With the use of emergent state-of-the-art technologies and the ever-increasing complexity of our understanding of molecular pathways and neural networks, it is becoming more challenging to present the latest discoveries in clear and impactful ways. The lead illustrator for Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Jennie Vallis, will describe strategies to cut through the complexity and jargon to reveal our discoveries in elegant and understandable ways.
Learning Objectives:
- Hierarchy – how to use color and detail to focus attention on important areas of the figure.
- Composition – how to direct your audience to read your figures.
- Simplifying and separating elements to increase clarity.
- Data visualization. How to make results accessible and interesting.
- CMYK vs RGB color spaces and image quality.
- Online resources for improving figure quality and accessibility.
Speakers
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