Summer Undergraduate Research Program - Fred Hutchinson ...

Materials and Methods
• Briefly outline how assays, experiments, surveys or other means of data collection were conducted.
• Schematics can be helpful to show the experimental design, (e.g. flow chart of your process), but it’s
not necessary to include every step that occurred throughout the process .
Results
• Use appropriate visual figures such as graphs, charts, diagrams, images, tables, gels, etc.
• Present what was discovered as a result of the hypothesis or goal .
• Create a figure legend to clearly identify each visual element of the poster. Be sure to include the
figure number and a brief title/description for each figure. It is important that the figure legend
placement (whether above, below or beside) is consistent throughout your poster. The figure number
and colon should be denoted in bold, followed by the brief title/description in regular text .
Example 2: Figure Legend Format
Info
B
Figure 1: This figure represents XXX.
Summary/Conclusions
• Highlight the key finding(s) of the research.
• What do your results mean?
• Does the data support or refute the hypothesis?
• Keep the conclusion(s) interesting, but simple and relevant .
• What is the take-home message?
Discussion/Future Research
• Describe the next steps involved in the research .
• Discuss the importance of data that does not support the hypothesis/research/objectives;
i .e . “failures .”
References (optional)
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C
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A
Acknowledgements
• Acknowledge your mentor(s), professor(s), institution(s), source(s) of funding for the research and/
or training program, including grant number(s) .
• Mention sources of support for materials such as reagents or supplies (optional) .
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