You are providing insight into the world of science that I have not seen others do. And you do it in such a positive, happy and calm manner. This gives me a great smile! Keep being AWESOME! #HeresAPositiveComment
While I haven't had to make any scientific posters yet in my degree, I really like reading the ones in my Physics department. I find them to be a great to make the faculty seem like a more alive and inspiring place: always reminding me that there are real scientists around me tackling ground-breaking ideas in a varied field. Also... they're pretty and make me feel all cosy in their neatness.
Dear Alex, As a molecular geneticist myself, I gravitated towards the data data. At first, I was like, wowsers, it's a sequencing gel. Then I took a second look -- it's a digital sequencing "gel" -- very classy. Yours, Fluffy poster script - 3:58
This is the first video of yours I've seen when I was just looking up "scientific poster". You are already my she-ro. I'm studying to be a science communicator and you are now my new inspiration.
OMG they make fabric poster these days?! Why haven't I been told that before? This is so practical, although they must be quite a bit more expensive. Also, this is not too bad of a typo in your name. I mean, Alexandria was the home of the home of the Great Library in ancient times. So it's a symbol of great knowledge in a way!
Great video! As a teenager, I would never have guessed that in 2016, the science community would still be relying on giant pieces of paper thumbtacked to cork board as the primary strategy for sharing unpublished information with peers. How much longer until the posters at poster sessions are replaced by giant interactive touch screens? Or poster sessions themselves are replaced by a Google-hangout like experience where people from the community can pick and choose from a collection of informal live presentations in real time? But I guess giant posters will do for now...
The biggest advantage of a poster over a 10 min talk is the ability to ask questions and get to know the presenter of the poster and on the other side the ability of the presenter to actually meet people. Science is not the single person in an isolated lab but the interaction and exchange of ideas.
I'm sorry, but that's a pretty wall of text poster. Should be more like, "One Simple Trick for curing Cardiac Disease! Cardiologists hate her!" And the rest should be just emojis. That's how you win the science fair!
Hey, thanks for doing this! I'm a high school biology and forensic science teacher, and this video was useful, and very accessible, for even my students...cool job...
wow your teeth are all straight, I liked the little fangs but they look good. So, your poster could be interactive with some off-the-shelf tech, they touch a spot and get more detailed info or a vid that shows how you got a result. Or maybe just a poster done in velvet painting for the older crowd idk it folds too. good luck on the upcoming stuff!
There I was, always thinking that science conferences are primarily a means for nerdy people to go on vacations to cool places, have good food and get drunk, all at the expense of whoever funds their research - but no, they look at each others posters, too! ;-) SCNR
Hah, while true, I don't think I've been to enough to relax and enjoy the "science vacation" aspect yet. I'm usually too worried about posters and presentations and "But how do I pick which talk to go to?!" Maybe this year...
Your poster presentation wasn't that bad, though it was super reliant on knowing all the technical terms of the subject. Do you think you'd have time to make a video about it that's longer than 3min and simply re-explains all that for people who don't have the technical vocabulary to get all that? - I'm not saying "dumb it down", mind you. Just "take a little extra time going a bit more in-depth about what all of that actually means". (In fact I feel myself often "stuck in the middle" where you get a TON of "ultra simple one minute explainers" for complicated topics and a lot of "ultra concise, precise, jargony detailed talks" on the other end of the spectrum, when really I want something in between. I want to understand the nitty gritty details. I do know that, to _really_ understand stuff well, I ought to study it in some form over an extended time frame. But there ought to be some middle ground where I start being able to talk to people who _actually_ know this stuff in a somewhat informed fashion.) (I'd also not mind an iterative approach where you start out simple but then take individual points of that first take and go "well, actually" and elaborate a bit more until the final video basically is filled with jargon but the previous videos built up to that and so it's clearly understandable) (although that's probably an unreasonable amount of work, especially for a one person production) (oh well)
Just watched your presentation. Did not understand lots of it, but smart people are so sexy! Now I know why my professors want us to make those posters and why they are hanging up in some classrooms.
Poster? That's a paper on the wall for ya. Not that I mind though, I love my own posters back home, not that they are about science though, they are more like music related. Still you gotta look for what you love dont you?
And at 3:42 you mention cookie stand,,, creepy coincidence and it feels like the universe is trying to rub this in my face. If there is a god, "It's" an arsehole... :|
You are providing insight into the world of science that I have not seen others do. And you do it in such a positive, happy and calm manner.
This gives me a great smile!
Keep being AWESOME!
#HeresAPositiveComment
While I haven't had to make any scientific posters yet in my degree, I really like reading the ones in my Physics department. I find them to be a great to make the faculty seem like a more alive and inspiring place: always reminding me that there are real scientists around me tackling ground-breaking ideas in a varied field.
Also... they're pretty and make me feel all cosy in their neatness.
science fairs never quite fade away huh
Dear Alex,
As a molecular geneticist myself, I gravitated towards the data data. At first, I was like, wowsers, it's a sequencing gel. Then I took a second look -- it's a digital sequencing "gel" -- very classy.
Yours,
Fluffy
poster script - 3:58
This is the first video of yours I've seen when I was just looking up "scientific poster". You are already my she-ro. I'm studying to be a science communicator and you are now my new inspiration.
I shared a few of your videos with one of my biology professors. They really enjoyed it. Looking forward to the new projects!
Thank you :)
OMG they make fabric poster these days?! Why haven't I been told that before? This is so practical, although they must be quite a bit more expensive.
Also, this is not too bad of a typo in your name. I mean, Alexandria was the home of the home of the Great Library in ancient times. So it's a symbol of great knowledge in a way!
Where I order from, normal posters are $40 and fabric posters are around $75. I think it's well worth the increase for traveling!
Great video! As a teenager, I would never have guessed that in 2016, the science community would still be relying on giant pieces of paper thumbtacked to cork board as the primary strategy for sharing unpublished information with peers. How much longer until the posters at poster sessions are replaced by giant interactive touch screens? Or poster sessions themselves are replaced by a Google-hangout like experience where people from the community can pick and choose from a collection of informal live presentations in real time? But I guess giant posters will do for now...
The biggest advantage of a poster over a 10 min talk is the ability to ask questions and get to know the presenter of the poster and on the other side the ability of the presenter to actually meet people. Science is not the single person in an isolated lab but the interaction and exchange of ideas.
I remember thinking the exact same thing about poster making as a kid, now I'm working on my pathology poster and it all makes a lot more sense
I'm sorry, but that's a pretty wall of text poster.
Should be more like, "One Simple Trick for curing Cardiac Disease! Cardiologists hate her!"
And the rest should be just emojis.
That's how you win the science fair!
Just shared your channel to my blog!! I'm looking forward to the videos that are coming up :D
Thank you so much!
Weren't those chocolate-covered-chocolate ice cream bars good at the ASHG poster sessions last week? And the raspberry frozen fruit bars?
I suppose I ought to be grateful that I didn't have to make any posters during my physics PhD pursuit. Ms. Dainis makes it seem like fun.
Teachers make posters also. I like those fabric posters ,they look more durable than paper.
Cool video, thanks. How can one download this frame for scientific poster presentations? I need to create one but don't know how to create one.
Hey, thanks for doing this! I'm a high school biology and forensic science teacher, and this video was useful, and very accessible, for even my students...cool job...
BTW, I shared this, and when my classes start again next month, I'll share it again...please keep on making good stuff like this!
wow your teeth are all straight, I liked the little fangs but they look good.
So, your poster could be interactive with some off-the-shelf tech, they touch a spot and get more detailed info or a vid that shows how you got a result. Or maybe just a poster done in velvet painting for the older crowd idk it folds too. good luck on the upcoming stuff!
We do a lot of posters in Rhetoric and Tech Comm too.
There I was, always thinking that science conferences are primarily a means for nerdy people to go on vacations to cool places, have good food and get drunk, all at the expense of whoever funds their research - but no, they look at each others posters, too! ;-)
SCNR
Yeah, it's certain that nobody ever selects what conferences to apply to based on their location ;)
Hah, while true, I don't think I've been to enough to relax and enjoy the "science vacation" aspect yet. I'm usually too worried about posters and presentations and "But how do I pick which talk to go to?!" Maybe this year...
Alex Dainis That happens to anyone while they're young. You'll get the hang of it! :)
Your poster presentation wasn't that bad, though it was super reliant on knowing all the technical terms of the subject.
Do you think you'd have time to make a video about it that's longer than 3min and simply re-explains all that for people who don't have the technical vocabulary to get all that? - I'm not saying "dumb it down", mind you. Just "take a little extra time going a bit more in-depth about what all of that actually means".
(In fact I feel myself often "stuck in the middle" where you get a TON of "ultra simple one minute explainers" for complicated topics and a lot of "ultra concise, precise, jargony detailed talks" on the other end of the spectrum, when really I want something in between. I want to understand the nitty gritty details. I do know that, to _really_ understand stuff well, I ought to study it in some form over an extended time frame. But there ought to be some middle ground where I start being able to talk to people who _actually_ know this stuff in a somewhat informed fashion.)
(I'd also not mind an iterative approach where you start out simple but then take individual points of that first take and go "well, actually" and elaborate a bit more until the final video basically is filled with jargon but the previous videos built up to that and so it's clearly understandable)
(although that's probably an unreasonable amount of work, especially for a one person production)
(oh well)
Just watched your presentation. Did not understand lots of it, but smart people are so sexy!
Now I know why my professors want us to make those posters and why they are hanging up in some classrooms.
This video was awesome! As a biology graduate student I am becoming so familiar with these! Lol xoxoxo KayHDesign
Hey. I'd love to see a whole video about PCR. Are you making one? =D
It's on the (long!) to-do list!
Awesome \o
I had no idea that was the way things were done. Thanks for the great videos
Liked for science cape.
What do you do with the posters when you don't need them anymore?
I suggest Etsy ;)
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SCIENTIFIC CAPE FOR THE WIN
"I'm not going to give a big talk at any of these conferences"
If only you knew that you would be giving a talk at the AHA when you made this video.
If only. If only...
I'll lure people in with the Aaron Carter lip singing, but they'll stay for the science! 😉
Thank you!
Poster? That's a paper on the wall for ya. Not that I mind though, I love my own posters back home, not that they are about science though, they are more like music related. Still you gotta look for what you love dont you?
Have fun at Vancouver! Prepare to have no money left
- Sincerely a Vancouverite
Hahaha, everyone has been saying that! My response is that I live in the Bay Area so I already have no money ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think you should never put an "abstract" on your poster. A poster IS already an abstract of your work.
Making a scientific poster while watching this xD
That link you gave was looked at in the middle of me eating a cookie, I hope you're happy, enjoyment of cookie reduced by 50%... :(
And at 3:42 you mention cookie stand,,, creepy coincidence and it feels like the universe is trying to rub this in my face.
If there is a god, "It's" an arsehole... :|
calm down Alex (-_-) what you think !!
I watch your video because, I love science and you are super cute :)
They're as useful for others as they are awkward for the presenter.
I almost prefer to do a normal talk.
Almost.
Yeah, Science BEHITCH!!!!
your personality is to die for. sorry