Mike Morrison

#betterposter guy | Psychologist, Designer | Making scientists’ tools easier to use |📝UX @curvenote | 🦋

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Hi!👋Here are some ways we can speed up science with #UXDesign

Let's Make Science User Friendly:
https://t.co/DDO4c6G3Sl

#betterposter
v1: https://t.co/wyXhiP5CKl
v2: https://t.co/q1g4SsSrlS

#TwitterPoster
https://t.co/Z2Xw9vsjQ6

Coming soon: #virtualposter

[Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles]

On Hantavirus: a (non-technical) thread.

Disclaimer: I am a biology PhD, but not virology/epidemiology. Husbandman is a virology PhD. But I’m told I’m good at communicating science, so here’s my take.

#Hantavirus

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Sci-Hub, the evil website that pirated 88M+ research papers and made them freely available has added another evil feature.

If you run a DOI and open a paper, Sci-Hub can give you similar and related papers.

Click on the three horizontal dots or the arrow and it will show you similar papers.

Don't do it.

[Nathan Cashion @nathancashion]

@fperrywilson @MystMarkdown @quarto_pub @curvenote is a publishing platform built around the same concept. Imagine a radiology journal where you can interactively scan through the slices of an MRI instead of looking at a pixelated, static image.

[Nathan Cashion @nathancashion]

@fperrywilson @MystMarkdown @quarto_pub @curvenote A nice video from @mikemorrison https://t.co/XUVD0Sg0wt

[MSFPaediatrics @MSFPaedsDays]

First in our two-day mini-series of virtual posters, find out how a community-integrated intervention in Malakal, South Sudan, overcame a lack of toys and limited space to assist severely malnourished children’s recovery through psychostimulation including play.

[MSFPaediatrics @MSFPaedsDays]

J Piper at @ZvitamboZim et al wanted to know how to measure school-age mental health and resilience in rural Zimbabwe, and tested child mental health and resilience scales to find out. See the promising results here.

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

MSF/Doctors without borders sharing their science in some fantastic GIF #TwitterPosters!

[MSFPaediatrics @MSFPaedsDays]

In our third virtual poster, see how newborn survival improved in rural Guatemala thanks to a neonatal home visitation program integrating ​digital health tools and ​centering Indigenous practices to overcome structural barriers to care.

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

@EliahuHorwitz @NeurIPSConf @alfcnz This is gorgeous! And yes still very much down for this team-up. Curious to learn your insights myself, actually!

Spent the summer analyzing data from tracking attendee visits to posters at a large conference, so have a bunch of fresh examples to work with.

[Eliahu Horwitz @EliahuHorwitz]

#NeurIPS2025 poster ✅

Catch me at @NeurIPSConf next week — poster #1014, Thursday morning to hear about why we should chart the Model Atlas🗺️

We're also organizing a small, informal “grab a drink” meetup for anyone into weight-space learning & model populations — stay tuned👀

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Play a little game and choose the right icon for each role in science.

Play our CRediT Roles icon game/survey, and help make scientific authorship clearer and more accessible!
https://t.co/NRlroevgf6

#OpenScience #ScienceUX

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

PSA: Last week, Affinity Studio (major Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop alternative) went completely 'free forever'. This makes pro-grade design software accessible to PhD students.
https://t.co/zCWTUDLZKB

I suspect they're just using new owner Canva's mountain of cash to obliterate Adobe's market share in one swing, but...I'm okay with that?

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Help us improve the design scientific presentation slides. Go through some example slides in our study: 🙏
https://t.co/FDs6iQxAZH

As a bonus, you get to learn some random facts.

#scienceUX

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Help us improve the design scientific presentation slides. Go through some example slides in our study: 🙏
https://t.co/FDs6iQxAZH

As a bonus, you get to learn some random facts.

#scienceUX

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Which slide designs work best, scientifically? Help us figure it out! Need a LOT of people to take this survey to get some answers: 🙏
https://t.co/FDs6iQy8Pf

#scienceUX @NolanHaims

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Doctors Without Borders goes #betterposter! Our #ScienceUX community created an evidence-based poster template to improve science communication at the DWB/MSF Pediatric conference this year.

Video explains design decisions & the science communication principles at play:
https://t.co/YxnkgrKK7J

[Suzana Sultan @SuzanaVanVinci]

Proud of my recent first scientific poster presentation at the @sams_usa 23rd International Conference in Damascus!
Many poster design insights from @mikemorrison !

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

@Aartideetoo @outofofficedaku Selfishly, I want you to pick Hong Kong and we can have lunch (or dinner/breakfast)!

HK/KLC both have brain-breakingly lavish malls and cool buildings.

In HK, you can get nature, city, and culture all in a day.

But, KLC is also an amazing melting pot.

[Exploring Chiro @exploringchiro]

I'm a fan of the #BetterPosters approach to academic research poster design. So at @CARLProgram #CARLoquium, I ran down the expo hall and stopped for any poster whose design caught my eye. Here are my favorites.🧵

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Got to work with 120 Early Career Researchers on poster + presentation design at NSF EPSCoR.

Nearly exploded Google Docs with 120 simultaneous people playing presentation slide & poster design games.

After 5 years, still my favorite group!

#ScienceUX #betterposter

[Hansika Kapoor @hansika_kapoor]

Our last day at the #summerschool is filled with #betterposter presentations! @mikemorrison