1. P OSTER D ESIGN

3. M AKE IT ACCESSIBLE Poster size Usually 4’ x 3’ Font sizes Title draws people in Your name should be prominent The rest of the test can be read from about 3’ away Colour schemes

4. L AYOUT Your data should shine! Abstract/ Introduction Enough for your poster to make sense Conclusion What are you going to do next? Acknowledgement s Funding!

5. F IGURES SHOULD BE EASY TO INTERPRET Graphs with clear axis labels Representative figures Label your figures Avoid field specific jargon Avoid using genotype jargon

6. C ONFERENCES Giving away too much? Talk with your supervisor Acknowledgements Funding Any others that have contributed Send your poster out for review to others invovled in the project Sharing information handouts

7. P RINTING Complete poster vs separate panels Cost $60-150 Where to go CHEO Merriam Staples Format to submit Best to check with printing location Printing in panels