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2026 IGES Abstract Guidelines

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Abstracts should follow the same format as in previous year’s published abstract booklet and should be submitted as a Word file (.doc, .docx, .rtf).  (See: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gepi.22431)

This year’s abstract topics include:

  1. Biobanks and large-scale population studies
  2. Common and rare disease genetics (incl. cancer genetics, heart disease genetics)
  3. General polygenic trait genetics
  4. Diversity, studies of multiple ancestries, and population genetics
  5. Immunogenetics and Infectious Disease
  6. Machine learning/artificial intelligence for  genetics and genomics
  7. Causal inference (incl. Mendelian randomization)
  8. OMICs: methods and applications (incl. Spatial transcriptomics)
  9. Clinical/translational methods and applications (incl. Polygenic Risk Scores and prediction)
  10. Statistical modeling in genetic epidemiology (incl. GxE, GxG, Multi-trait and summary-statistic methods))
  11. Family and identity by descent studies
  12. Whole genome/exome sequencing

Guidelines:

  • Abstracts should be named as TOPIC NUMBER-SURNAME+INITIAL.DOC (eg. 3-DoeJ.doc).
  • Please do not submit PDF files.
  • Abstracts must be 250 words or fewer.

The first line of the document should provide a short, concise title in bold font. Max title length of 150 characters including spaces. All abstract titles should be in title case (e.g., Identification of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Variants in Different Specimen Types in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma).

  • For document submission purposes only, the author list and affiliations should be included on your Word document. However, the information will be blinded for review purposes. Format for author info collection is:
    • First name, middle initial followed by a period, and last name (example: John E. Doe). Names are to be separated by commas, affiliations noted by numbers and with an asterisk * to specify the presenting author.  The maximum number of authors is 10.

    • The next line should begin a list of affiliations.
      • US affiliations should be spelled out and should not be abbreviated. Presenting author should be marked with an asterisk and institutions should be italicized. Example:
        John E. Doe 1,2, Jack B. Doe 2 ∗
        1Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America; 2Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

      • International affiliations should be spelled out and should not be abbreviated. Presenting author should be marked with an asterisk and institutions should be italicized. Example:
        John E. Doe 1,2, Jack B. Doe 2 ∗
        1Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

      • Maximum number of authors is 10. Any additional authors must be listed as a consortium or group.

  • Content-specific style points
    • Italics: Use for Genus/species, emphasis, journal titles in text, P (probability) should read P value and not p-value or P-value, and words or terms being defined. Do not use for Latinisms (e.g., et al., in vivo, in vitro).
    • Abbreviations: First mention of acronyms and abbreviations in the text should be spelled out in full with acronym or abbreviation in parentheses immediately following. In general, except for units of measure and defined acronyms and abbreviations, there should be no abbreviations unless within brackets or parentheses. See below for a list of acronyms and abbreviations that do not need to be defined.
    • Manufacturers: Insert city and state or country in parentheses.
    • Numbers: Spell out numbers 1–9 and numbers that begin a sentence.
    • % (only when used with a specific number; otherwise spell out).
    • vs. (both in text and in parentheses).
    • African American population (African American --- two words as noun and adjective).
    • Change while to although.
    • Change since to because.
    • Change df/d4f to df/d4f.
    • N-dashes – use only for ranges and do not use in between words in text
    • References should not be included in the abstract.

  • The following items are collected via the online submission form and should not be included in the abstract:  Corresponding/submitting author contact information and Topic categories (in place of keywords)

  • Permitted abbreviations: min, hr, sec, log (one word, roman, lc), g, mg, kg, P (CAPITALIZED and italic).

  • Common acronyms that do not need to be spelled out:

                           SD: standard deviation           RR: relative risk

                           SE: standard error                    LOD score: logarithm of odds score

                           CI: confidence interval            SNP/SNP's: single nucleotide polymorphism’s

                           OR: odds ratio