To conclude your Internship with InnovaBio you will be required to prepare a poster for presentation. Make your poster using Power Point according to the guidelines below. I will review your poster before printing.
Poster size: 36” in height and 48” in width. To set the dimensions in Power Point go to the “Design” tab and click on “Page Setup”. A new window will come up and you can enter the poster dimensions for height and width.
Guidelines for Font Size
Title 70-90 point References 18-24 point
Author 50-70 point Acknowledgements 18-24 point
Section Headings** 30-45 point Future Directions 24 point
Text 22-28 point (future directions can be included in conclusion)
Title: Clear Statement of outcome you have achieved in your research.
Author and location of your research
**Abstract: Summary of the whole poster/project including results and conclusion. Limit the abstract to 6-8 sentences
**Purpose: Definite statement-what you are measuring/making and why.
**Background: Justify your purpose, back it up with citations (see references) and previous research.
**Methods: Limit to what the reader needs to know to understand the results. Present your plasmids, primers, constructs, sources of template DNA/RNA.
** Results: Graph, numerical, and visual data; use appropriate error bars, cropping and labeling. Write a legend for each figure or group of figures. Also write an analysis of your data. It is what you expected: Why? Or Why not?
** Conclusion: Consistent with scientific purpose, sources of error, reference the figures and how the data supports or does not support your purpose. Describe how your research fits with the current understanding of the topic.
**References: Specific primary papers used in your research. Use a journal format.
**Acknowledgements: List everybody who contributed; past, present and the Innovabio staff.
Please take a look around the lab to see how other posters have been put together. Please let me know if you need some help.
This document has some very helpful suggestions:
Poster_Guidelines_Instructions.pdf
And here are some more example posters