Oral and Poster Presentations

Oral Presentation Guidelines


The oral presentations will be scheduled as concurrent sessions during the morning and afternoon. Each talk will be allotted a 15 minute time slot with 10-12 minutes for the presentation and 2-3 minutes allotted for questions and the transition between presenters.

All presentations will be given in Microsoft PowerPoint from a classroom computer (Windows operating system). You will not be allowed to access your slides through Google Slides, project from a laptop, or download from your email during the session. Therefore, you should plan to load your presentations onto the computer using a USB drive or by downloading at least 30 minutes prior to the start of your scheduled session. Once you have loaded your slides on the computer, you should confirm that the formatting is correct.

If you are in the morning session, you should load your presentations on the computer immediately after registration is completed. If you are in the afternoon session, you can load your presentations during the lunch break.

Awards will be given for the best oral presentations in each of the concurrent sessions.

Poster Guidelines

The posters should measure 48” wide X 36” tall or smaller. Pushpins will be provided.

There are two one-hour poster sessions. Authors with odd-numbered posters will present during Poster session I and authors of the even-numbered posters will present during Poster session II. If you have an odd-numbered poster, plan on displaying the poster when you arrive. The poster will be on display until the end of Poster session I and authors should remain with the poster during the first hour. Following session I, the even-numbered posters will replace the odd-numbered posters and will be on display for the rest of the afternoon, with presenters of even-numbered posters standing with their posters during the second hour. Presenters are responsible for prompt removal of their posters at the end of their session.

Awards will be given for best posters in various sub-disciplines of Biology.

Questions can be sent to wcbsurc@lmu.edu