93rd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California (2024)

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Vaccination and up-to-date boosters will be required to attend AABA 2024. Please reach out to AABA President Leslea Hlusko to discuss criteria for exceptions or concerns you have about this policy. Read the full policy here.

When are poster presentations?

Contributed posters will be …

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Contributed poster sessions are on Thursday and Saturday. Posters will be posted all day from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Poster presentations will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. Even numbered posters will present from 5:00-6:00 PM and odd numbered posters will present from 6:00-7:00 …

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20

Hybrid Workshop: NSF Mock Review

Wednesday, March 20th, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Organized by Rebecca Ferrell (National Science Foundation), Marta Alfonso-Durruty (National Science Foundation), Lauren Schroeder (University of Toronto Mississauga and AABA Professional Development Committee)

This workshop introduces postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty to the NSF …

Four steps to submit an abstract:

• STEP 1: Please read the following instructions on how to prepare your abstract before starting the submission process.
• STEP 2: Renew your membership or apply to join the AABA through this link. Renewing/joining ensures that you will receive the member conference registration rate. …

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(updated January 5, 2024)

As of December 16, the hotel workers union in Los Angeles reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with ten hotels, including our conference venue.  We will continue to monitor the situation.  However, we anticipate that we will be able to hold our annual conference …

AABA will require COVID-19 vaccination and strongly recommends masking in meeting rooms and poster sessions in Los Angeles. Policies may be revised to be more strict if that is necessary to follow CDC and State of California guidance. We are closely monitoring news, science, and CDC guidance related to COVID …

93rd Annual AABA, Los Angeles: March 20-23, 2024

Past deadlines

March 1, 2024:

• Deadline for Student Presentation Award application

February 20, 2024:

• Deadline to submit student volunteer application

February 1, 2024:

• Deadline for submissions for the Undergraduate Research Symposium

January 15, 2024:

• Deadline for Cobb Professional Development Award submissions

January …

Call for 2024 Auction Donations

Dear AABA member/supporter,

As co-Chairs of the AABA Auction committee we are reaching out to ask for donations for our annual auction to be held at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the AABAs in Los Angeles on March 21. This year we will have a …

As in years past, AABA is dedicated to providing free childcare for meeting attendees. Childcare is open to any registered participant for the AABA 2024 Los Angeles program. You do not need to be presenting in order to use this service.

Childcare at the 2024 meeting in Los Angeles will …

The AABA 2024 annual conference in Los Angeles will hold a brief hooding ceremony for all MA and PhD graduates who were unable to walk at their graduations and be hooded by their advisors. While the participants will most likely be those who could not attend graduation due to Covid, …

Applications for the Student Volunteer Program are now being accepted for the 2024 annual meeting in Los Angeles. The meeting registration fee will be waived for students accepted into the program, or reimbursed if already paid.

The deadline to apply is February 20, 2024.

All volunteers must:

• Be a …

AABA Organized Tours

You can sign up for these at the time of meeting registration. Note that there is no onsite registration for the tours.

• Tour of Bone Clones Facility (Wednesday, March 20, 2024, bus leaves at 12:00 PM and returns ~4 PM, Preregistration $35, limited to 30 people)

Bone …

Hotel Room Reservation

Click here for general information about the hotel.

AABA has secured discounted room rates for conference attendees. The only way to book a room at the hotel at the AABA rate is to use the links below. Please note that there is a special rate for students …

Silver Sponsor:

Bone Clones

Bronze Sponsor:

The Anatomical Record

Student Prize Sponsor:

PeerJ