Scientific Poster Design - Good and Bad Examples! (Poster Tutorial Part 2)

In this tutorial we will take a look at the do's and dont's of good poster design. Academic posters are often crowded with information and text. But even if you slim down your poster to the most important points of your research, you still need a great layout. Taking a look at infographics, movie posters or just other poster example can help to inspire you and find your own style for your poster / project!

In this tutorial we will be discussing some posters I created in my biology studies. Some of the shown posters were presented on conferences and one even got a poster prize on a conference in 2012 (at the annual meeting of the German Limnological Society).

Feel free to share your toughs and ideas on the presented posters in the comments. Also some other suggestions how to improve posters in general are always welcome ; )

For inspiration take a look at some other great posters or infographics:

Infographics used in this video:

[ryanmauery]

11 years later, I followed your tutorials and won first place for my research poster at my first international conference. Thank you!

[watimeyur]

8 years later, you have helped me win my first international e poster award. Bless you man.

[murigageorge]

5 years later and your advice has helped me win my first ever prize in a conference held in Japan! Thank you very much!

[rachelwashbourn]

Very helpful for a mature student undertaking an academic poster-you've reduced my stress levels !

[cfree]

This video was so great! I love the idea of the bar code to link to a 3-minute video! Brilliant!

[VascoElbrecht]

Hello, I study at the Ruhr University Bochum (Biology). However, I made some of the posters when I was in Sweden at Uppsala University. Unfortunately, the uni in Bochum does not give you much opportunities to study in Englisch, which does not make much sense (95% of lectures are in German)! As a scientist English is your working language ^^. I basically choose to do most things in English whenever it was possible = )

[coolisfoolable]

wow great tips! I didn't find these tips anywhere else, really helpful! And congrats on winning the prize, your poster was really beautiful!

[ArielCouto]

I have to thank you for this video! Right now I'm making my poster to a medical congress in Brazil, you helped me a lot! And I'll rewatch this in the future for sure! God bless u :D

[thomasalderson]

i will never win a noble prize, but a poster prize is in my grasp. moohahaha

[mariemitchell]

Loving your tutorials, fabulous, really helping with my Master's funding bid poster! Thank you

[lynnpatrick]

Well done, very helpful, I am currently studying for a BA, thank goodness I saw this at the beginning of my third year

[-Kevin-zodk]

Thank you so much for the information sir. I have no idea how should i design a scientific poster for my assignment. This is really helpful.

[rachelleho]

This is insightful. I'm really glad I found your channel.

[ramadatta]

Nice video. Thank you so much for the qr code tip for video presentation. My colleagues jaw dropped when I showed my poster.

[deannaschmalz]

Currently making my first research poster. Thanks random German guy!!

[sahildelhi]

Genius idea to use the bar code for the poster
amazing man

[VascoElbrecht]

Hello = ) Thank you for your feedback! Yes, I use the software "jubler" to make my subtlitles. It is free, works on Mac and Windows, and is easy to use. Save your files in Jubler as "*.srt" to upload them to youtube.

[yuyuli]

Thanks for your sharing ! You did think out of box (i mean placing models in front of the posters) pretty nice ! :)

[DanteVirgilioOrtizFigueroa]

Very nice; thanks for taking the time to share this with us. It's a great quality as a scientist to be critic with yourself and to use it as example to teach. Respect!

[ChimaE]

Your videos are amazing.
Thank you so much. I have subscribed and I look forward to more from you. Keep up the good work.