7 Components of A Scientific Poster Part One

If you want to create a scientific poster, you need the same red thread that has already run through the underlying work. How can you retell the story of your work as concisely as possible?  

#1 A Magnetizing Track 

Every scientific poster needs a title that stands out. In terms of content, by drawing the viewer's attention to your work and graphically. You are well advised with an enlarged font and bold formatting. The title should stand out from the rest of the poster. 

In many cases, the title of your poster should match the title of the underlying work. 

#2 All Necessary Frame Data  

Regardless of whether your poster is presented internally, i.e., perhaps as part of a seminar, or externally, at a conference or other event: Branding is king.  

Place the logo of your university, the chair, and the institutional framework of the poster (e.g., the seminar, a project, etc.) prominently in the upper area of ​​the poster. Preferably under the title. Of course, the names of the authors should not be missing. 

#3 Research Motivation & Relevance  

To introduce your story clearly on the printed poster, create a section in which you present the motivation and relevance of your work. The following principle applies to all of these steps: 

• As little text as possible 
• As much as necessary 

There is nothing worse than a poster with too much text (similar to presentations). The task behind a visual representation is to reduce your work to the essential components.  

Support the text with graphic elements such as pictograms, vector graphics, etc. Arrange your text in mind maps, tables, or lists to make the viewer's experience as pleasant as possible.