Poster Presentations

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1 Poster Presentations -preparing and presenting at your best- Malika Moutawakkil Bell Staff Director and Program Coordinator MARC, MBRS, UC LEADS, CAMP and RAD Program Some slides from: Kristine M. Garza, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Biological Sciences Univ. of Texas at El Paso

2 Why Posters? Enables your individual input Network Feedback on your research Experience communicating in scientific world Award travel :)

3 Relevant to Audience Do You Know Your Audience? Organized, Visually and Logically A Successful Poster Presentation Well Rehearsed Presentation Visually Appealing, But Not Too Busy Demonstrates Enthusiasm The Presenter and the Poster By Itself -

4 Elements of a Good Poster

5 What Goes on a Poster Minimal Words-->visuals preferred Introduction Abstract Objective(s) Methods Results Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements

6 TITLE What is the title of your talk? It should accurately reflect the story your poster is telling Who are the authors? - you (first) - your other collaborator(s) (middle) - your mentor (last) What is your institution? - your home department and institution - your mentor s department and institution

7 INTRODUCTION What does your audience need to know to understand your presentation? Provide the key pieces of information Tailor the introduction to your audience Ask yourself why is this important to the audience? This is where you capture or loose your audience Diagrams are better than words; bullets are better than paragraphs

8 PURPOSE and HYPOTHESIS Why are you doing this work? How does your work fit into science as a whole? What is the big picture? What specific question(s) are you trying to address with your research? How did you arrive at your hypothesis?

9 MATERIALS and METHODS Briefly provide details as to how the assays or experiments were conducted This does not need to be as complete as is expected for manuscripts Just need the minimum information that provides your audience with the key elements of your experiments Schematics are helpful

10 RESULTS - DATA Use graphs, bar charts, diagrams, photos of gels, etc. Label each figure in the order in which you want your audience to view them Provide a title for each figure (typically highlighting the findings) and a figure legend

11 Results (example) D. O ( e c n a b r o s b A E MTT LMC19 2-phenyl-3-methyl-1,4-NQ ? ? Concentration (µg/ml) Media-Unstim Media DMSO LMC17 O F n o i t a r e f i l o r P Proliferation LMC ? ? Concentration (µg/ml) Media-UNstim Media DMSO LMC19 O FIGURE 1. All tested naphthoquinone compounds inhibit T cell activation only as a function of killing the cells. Primary murine T cells were stimulated with 5 µg/ml of Con A in the presence of decreasing concentrations of the indicated compounds, beginning at 250 µg/ml and decreasing in 2-fold dilutions over a total of 12 dilutions. Following a 48 h incubation, the cells were assessed for viability (MTT assay) (A, C, and D) and for proliferative capacity ([ 3 H]-thymidine incorporation assay) (B, D, and F). The data is presented as the mean ± SEM of duplicate wells and is one of two representative experiments.

12 SUMMARY Highlight the key findings of your project Do not interpret your findings (you are just providing a reminder of your data to your audience)

13 CONCLUSION What do your results mean? Do they support or refute your hypothesis? What is the take home message (what should your audience remember about your work) Keep your conclusions interesting but simple Keep your conclusions relevant

14 FUTURE WORK / DISCUSSION To add this component is up to you and your mentor You can either have the work listed or discuss it as you present the poster This aspect shows your audience that the project hasn t terminated you provide them with what the next steps are in relation to the project

15 Acknowledgements Thank the people who helped or worked with you (especially if they are not authors on the poster) Mention the source of your support ($$) Mention anyone who may have provided you with reagents or supplies (other than you main lab)

16 Preparing YOUR Poster

17 Preparation Prioritize Information Design Your Layout Use Oral Presentation Slides Get Details From the Conference

18 Standard Flow Introduction Acknowledgements

19 Keep it Interesting

20 Font and Poster Size Can you read it from 4 feet away? Suggestions Basic font and symbols Titles: 90 pt Sub titles: 72 pt Other poster content: 18-24pt NEVER smaller than 14 point What size should my poster be? Ask conference people about size of their boards

21 Setting Up the Poster Slide Create a New PPT File - choose "blank presentation" upon opening program, or use "File" menu and choose "New..." Page Setup - choose "Page Setup..." in "File" menu Page Setup Dialog Box - set as below... Page Settings "custom" 48" = 4 feet 42 just a suggestion don't worry about

22 Looking at Your Poster Slide This one slide is 3' X 4' Notice that you are only looking at a 11% zoom of your poster You Now Have a Presentation with 1 Very Big Slide!!

23 Colors! Remember that contrast is critical to being able to read a slide.! Busy backgrounds make it hard to pick a color for fonts and figures that won t get lost in some part of the slide.! Color schemes must be worked out carefully.! Simple always works best!

24 Fonts The wilder your fonts, the worse things get. They may be annoying or even distracting. They can detract from your data. They may cause you to lose your audience. You want to make life easy for your audience! They want to enjoy the experience of learning about your work. May not be able to print them.

25 Distracters Keep the background simple A single color is usually best A light background is also usually best Avoid designs or pictures that fade in the background

26 Distracters Keep the background simple A single color is usually best A light background is also usually best Avoid designs or pictures that fade in the background

27 Distracters Keep the background simple A single color is usually best A light background is also usually best Avoid designs or pictures that fade in the background

28 Let s review by taking a look at several posters. Highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each.

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31 Dental Robotics Ariel Anders, Jacob Rosen PhD CAD/CAM Applications in Dentistry University of California: Santa Cruz Problem: Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology is an important developing field in dentistry: CAD/ CAM programs are used prior to surgery to determine implant placement and create customized dental prosthesis for various dental restoration procedures. T he inaccuracies in the current non -automated methods for dental implants may lead to dental implant failure due to improper positioning of the implant. Our objective is to develop an autonomous robotic arm that completes the dental implant placement and crowning preparation procedures with higher accuracy than the current manual metho ds. D e v e l o p a Tr e a t m e n t P l a n Equipment De v e l o p mil lin g t ra j e ct orie s fo r bo th d en ta l c row n in g a nd de n ta l imp la nt s us in g CAD s o ftw a re : Dental Crowning with CAD Dental Implants Using Matlab Upload Program to Robot Create a point cloud Transform point cloud Boundary paths create Using the Implant Guide of the tooth using a to a mesh using CAD the milling 3D Digitizer software (SolidWorks) trajectories E x e c u t e Tr e a t m e n t P l a n o n F i x e d Directional Vector Perpendicular to the surface Extending the vector to create the milling trajectory Attach dental model to passive robotic arm (MicroScribe MX) and upload treatment plan for static procedures A t t a c h D e n t a l To o l t o f r o n t o f the robot using mechanical grippers E x e c u t e t h e Tr e a t m e n t Plan until complete movement detected Using Plusitronic SDK we created software to program the grippers to apply a constant force to hold the dental drill without damaging the tool Setup for Ro b o t a u t o n o m o u s l y p r e p a r i n g t h e i m p l a n t s i t e f o r a d e n t a l Implementing Stop The Procedure a Compute new treatment plan with feedback from the passive arm, then upload altered treatment plan ( Matlab and ORiN) procedure using Dynamic Registration i m p l a n t R u n. PA C p r o g r a m o n t h e r o b o t Future Plans Results P o s t o p e r a t i v e s c a n n i n g t o c o n f i r m a c c u r a c y o f the milling Integrate the operation of the dental drill into our procedures Improve accuracy of the static procedures Acknowledgements workflow the autonomously static dental edures Implemented dynamic registration to map both robotic arm end effectors Robot autonomously milling the boundary of a tooth for a dental crowning Implants: Upload directly to robot's memory with network interfacing software (ORiN) Models Custom platforms generated in S o l i d Wo r k s a n d c u t f r o m acrylic using laser cutter Using this robotic arm completed proc C r o w n i n g : Pa r s e & r e f o r m a t c o o r d i n a t e p o i n t s t o c r e a t e. PA C p r o g r a m s ( Pe r l s c r i p t a n d S o l i d Wo r k s M a c r o ) Dynamic Registration Process: Mount dental model to platform (attach correct drill tips based on operation) U s e C A M s o f t w a r e ( Wi n c a p s I I I ) t o c r e a t e p r o g r a m s f o r r o b o t (. PA C ) Execute Procedure on Moving Dental Dental Models Tu r n o n d e n t a l t o o l A d d E v e n l y d i s t r i b u t e d Vi a p o i n t s t o each milling trajectory I n t e g r a t i n g t h i s p r o c e s s with the dental implant procedure is in progress S p e c i a l T h a n k s To : M a l i k a B e l l, Yu l i O r t e g a, R i c h a r d H u g h e y, Placement of an implant on a dental jaw model Professor Ariel Raigrodski Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) NSF, NIH, SURF-IT 2010 J a y Ro l d a n a n d R A D R S e n i o r D e s i g n G r o u p, L e v i M i l l e r, J a r e d M e d n i c k, H y u n c h u l Ki m, M a t t S i m k i n s, S h a h a d e j D e j a n i, Z a c h a r y We l l s, C a l v i n Yo o, J o s h Cottrell, and the Bionics lab members

32 Presenting Your Poster Prepare and Rehearse 5-10 Minute Talk: tour guide of your poster Don t Ramble Avoid Reading Enhance What is Already Written Dress to Impress Bring Resume or Business Cards

33 You will rock it!!!