Daphne Simo

03/21/19

I. TITLE

Poster Presentations

II. RATIONALE/PURPOSE

The purpose of this lab was to present our rough draft of the scientific poster that we are to present in the future at the CURES in Bio Symposium. This was to demonstrate our understanding of how to properly present a scientific poster.

III. MATERIALS

Scientific Poster on Powerpoint

Presentation Rubric

IV. PROCEDURE

Powerpoint Presentation

1. Meet in computer lab A305.
2. Obtain a rubric from your LA.
3. Respectfully pay attention to others presentations, making sure to write constructive criticism for them.
4. Present own our poster.
5. Make necessary edits after reviewing feedback from Dr. Adair, TA, and LA.

V. DATA/OBSERVATIONS

Image: Poster design rough draft

VI. STORAGE 

Materials did not need to be stored away during this lab meeting. However, edits made to the poster presentations were saved and the lab computers were properly shut down for further use.

VII. CONCLUSION

I believe presenting the scientific posters at our lab meeting was very beneficial as we received feedback to improve them, as well as our style of effectively communicating our results. On the other hand, we received a great amount of feedback that we will use in the future to enhance our poster presentation at the CURES in Bio Symposium. For instance, our methods and materials section was very lengthy, so we would need shorten it extensively and only include portions of it that the judges may have questions on. Furthermore, we need to change our conclusion because it states that our results were negative, although we extracted a great amount of DNA from our sample. We also need to change our title as we have not delved into determining the ciliate biodiversity in our research yet, so we need to only talk about what we have done so far. Lastly, our group needs to find more professional figures to use to improve the aesthetics and professionalism of our poster.

VIII. FUTURE STEPS

Moving forward, I hope to take all of the feedback we received from this lab meeting and use it to improve our poster for the CURES in Bio Symposium. Likewise, I would like to evoke more confidence in how knowledgable I am in terms of explaining the research so I can communicate what I have done in a good manner.