#RSCPoster is a global Twitter Poster Conference, held entirely online over the course of 24 hours. The event brings together the global chemistry community to network with colleagues across the world and at every career stage, share their research and engage in scientific debate.

 

The 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference will be held on 2 March 2021 beginning 12:00 UTC for 24h.

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How does it work?

 

Register to submit a poster

 

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Tweet your poster with a title, #RSCPoster and relevant subject hashtag(s)

 

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Comment below your poster with your #RSCPosterPitch, a 60 second video overview of your research, just like you might give at an in-person conference (more details in our FAQs; #RSCPosterPitch is optional so you can still enter a poster without a pitch)

 

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Discuss and engage – throughout the 24h conference; make sure to answer the questions from the community, committee and comment on other #RSCPosters

 

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Win prizes if your #RSCPoster is deemed best by Subject Chairs

Why should I enter?

  • No registration fees
  • Participate from anywhere with Twitter access
  • Meet researchers from all over the world, at every career stage
  • Spend as little or as much time attending as you like
  • Cash and community prizes for the best posters as judged by our excellent Committees
  • Community prize for the best #RSCPosterPitch as selected by our General Committee

See what our past winners had to say about the event:

See our 2020 winners, highlights and committee.

2021 organisers

Tim Noël

@NoelGroupUvA

2021 subject chairs

#RSCAnalytical

Yitao Long

@YTLong_Chem

Nanjing University, China

Roy Goodacre

@RoyGoodacre

University of Liverpool, UK

Raychelle Burks

@DrRubidium

American University, USA

 

#RSCChemBio

Sally-Ann Poulsen

@sa_poulsen

Griffith University, Australia

Luciana Oliveira

@LuBruGonzaga

University of Campinas, Brazil

Marloes Peeters

@Peeters_Marloes

Newcastle University, UK

 

#RSCCat

Damien Debecker

@deuxbeck

Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Banothile Makhubela

@BanothileM

University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Armando Carlone

@armando_carlone

University of L'Aquila, Italy

 

#RSCEdu

Kristy Turner

@doc_kristy

University of Manchester, UK

Nicole Graulich

@nik_kola82

University of Giessen, Germany

Maria Gallardo-Williams

@Teachforaliving

North Carolina State University, USA

 

#RSCEnergy

Karen Wilson

@KWilson1971

RMIT University, Australia

Jillian Buriak

@Jburiak

University of Alberta, Canada

Saiful Islam

@SaifulChemistry

University of Bath, UK

 

#RSCEng

Tanja Junkers

@polymerreaction

Monash University, Australia

Paul Dauenhauer

@pauldauenhauer

University of Minnesota, USA

Olga Guerrero-Perez

@MOGuerreroPerez

University of Malaga, Spain

 

#RSCEnv

Stuart Khan

@stukhan

UNSW, Australia

Nadine Borduas

@nadineborduas

University of British Columbia, Canada

Rebecca Garland

@Rehema1234

CSIR, South Africa

 

#RSCInorg

Jenny Yang

@icjennikins

UC Irvine, USA

Stefanie Dehnen

@DehnenStefanie

University of Marburg, Germany

Makoto Yamashita

@makoto_B

Nagoya University, Japan

 

#RSCMat

Ben Zhong Tang

@BenZhongTANG1

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Henrik Pedersen

@hacp81

Linköping University, Sweden

Davita Watkins

@WRG_Chem

University of Mississippi, USA

 

#RSCNano

Galo Soler Illia

@dr_kuato

CONICET, Argentina

Palli Thordarson

@PalliThordarson

University of New South Wales, Australia

Sandeep Verma

@Sandeep_1966

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Karen Faulds

@FauldsKaren

University of Strathclyde, UK

 

#RSCOrg

Basker Sundaraju

@basker25071980

Indian institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Anat Milo

@anatmilo

Ben Gurion University, Israel

Vy Dong

@vy_dong_group

UC Irvine, USA

 

#RSCPhys

Brian Wagner

@DrummerBoy2112

University of Prince Edward island, Canada

Gabriel Merino

@theochemmerida

Cinvestav, Mexico

Jess Wade

@JessWade

Imperial College London, UK

2021 general committee

Andrea Alvarez Moreno

@AndreAlvarezMor

National University of Colombia, Colombia

Raja Angamuthu

@RajaAngamuthu

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Fun Man Fung

@ChemFunMan

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Nico Fischer

@CoE_cchange

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Henry Powell-Davies

@hpowelldavies

University of Glasgow, UK

Helen Casey

@helen_casey

University of Huddersfield, UK

Devin Swiner

@Devin_Eleven

Ohio State University, USA

Milka Kostic

@MilkaKostic

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA

Miranda Quintana

@GroupQuintana

University of Florida, USA

Marta Krasowska

@marta_krasowska

University of South Australia, Australia

Ying-Wei Yang

@yingweiyang

Jilin University, China

Alfonso T. Garcia-Sosa

@ATGarciaSosa

University of Tartu, Estonia

Zoë Ayres

@ZJAyres

Hach, UK

Stuart Cantrill

@stuartcantrill

Nature Chemistry, UK

Maria Escudero Escribano

@MariaEscEsc

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Kate Jolliffe

@kate_jolliffe

University of Sydney, Australia

Mohammad Rizwan

@RizwanNanotech

Bangor University, UK

Mark McLaughlin

@MML_ResearchMMU

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Sebastian Pike

@Spike_Chem

University of Warwick, UK

Sacha Fop

@sacha_fop

Aberdeen University, UK

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

@GTsodikova

University of Kentucky, USA

Ankit Jain

@ajabsurd

City University of New York, USA

Jen Love

@JenLoveChem

University of Calgary, Canada

Bilal Kaafarani

@BilalRKaafarani

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Matt Baker

@Chemistry Baker

University of Strathclyde, UK

Sara Rouhanifard

@Srouhanifard

Northeastern University, USA

Josue Mota

@mota_josue

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Matt Zunk

@DrMattZunk

Griffith University, Australia

Emmie Chiyindiko

@ScientistEmmie

University of Free State, South Africa

Gokhan Demirel

@gokhandemirels

Gazi University, Turkey

Liliana Quintanar

@lilquintanar

Cinvestav, Mexico

Erome Daniel Hankore

@EromeDaniel

University of Kentucky, USA

Antonio J. Martínez Martínez

@MartinezChemUH

University of Huelva, Spain

David Izuogu

@Chucksty

University of Cambridge, UK

Niveen Khashab

@ShmsLab

KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Sir Fraser Stoddart

@SirFraserSays

Northwestern University, USA

Christian Masquelier

@C_Masquelier

Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France

Liane M. Rossi

@LianeGroup

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

William Tarpeh

@TarpehDiem 

Stanford University, USA

Damien Arrigan

@arri_aus

Curtin University, Australia

Marina Resmini

@mresmini

Queen Mary University of London, UK

Frequently asked questions

What are some tips for being successful at #RSCPoster?

What is #RSCPosterPitch?

#RSCPosterPitch is a 60 second video presentation to accompany your main #RSCPoster, just like you may stand next to your poster at a physical conference and give a quick overview. The amount of description on a poster is limited; giving a quick video overview allows you the chance to expand on why your research is interesting and explain this further. This can be done in any style, any language (although note that the Subject Chairs will be judging in English, so you might want to give an English version if possible) from a regular speech to a special song, just so long as it’s not more than 60 seconds.

#RSCPosterPitch is optional, so you don’t have to submit a pitch for your poster to be eligible for prizes.

Do I need to check the copyright and permissions needed for figures or any other parts of my #RSCPoster which have already been published?

Yes. Copyright owners have the exclusive right to copy their work and to issue copies of their work to the public, and it is an infringement for anyone else to do so without the copyright owner’s permission. If you are reproducing material contained in a Royal Society of Chemistry publication (journal articles, book or book chapters) you may do so providing that you fully acknowledge the original Royal Society of Chemistry publication and include a link back to it. If you wish to include material that has been published by another publisher, you will need to check how the publisher/copyright owner of the third party material wishes to receive permission requests. Information on this can be found on our Permission Requests page at http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/copyright/permission-requests.asp under “Use of third party material in our publications”.

If I include unpublished work in my #RSCPoster, will I still be able to publish this in a peer-reviewed journal afterwards?

Subject to the usual conditions outlined in the License to Publish, being a part of the Twitter conference will not prevent you using some of the information included in your poster as part of an article in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal. Please note this policy varies by publisher and if you intend to submit your research for publication elsewhere after the event, you should check the individual policy for that journal and publisher.

What size/format should my #RSCPoster be?

You can choose any dimensions for your #RSCPoster, the important thing is that the text and figures are clear for people to read and understand. Using Microsoft PowerPoint, we found a text size of between 12-16 were clear to read when saving an A4 slide as a JPEG and uploading to Twitter. Using an A0 template, the text needed to be between 50 and 60 to be legible. You can use any software you like to create your poster, as long as the image you upload is clear for others to read. We recommend testing your poster on Twitter before the conference to make sure you are happy with your image. Check out this blog post by Zen Faulkes for some top tips for making posters with Twitter in mind: http://betterposters.blogspot.com/2019/02/top-tips-for-twitter-posters.html

How can I maximise the accessibility of my #RSCPoster?

There are a number of resources available to increase the accessibility of your #RSCPoster to different user groups! Below are some suggestions and links to resources:

  • When you Tweet images you have the option to compose a description of the images so the content is accessible to people who are visually impaired. Please see https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/picture-descriptions for more information on how to do this. The image descriptions have a character limit so we suggest including the title in this image description, and put further details or explanation about the poster content as a thread in the comments.
  • The Royal Society of Chemistry has guidelines for inclusive communications which may be useful to keep in mind when designing your poster. The UK Home Office have also produced useful posters on how best to design accessible posters for different user groups.
  • If you want to test how accessible your #RSCPoster is to people with different types of colour blindness, this website provides a colour blindness simulator.
  • Uploading a link to a PDF of your poster, alongside your image, may enable the use of screen readers for the visually impaired.
  • We encourage you to capitalise words in hashtags, use simple language and explain any acronyms, to help increase accessibility to non-native English speakers and those from a different or non-scientific background.

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