Your Poster Title Starts Here: Please Center and use Arial (Bold) 80 Authors & Affiliation (Arial 60) June 17-20, Mamaia Romania Your University Logo, Name and Country Keywords: (Arial 50) List the keywords covered in your paper. These keywords will also be used by the publisher to produce a keyword index. (Arial 30) Introduction: (Arial 50) Do not include an abstract on a poster. A poster is an abstract of your research, so it’s a waste of space to have an abstract on your abstract. All posters must be in English, also the table and figure texts, otherwise we cannot publish your poster. Use italic for emphasizing a word or phrase. Do not use boldface typing or capital letters except for section headings (cf. remarks on section headings, below). Get your viewer interested in the issue or question while using the absolute minimum of background information and definitions (such things put a reader to sleep, which is dangerous if he or she is standing); quickly place your issue in the context of published, primary literature; then pitch an interesting, novel hypothesis … then you can describe (briefly) the experimental approach that tested your hypothesis. Please note that “X has never been studied before” is a classic but classically lame reason for doing something. Unlike a manuscript, the introduction of a poster is a wonderful place to put a photograph or illustration that communicates some aspect of your research question. [approximately 200 words] Section Headings. The section headings are in boldface capital and lowercase letters. Second level headings are typed as part of the succeeding paragraph (like the subsection heading of this paragraph). Poster should have one page. Page Numbers. Do not number your poster: Tables. Tables (refer with: Table 1, Table 2,...) should be presented as part of the text, but in such a way as to avoid confusion with the text. A descriptive title should be placed above each table. Units in tables should be given in square brackets [meV]. If square brackets are not available, use curly {meV} or standard brackets (meV). Special Signs. for example, α γ μ Ω () ≥ ± ● Γ {11 0} should always be written in with the fonts Times New Roman or Arial, especially also in the figures and tables. Briefly describe experimental equipment and procedure, but not with the detail used for a manuscript; use figures and flow charts to illustrate experimental design if possible; include photograph or labeled drawing of organism or setup; mention statistical analyses that were used and how they allowed you to address hypothesis. [approximately 200 words] Make sure that details on graphs and photographs can be comfortably viewed from 1.5 – 1.8 meters away. A common mistake is to assume that axes labels, figure legends, and numbers on axes are somehow exempt from font-size guidelines. The truth is that the majority of viewers want to read only your figures. First, mention whether your experiment procedure actually worked (e.g., “90% of the birds survived the brainectomy”); in same paragraph, briefly describe qualitative and descriptive results (e.g., “surviving birds appeared to be lethargic and had difficulty locating seeds”) to give a more personal tone to your poster; in second paragraph, begin presentation of data analysis that more specifically addresses your hypothesis; refer to supporting charts or images; provide extremely engaging figure legends that could stand on their own (i.e., could convey some point to reader if viewer skipped all other sections, which they will do); place tables with legends, too, but opt for figures whenever possible. This is always the largest section (except if you have no data). [approximately 200 words, not counting figure legends] Objectives Materials & Methods Results Thank individuals for specific contributions (equipment donation, statistical advice, laboratory assistance, comments on earlier versions of the poster); mention who has provided funding; do not list people’s titles (e.g., write Colin Purrington not Dr Purrington). Also include in this section explicit disclosures for any conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment. [approximately 40 words] Conclusions Remind the reader (without sounding like you are reminding the reader) of the major result and quickly state whether your hypothesis was supported; try to convince the visitor why the outcome is interesting; state the relevance of your findings to other published work; relevance to real organisms in the real world; future directions. [approximately 200 words] References Follow format described by your main society exactly; rumors you heard at are equally undesirable sources, so find an actual journal article that supports your needed fact or opinion. Also, if you haven’t read a journal article completely you should not cite it. [5-10 citations] Acknowledgments: