Research Posters

I've been putting together a research poster recently-- I'm not quite sure what a research poster is supposed to look like, but I'm learning. Here are a few tips I've gotten:

Three or four columns of content is the way to go. It's not very creative, but it gets the job done. Start on the far left of the poster with the introduction, then work right with methods, etc. until you reach the conclusion and references on the far right.

Put the references in much smaller print than anything else on the poster. They technically need to be there, but almost nobody looks at references unless they doubt something you said somewhere else on the poster.

The color scheme should be black and white and one other color, like blue. Anything more than that is far too exciting to be scientific.