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ACS WEBINARS™ March 6, 2012 Tips for Creating High Impact Scientific Poster Presentations
Brent Znosko Saint Louis University
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Disclaimer • Despite the credentials mentioned previously, others should be considered the “experts.” o Colin Purrington, formerly at Swathmore College o Lisa Balbes, Balbes Consultants o George Hess, NC State University • Presented next is my opinion and preference o Posters that follow these guidelines are not necessarily good posters…science rules! o Posters that do not follow these guidelines are not necessarily bad posters….science rules!
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Who is the Audience? • My research focuses on the stability and structure of nucleic acids (http://www.slu.edu/~znoskob) o People in your field (RNA Society) o People in closely related fields (American Chemical Society) o People in unrelated fields or a variety of fields (Sigma Xi or University-wide) 8
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What is the Setting? • Crowded room • Dim lights • Most people there to socialize • Poster board dimensions • Read information for presenters
Figure taken from http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=186 9
Designing Your Poster • Column format (top to bottom and left to right) • Section headings • Mostly graphics • Short phrases in bulleted lists • 24-32 point (larger for headings) Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, or Georgia font • Leave white space • Light background and dark letters (2-3 colors and no background pictures)
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Heading • Title o Letters should be large (72-100 point) o Catchy to attract the audience • Authors and Affiliations o Names of all authors (including PI), institutions, and addresses o Use superscripts if authors are from more than one institution o Identify presenting author (asterisk or underline)
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Sample Headings
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Abstract • Explain why your work is important • Describe the objectives of your work • Briefly explain the methods
• Succinctly state results and conclusions
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Sample Abstract Although tetraloops are one of the most frequently occurring secondary structure motifs in RNA, less than one-third of the 30 most frequently occurring RNA tetraloops have been thermodynamically characterized. Therefore, 24 stem-loop sequences containing common tetraloops were optically melted, and the thermodynamic parameters ΔHº, ΔSº, ΔGº37, and TM for each stem-loop were determined. The data for the 24 tetraloops reported here were then combined with the data for 28 tetraloops that were published previously. A new model, independent of terminal mismatch data, was derived to predict the free energy contribution of previously unmeasured tetraloops. It was also shown that tetraloops within the sequence 5’GCCNNNNGGC3’ are, on average, 0.6 kcal/mol more stable than the same tetraloop within the sequence 5’GGCNNNNGCC3’. More systematic studies are required to determine the full extent of non-nearest neighbor effects on tetraloop stability. 15
Should the Abstract Appear on the Poster? • No o Already printed in program o Has not changed from what was submitted months earlier o Redundant and takes up space • Yes o Has changed from what was submitted months earlier o Convenience for those who did not read the abstract in the program
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Introduction/Background • Get viewer interested • Describe why this problem is important • Provide background and definitions • Place in context of literature
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Sample Introduction/Background
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Methods • How did you do it? • What did you use? • Describe equipment and methods but not with the detail of a paper • Use figures, tables, flow charts, etc. to summarize
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Sample Methods
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Results/Discussion • Show the data • Include raw data only if absolutely necessary (don’t show all) • Use equations, schemes, figures, and tables • Briefly describe results • Analyze data
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Sample Items for Results/Discussion
Figure 4: PDB structure (PDB I.D. 2AW4). The structural features are described in Table 2. Loop a b Loop Sequence Freq % AC 125 11.79 GAU AA 103 9.72 GAG CC GAC CC AAU GG AGA GA AAG AA CAC
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5' and 3' Adjacent Base Pairs a %b Closing bp Freq A C 176 16.60 U G A G 146 13.77 U C G C A U G C A U C G
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Table 1: Summary of the protein database search for 2x3 loops.
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Conclusions
• Remind reader of major result • Relevance to the published work
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References • Format like your field (kind of) • No titles
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Mathews, D. H., et. al. (1999) J. Mol. Biol. 288, 911-940. Zuker, M. (2003) Nucleic Acids Res. 31, 3406-3415. McDowell, J. A. (1996) Meltwin v. 3.5. Sheehy, J. P., et al. (2010) RNA 16, 417-429. Dale, T., et. al. (2000) RNA 6, 608-615.
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Funding/Acknowledgements • Collaborators who are not co-authors • Sources of funding (ask your PI, and don’t forget about travel grants) This work was supported by Research Corporation (CC7804 to ML and CC7621 to BMZ), NSF through TeraGrid resources by NCSA (TG-CHE050039N to ML and TG-CHE070046N to BMZ), and NIH NIGMS (R15GM085699 to BMZ). VEP and CAT were part of the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program administered by the University of Missouri-St. Louis. 26
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Graphics
• Label each axis with units • Include a legend • High resolution pictures
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Proofread, Proofread, Proofread!
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Critiques of Posters • All co-authors and PI (expect many revisions) • Lab members • Friends in the department
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Presenting Your Poster • Be at your poster • Dress appropriately (business casual) • Wear a name tag • Have copies of publications, business cards, reprints of poster, and notebook • Hang poster on time and leave hanging until session is over 30
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What To Do When Someone Approaches Your Poster • Introduce yourself • Look at their name tag • Ask about their familiarity with your topic • Give a 1, 2, or 5 minute overview of your poster o Do not use notes o Point to figures o Do not point to text
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Practice, Practice, Practice!
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Resources • Most of the information on these slides comes from my experiences and … o Balbes Consultants. 2006. Preparing Perfect Poster Presentations.
o Purrington, C.B. Designing conference posters. Retrieved February 22, 2012, from http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign. o Hess, G.R., K. Tosney, and L. Liegel. 2010. Creating Effective Poster Presentations. URL=http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters, visited February 22, 2012. 34
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