Objectives:
Participants will be able to translate complex research into clear, persuasive, and strategically designed visuals that capture attention and convey key messages efficiently (design impactful illustrations).
Content:
The Reviewer Mindset: How reviewers process information under time pressure.
Visual Abstract Best Practices: Analysis of strong vs. weak graphical abstracts. Focus on visualizing breakthrough potential, logical flow, and hypothesis-driven design.
Visual Storytelling: Graphical Abstracts in Practice: clarity of research questions, logical flow, visual readability, concept positioning.
Pattern Recognition & Transfer: Identifying the 3 Strategic Do´s and the 3 critical do not´s" of high-impact visual storytelling.
Methods:
Presentation, Discussion, Questions & Answers
Group size: max. 25 participants
The workshop will take place at Seminar room 22, Ilse-Wallentin-Haus (ILWA-SR 22), Peter-Jordan-Str. 82, 1190 Vienna.
Stefan Grünert, PhD
Accomplished life scientist having co-authored more than 29 publications with in excess of 6,054 cumulative citations and several patents. He studied in Heidelberg and Cambridge, with postdoctoral work at the Gurdon Institute (Cambridge, UK) and the Research Institute for Molecular Pathology (Vienna, Austria). For more than a decade, he has accumulated experience in grant and research management. Since 2003 he has supported scientists in the application of research grants in various positions. He is co-founder of biolution and has been supporting ERC grant applications for > 10 years.
