Poster sessions are valuable for more detailed discussions of experimental work and for providing students with opportunities for one-to-one interaction with our faculty. There will be a poster contest this year, with prizes awarded for the best graduate and postdoctoral posters.
Notes for Poster Session
- Poster boards are 48″ x 36″ and can be arranged vertically or horizontally. It is suggested that posters be created at 48″ tall x 36″ wide and mounted with the long axis vertical.
- Every poster should clearly state the specific question being asked. This could be done by making the question the poster title or by including a subtitle such as, “The question asked is…”
- Posters should severely limit text and figures; less is more! The poster should focus on a specific detail rather than serve as a summary of all the work done by a student or lab. A poster is a story, not a thesis! The goal is for viewers in a general audience to understand and remember the poster.
- Figures and text should be numbered to show the progression of the poster.
- An abstract should be presented in a large enough type size to be read from a distance.
The poster should simply answer these questions:
- What is the question being asked?
- What is the experimental design used to answer the question?
- What results were obtained?
- How are these results explained?
It is the job of the person standing by the poster to explain why we/they care about this question and what the next steps are.
