Insights on poster preparation practices in life sciences

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Beitragende

Abstract

Posters are intended to spark scientific dialogue and are omnipresent at biological conferences. Guides and how-to articles help life scientists in preparing informative visualizations in poster format. However, posters shown at conferences are at present often overloaded with data and text and lack visual structure. Here, I surveyed life scientists themselves to understand how they are currently preparing posters and which parts they struggle with. Biologist spend on average two entire days preparing one poster, with half of the time devoted to visual design aspects. Most receive no design or software training and also receive little to no feedback when preparing their visualizations. In conclusion, training in visualization principles and tools for poster preparation would likely improve the quality of conference posters. This would also benefit other common visuals such as figures and slides, and improve the science communication of researchers overall.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1216139
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftFrontiers in bioinformatics
Jahrgang3 (2023)
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Nov. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • BioVis, data visualization, data viz, infographics, poster design, science communication, science education, visual communication

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