Last week, NPR’s "All Things Considered" covered an unusual topic: Scientific conference posters. For the first time in decades, scientists are rethinking the traditional design of the posters they ...

Each year, scientists present countless research posters at conferences, symposia and academic gatherings, making the poster one of the most common—and most visible—forms of scientific communication.

Once you finish designing your poster, have your lab mentor look it over, and have your PI (i.e., the professor whose lab you’re in) look at it, too. It’s important that you get your mentor’s approval ...

Upon abstract acceptance, all posters must be uploaded and recorded on VoiceThread by January 26, 2026 at 5 p.m. All posters that are narrated on VoiceThread by the deadline will be officially listed ...