisions of abstracts for the submitted talk, poster or commercial talk / techno bite presentations in the late breaking session can be made until Friday 2 May. If you would like to make any changes after this time, please email [email protected]. Any major revisions may affect a session organiser’s decision to accept your abstract, please review it carefully before submission.

You may express your preference about the form of presentation, however the scientific organising committee reserves the right to make the final decision.

Abstracts will appear on the online programme on the mmc series website and on the congress app. If you do not wish to have your abstract displayed, please ensure you make this selection during the submission process. If you are unable to do this please email [email protected].