1. Map viscoelasticity Cilia Dynamics Cell Mechanoresponse Images are an important part of a poster. You need to make sure your images are designed so that they contrast well with your poster background and can be seen clearly. For example, the white image to the lower right has a black box around it so it can seen clearly. Also, be sure to place your images appropriately so its clear what they represent according to your text. A dividing line like this one below can also be effective in sectioning off pieces of information and images that are associated. Figure 1. Green Wavy Lines This is a caption for the image to the right. You could always make sure to identify your images. Using Boxes to highlight specific things Boxes like this can be used to highlight specific groups of images or pieces of information and text like the images below and this text. (a)(b) (c)(d) Font Size Your font size is important, because if its too small it may be difficult to read. This is affected by the paper size. If printing at 8.5 x 11 (the normal size of notebook paper and laser printer paper: The smallest you should print is: Arial, Font Size 24 Because, font size 20 or below looks really small, like this sentence Arial, Font Size 28 This is a good size, and is nice and easy readable on most pages If Printing a poster sized sheet, your font can be smaller, but it is advisable that you still stay at font size 20 or above, as this will make it optimally readable to be viewers. The printing size of the poster is controlled through the “page setup…” option under “File” in the Top Menu. This poster is set to 24 X 35, which is a standard poster printing size. If you are printing on a large size printer, you should be able to just hit “print” and not change anything, and it should print correctly. The print settings become available when you click “Print” under “File” in the Top Menu. If you want to print on a smaller sheet, like 8.5 X 11, you will need to click the checkbox titled “Scale to Fit Paper” at the bottom of the “Print” dialog. This will scale this form to fit on the smaller sheet of paper correctly. Font for Your Text You can Use Various Different Fonts, but the primary fonts used on most posters are the following. You just probably always use one of these 4 fonts (all displayer at size 36). Arial, which is what this sentence is Times New Roman, which is what this sentence is Tahoma, a slight variation on Arial Verdana, also a variation Poster Printing Size human bronchial cell culture (~ 40 µm tall). Below : HBE cultures derived from cells taken from normal (left image) and CF (right image) lungs. 100  l of saline containing fluorescent high mol. Wt. Dextran was added to culture surfaces 24 hours before imaging. Note the greatly decreased depth of the ASL in CF, relative to normal, indicating Na + & fluid hyperabsorption. Title of Your Poster CISMM: Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy and Manipulation Collaborators: List the people are who are collaborators on the project here. Include their Dept and/or affiliation, if it isn’t UNC. Project Lead: Name Investigators: Names… http://cs.unc.edu/Research/nano/cismm/cystic This is the link to your projects website Poster Date First Heading for Your Poster Second Heading for Your Poster Be aware of large empty spaces on your poster. Once you’ve finished your poster, you should do a small print of it and stand back and take a look at it, and see if it feels balanced visually, and seems to lead you to the information it needs to. Vertical lines like this are generally not advisable, but can be good for posters that are especially dense to break up text. In general, if blank space can break up text, it is better to do that to avoid too much clutter.