Project/study’s title: keep it simple and short if possible
Your name, colleague’s names (alphabetical), Faculty Mentor, PhD
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249
ABSTRACT
1-2 sentences from each poster subsection.
Preferably <150 words. 1-2 sentences from
each poster subsection. Preferably <150
words. 1-2 sentences from each poster
subsection. Preferably <150 words. 1-2
sentences from each poster subsection.
Preferably <150 words. 1-2 sentences from
each poster subsection. Preferably <150
words.1-2 sentences from each poster
subsection. Preferably <150 words. 1-2
sentences from each poster subsection.
Preferably <150 words. 1-2 sentences from
each poster subsection. Preferably <150
words. 1-2 sentences from each poster
subsection. Preferably <150 words. (this was
80 words!!!)
METHODOLOGY
Organize by general to specific methodologies. Can
include summary figure; flow chart, image,
photographs. Can bullet to shorten. Few words as
possible. sure to include subjects, experimental
design, statistical methods, drugs and equipment
used. General methods will elicit appropriate
questions from audience members who care to
know details.
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Figure #. Add figure legend material here.
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BACKGROUND (or intro.)
Make very brief. Foundation for your work.
Why you chose to study. Start with very
general info and work in more specifics,
ultimately leading to your purpose.
Background/Intro/Research
Problem/Significance/etc.
Background/Intro/Research
Problem/Significance/etc.
Background/Intro/Research
Problem/Significance/etc.
PURPOSE (or objective)
Purpose, Objective, Aim, Goal: Your
hypothesis or specific aim goes here. What
are you doing? Very short. 1 to 2 sentences.
HYPOTHESIS (ES)
Purpose, Objective, Aim, Goal: Your
hypothesis or specific aim goes here. What
are you doing? Very short. 1 to 2 sentences.
Essentially, walk the audience member through
what you did in terms they can understand.
RESULTS
Consider bullet pointing main findings and include
more figures than text. Try to manipulate most of
images/photographs
outside
of
PowerPoint
(Photoshop, etc). Photos should be 300 dots per inch
to start with. They should be .jpg, .bmp, .tif, or .gif
format. Excel graphs can be copied from within Excel
and dropped into place. They can be stretched and
reshaped with no trouble from within PowerPoint.
Click once on them them to manipulate or format
them (if you click twice, you get a spread sheet). If
you click on their corner then hold down the shift key,
you will increase them proportionally, and not get
odd-looking skinny or squashed lettering. Tables from
Excel or Word can also be manipulated. Gifs and
images from clipart in PowerPoint should also look
good when inserted directly.
Table #. Add figure legend material here.
Figure #. Add figure legend material here.
SUMMARY (or concl.)
 Larger font, major points, easy to see and
digest for audience members.
 Use bullet
thoughts.
points
to
stress
individual
 Use concise wording. “Say more with less”.
Some people read only this.
 Tie your findings/outcome/creation back to
real world problem brought up in
introduction. In other words, what have you
added to the knowledge or creative base in
your academic discipline.
 Are there any follow-up studies or work that
you think are needed on this topic and what
would they be?
REFERENCES
Quigley HA, Nickells RW, Kerrigan LA, Pease ME, Thibault DJ, Zack DJ. Retinal
ganglion cell death in experimental glaucoma and after axotomy occurs by
apoptosis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1995;36:774-8
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