Guidelines
Flash talks
A short 3 minute oral presentation of a research subject or problem together with a poster at the poster session.
A flash talk is a brief presentation of a research subject or problem. It is not a compressed talk, but a teaser for a poster. The talk should contain a fast and easy-to-understand presentation of the background, results or conclusions (only one of the three). Further discussion with interested listeners should take place at the following poster session. Similar to the TV commercial inciting people to buy a commodity, the flash talk is a commercial inciting people to visit your poster.
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For both talks and flash talks a work shop will be provided on November 8th to help with presentation techniques.
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Requirements for Flash Talks
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3 minutes flash talk (no questions). The chairperson will terminate your talk when your time is up. Only if requested, will you will be given a warning before your time is up.
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A work shop to help improve presentation techniques will be provided on November 8th.
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Talks are presented in English.​
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The template of the abstract can be downloaded here.
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PowerPoint presentations or other types of electronic aids, which can run from a PC or MAC, are accepted. PowerPoint will be installed, but for other visual aid programs contact the organizers at least a week ahead of the PhD day, i.e. before the presenter´s workshop.
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The presentation should include a maximum of 2 slides, both containing a footer or header stating your name and the number and title of your poster.
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The presentation should not exceed 60 MB.
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Animations or video clips have to work within PowerPoint and not rely on computers being online or upon additional software.
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If you require audio for your presentation, please contact the organizers at least a week ahead of the PhD day, i.e. before the presenter´s workshop.
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Presentations can be sent to the organizers before the 15th of November.​
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Presenters should make themselves known to the organizers at latest in the break before their talk.
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Poster at poster session (see guidelines on posters).
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You are more than welcome to use physical props for the presentation (e.g. an enlarged model of a molecule, an animal or anything related to your talk).
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Oral presentations
A 15 minutes relatively brief and precise presentation of your research subject.
The form of the presentation is free but should focus on "delivering the overall message" rather than giving lengthy details on a specific topic. The challenge is to simplify and communicate your topic. You can choose to focus on a method or the conclusion of your research.
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For both talks and flash talks a work shop will be provided on November 8th to help with presentation techniques.
Requirements for oral presentations
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10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes of questions. The chairperson will give a notice when there are 2 minutes left and will terminate the talk when the time is up.
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A work shop to help improve presentation techniques will be provided on November 8th.
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Talks are presented in English.
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The template of the abstract can be downloaded here.
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PowerPoint presentations or other types of electronic aids, which can run from a PC or MAC, are accepted. PowerPoint will be installed, but for other visual aid programs contact the organizers at least a week ahead of the PhD day, i.e.before the presenter´s workshop.
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The presentation should not exceed 60 MB.
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Animations or video clips have to work within PowerPoint and not rely on computers being online or upon additional software.
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If you require audio for your presentation, please contact the organizers at least a week ahead of the PhD day, i.e.before the presenter´s workshop.
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Presentations can be sent to the organizers before the 15th of November.
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Presenters should make themselves known to the organizers in the break before their talk.
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Posters
A 15 minutes relatively brief and precise presentation of your research subject.
The form is free but should focus on "delivering the overall message" rather than giving lengthy details on a specific topic. The challenge is to simplify and communicate your topic. You can choose to focus on a method or the conclusion of your research.
Requirements for posters
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Posters are presented in English.
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The template of the abstract can be downloaded here
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Portrait orientation.
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Maximum size of A0.
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Selection Criteria
The PhD day committee will select 6 flash talks, 10 talks and 60 poster presentations from the best submitted abstracts within each presentation type.
We will attempt to do this in a way that best achieves the broadest representation of BIO (section based) as well as attaining gender neutrality amongst speakers. However, the selection will first and foremost be based on the following criteria in order of priority:
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High academic level
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Formulation and communication skills
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Impact and originality of the project