Jessica Polka

COMPASS Events at the ASCB Annual Meeting

December 6, 2013
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While COMPASS has been busy year-round, many of our programs are leading up to the Annual Meeting, coming up in…

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Hands on Data: How to Make Flip Books for Science

November 29, 2013
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With the advent of smartphones and tablets, bringing movies to poster sessions is becoming more common than ever before. Even…

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How to Print a Fabric Poster

November 15, 2013

As the Annual Meeting approaches, it’s time to start thinking about printing your poster. If you’re not looking forward to…

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How to Put Your Poster in the Cloud

November 1, 2013
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Imagine walking up to a poster, snapping a QR code with your smartphone, and being connected to a permanent and…

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How to Use Prezi to Make a Dynamic ePoster Talk

September 12, 2013
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ePoster talks are an exciting new format being debuted this year at ASCB. During normal poster sessions, selected posters will…

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Hack Your Science

August 23, 2013
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An arduino-controlled tie that uses colored LEDs to display a custom DNA sequence in progress at the 2010 San Francisco…

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3D Print Your Favorite Protein

June 24, 2013
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I have a poster session coming up, and I wanted to show a homology model built by my collaborator Justin Kollman.…

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Building a COMPASS

May 30, 2013
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As any boy scout knows, you can make a compass from water, a cork, and a needle, but you need…

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