Powerpoint template for scientific poster

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An informative title, formatted in sentence
case, that attracts viewers and states or hints
at issue, experimental approach, and study
organism Your name(s) here
Introduction This is a Microsoft Powerpoint
template that has column widths and font sizes
optimized for printing a 34 x 44 poster. In
addition to its template use, this file has
gratuitous advice on how to produce a
good-looking poster that people might actually
enjoy reading.

• Results
• Paragraphs of sentences are fine, but sometimes a
  simple list of bullet points can communicate
  results more effectively
• 9 out of 12 brainectomized rats survived the
  treatment.
• Control rats completed maze faster, on average,
  than rats without intact brains (Fig. 3) (t
  9.84, df 21, p 0.032).
• Note that figures are preferred but that tables
  are sometimes unavoidable (ANOVA results, for
  example, shown at right). A table looks best
  when it is first composed within Microsoft Word,
  then Inserted as an Object.
• Also note that the layout for results section
  can (and probably should) be modified from this
  template, depending on how much text, charts, and
  photographs your specific experiment involved.
  Dont be tempted to reduce font size in figure
  legends, axes labels, etc.your viewers are
  probably most interested in reading your figures!
• Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah,
  blah. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah. Blah,
  blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah. Blah,

Conclusions You can, of course, start your
conclusions in column three if your results
section is data light. Blah, blah, blah. Blah,
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Fig. 5. Be sure to separate this figure from
other figures by generous use of white space.
When figures are too cramped, viewers get
confused about which figures to read first, and
which legend goes with which figure. Note that
you should turn text justification off when you
are filling smaller text boxes such as this.
Fig. 1. Use a photograph or drawing here if it
can quickly introduce a viewer to your question,
organism, or the gene du jour. Use a non-serif
font for figure legends to provide cue to reader
that he/she is not reading normal text section.
Materials and methods Do not indent the first
paragraph in a section. This paragraph has
justified margins, but be aware that
left-justification is infinitely better if your
font (at a particular size) doesnt space
nicely when justified. Sometimes spacing
difficulties can be fixed by manually inserting
hyphens into longer words (Powerpoint doesnt do
this automatically). Your main text is easier to
read if you use a serif font such as Palatino
or Times. Use a non-serif font for title and
section headings. Be brief, and opt for
photographs or drawings whenever possible to
illustrate organism, protocol, or experimental
design. Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah.
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Literature cited Bender, D.J., E.M Bayne, and
R.M. Brigham. 1996. Lunar condition influences
coyote (Canis latrans) howling. American Midland
Naturalist 136413-417. Northcutt, W. 2000. The
Darwin Awards. Dutton, New York. Brooks, L.D.
1988. The evolution of recombination rates. Pages
87-105 in The Evolution of Sex, edited by R.E.
Michod and B.R. Levin. Sinauer, Sunderland,
MA. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. 2003. Body mass index calculator.
http//www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm
(April 14, 2003).
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Fig. 4(a-c). Make sure legends have enough detail
to fully explain to the viewer what the results
are. Note that for posters it is good to put some
Materials and methods information within the
figure legendsit allows the Mm section to be
shorter, and gives viewer a sense of
experiment(s) even if they have skipped directly
to figures.
Fig. 6. The use of connector lines can sometimes
lead the viewer through your results better than
text alone. Dont overuse this option, however,
or viewer will get dizzy.
Acknowledgments We thank I. Güor for laboratory
assistance, Herb Isside for greenhouse care, and
M.I. Menter for statistical advice. Seeds were
kindly donated by Burpee corporation. Funding for
this project was provided by the nice people at
the bank. Note that peoples titles are omitted.
Fig. 2. Photograph or drawing of organism,
chemical structure, or whatever focus of study is.
Often you will have some more text-based results
between your figures. This text should also guide
the reader through the figures. Blah, blah, blah
(Figs. 4a,b). Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah.
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blah. Blah (God, personal communication).
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Fig. 3. Illustration of important piece of
equipment, or perhaps a flow chart summarizing
experimental design. Use a non-serif font for
all text, labels within figures.
For further information Please contact
email1_at_.. give URL for general laboratory web
site). A link to an online, PDF-version of
poster is nice, too.