Your Name
and if research was done as collaboration, include collaborators’ names.
Affiliation
Include institutional affiliation
Statement
In fulfillment of requirements for Mount Holyoke Summer Research Fellowship or in fulfillment of requirements for Weed Summer Research Fellowship or your affiliated program
Logo
Available by downloading from MHC web page
Mentor or Sponsor
Include the name of your mentor, their title, and institutional affiliation
Abstracts
Each poster must be accompanied by an informative abstract of no more than 200 words. Abstracts should describe the substance of the paper in language non-specialists can understand, and must make clear the paper’s significance.
Introduction
The introduction should include a clear description of the summer work of interest. Previous pertinent work must be well-cited (see References section to describe how to cite work). The objective of the project and rationale for doing the work must be included.
Materials and Methods or Methodology
In this section you should describe how the work was carried out. Include methods, methodology, and the instrumentation that was used. For posters and oral presentations, if possible, include either pictures of instruments or instrument schematics. Also, include methods of data collection and analyses. Capitalize trade names and give manufacturers’ full names and addresses (city and state).
Equations included in Methods section (if applicable)
Equations are to be typewritten or carefully hand lettered. Clearly indicate capital and lower case letters. Label Greek and unusual symbols the first time they appear. Use fractional exponents instead of root signs. The solidus (/) for fractions will save vertical space. Equation numbers should be cited in the text without parentheses: e.g., Eq. 9.
Results
All results should be presented in this section. If possible, present them in tabular form.
Discussion/Summary
In this section describe what you achieved with this research. Be sure to offer an explanation of your results. Include whether further research beyond the scope of this project will be required.
References
In the body of the text, references must be cited by surname and year (Smith, 1992); (Smith and Jones, 1991); (Smith et al., 1990). Type the references double-spaced beginning on a sheet separate from the rest of the text. References must be listed alphabetically by surname of the first author. Include all authors’ names (do not use “et al.”), year, complete article titles, and inclusive page numbers. Abbreviate the names of journals as in the Serial Sources for the Biosis Data Base (published annually by BioSciences Information Service of Biological Abstracts, Philadelphia, PA 19103); spell out the names of unlisted journals. Citations such as “submitted for publication,” “in preparation,” and “personal communication” should be included parenthetically in the text and must not appear in the Reference section. For personal communications, include cited author’s institutional affiliation and written permission to use material cited. Please follow the style of the examples listed below:
Journal Articles
Benditt, E.P., N. Ericksen, and R.H. Hanson. 1979. Amyloid protein SAA is an apoprotein of mouse plasma high density lipoprotein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:4092-4096.
Brown, W., and A. Nelson. 1989. Phophorus content of lipids. J. Lipid Res. In press.
Yalow, R.S., and S.A. Berson. 1960. Immunoassay of endogenous plasma insulin in man. J. Clin. Invest. 39:1157-1175.
Complete Books
Myant, N. B. 1981. The Biology of Cholesterol and Related Steroids. Heinemann Medical Books, London.
Articles in Books
Innerarity, T. L., D. Y. Hui, and R. W. Mahley. 1982. Hepatic apoprotein E (remnant) receptor. In Lipoproteins and Coronary Atherosclerosis. G. Noseda, C. Fragiacomo, R. Fumagalli, and R. Paoletti, editors. Elsevier/North Holland, Amsterdam. 173-181.
Coordinate Files
References to any atomic coordinate set for a macromolecule obtained from public repositories must include a citation to the paper or papers in which the structure in question was first presented, as well as its database serial number.
Tables
All tables should be typed double-spaced and carry a title. Do not use vertical rules. Footnotes should be placed in the following sequence: *, #, §, ¶, ¦, **, ##, §§, ¶¶, ¦¦, etc.
Illustrations
Each figure should have a label indicating figure number and description. Clearly label parts (e.g., A, B) on the figure itself and include the title and the legend on the figure.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledge persons and agencies responsible for the research. For example, if the funding for the project came from NIH or NSF, etc.
Ref: Biophysical Journal (FASEB)
Oral Presentations
Guidelines (please review above poster guidelines):
- Visual and Interactive
- Bullets and Talking points
- Rule of thumb—one slide=one minute
- First slide should include: Title, Your Name, Statement, Logo, Mentor
- Should include an abstract or overview of presentation
- Include background and introduction (see poster presentation for discussion of objectives)
- Materials and Methods—How research was done
- Results and Findings
- Need for further research
- Acknowledgements
Poster and Oral Presentations
- PowerPoint Workshop available with LITS.
- Downloading Logo also available online (or contact Connie Allen (callen) to send it to you as a .tiff file)
