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To communicate by visual means lies in the nature of humankind. Today, in the natural sciences, v... more To communicate by visual means lies in the nature of humankind. Today, in the natural sciences, visualizations transfer data into useful and communicable information. But which types of visualizations are best suited to represent scientific findings in a clear and comprehensible way? This is where visual science communication research starts. To communicate the latest scientific findings to the public, we have developed a new format that combines the traditional scientific poster with a new and innovative approach: the next-generation interactive scientific poster. New technical possibilities offered by interactive media help to transform scientific findings in an intuitive way that allows, due to interaction, to adjust the level of detail and information that is presented to various audiences (see Figure 1). We explain how we have conceptualized, developed and designed the interactive scientific poster »Explore the Ocean« with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and information designers to create a platform to bring ocean observations and findings to a broad public to improve ocean literacy in society. Additionally, the interactive poster also provides an opportunity for scientists to communicate their often complex results to stakeholders. One of the biggest challenges for visual science communication is to develop effective visualizations that are attractive and emotional, yet scientifically accurate and substantial. For the production of these new visualizations, an interdisciplinary team is key to providing state-of-the-art design and programming skills but also to ensuring scientific accuracy. In this perspective article, we describe the advantages of interactive media in the visual communication of marine sciences. Furthermore, the suitability of interactive media to raise ocean literacy and societal connections to the ocean is discussed. We conclude that the collaboration between scientists and design experts has significant advantages and enables the transformation of scientific findings through advanced visualization techniques into a consistent language and effective communication media for specific audiences.
Der Exzellenzcluster "Ozean der Zukunft“ verfugt uber eine multimediale Ausstellung mit ca. ... more Der Exzellenzcluster "Ozean der Zukunft“ verfugt uber eine multimediale Ausstellung mit ca. 50 Exponaten, die uber die Arbeit der Kieler Meeresforschung informiert und die spannend und anschaulich die Themen des Clusters vermittelt. Sie fuhrt den Besucher in die beeindruckende Welt der Tiefsee. Exponate von echten Meerestieren, Beispiele neuester Forschungstechnik und interaktive Multimediaelemente zeigen, wie sich der Einfluss des Menschen auf die Ozeane auswirkt. Die Ausstellung ist in Zusammenarbeit mit der Muthesius Kunsthochschule (Prof. Manfred Schulz) und dem GEOMAR (Dr. Gerd Hoffmann-Wieck) entstanden und mittlerweile in drei deutschen Museen als Dauerprasentation vertreten. Einzelne Module konnen entliehen werden und sind regelmasig auf Tagungen und Grosveranstaltungen zu sehen. Bisher haben mehr als 100.000 interessierte Besucher auf diese Weise die Themen der Kieler Spitzenforschung kennengelernt. Vom 25. Marz bis 30. August prasentierte der Exzellenzcluster "Oz...
The Biochemist
The importance of microbiome research is rapidly gaining momentum for understanding its role in d... more The importance of microbiome research is rapidly gaining momentum for understanding its role in development, evolution, ecology, health and disease. Recent progress in community and single-cell genomic approaches has provided an unprecedented amount of information on the abundance and ecology of microbes in different host organisms and turned them into metaorganisms. A metaorganism is a host and its complete microbial community which is commonly referred to as the microbiome. Over half the cells in a human body are not human but belong to the multitude of species that compose our microbiome. However, linkages between metaorganisms from different taxa and their in situ level of intraspecific dependence (be it growth, division or metabolic activity) are much more scarce. Visualization therefore is crucial for understanding host–microbe interactions as well as overarching concepts in different host organisms. Here we introduce an innovative user-friendly method for interactive visualiz...
To communicate by visual means lies in the nature of humankind. Today, in the natural sciences, v... more To communicate by visual means lies in the nature of humankind. Today, in the natural sciences, visualizations transfer data into useful and communicable information. But which types of visualizations are best suited to represent scientific findings in a clear and comprehensible way? This is where visual science communication research starts. To communicate the latest scientific findings to the public, we have developed a new format that combines the traditional scientific poster with a new and innovative approach: the next-generation interactive scientific poster. New technical possibilities offered by interactive media help to transform scientific findings in an intuitive way that allows, due to interaction, to adjust the level of detail and information that is presented to various audiences (see Figure 1). We explain how we have conceptualized, developed and designed the interactive scientific poster »Explore the Ocean« with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and information designers to create a platform to bring ocean observations and findings to a broad public to improve ocean literacy in society. Additionally, the interactive poster also provides an opportunity for scientists to communicate their often complex results to stakeholders. One of the biggest challenges for visual science communication is to develop effective visualizations that are attractive and emotional, yet scientifically accurate and substantial. For the production of these new visualizations, an interdisciplinary team is key to providing state-of-the-art design and programming skills but also to ensuring scientific accuracy. In this perspective article, we describe the advantages of interactive media in the visual communication of marine sciences. Furthermore, the suitability of interactive media to raise ocean literacy and societal connections to the ocean is discussed. We conclude that the collaboration between scientists and design experts has significant advantages and enables the transformation of scientific findings through advanced visualization techniques into a consistent language and effective communication media for specific audiences.
Der Exzellenzcluster "Ozean der Zukunft“ verfugt uber eine multimediale Ausstellung mit ca. ... more Der Exzellenzcluster "Ozean der Zukunft“ verfugt uber eine multimediale Ausstellung mit ca. 50 Exponaten, die uber die Arbeit der Kieler Meeresforschung informiert und die spannend und anschaulich die Themen des Clusters vermittelt. Sie fuhrt den Besucher in die beeindruckende Welt der Tiefsee. Exponate von echten Meerestieren, Beispiele neuester Forschungstechnik und interaktive Multimediaelemente zeigen, wie sich der Einfluss des Menschen auf die Ozeane auswirkt. Die Ausstellung ist in Zusammenarbeit mit der Muthesius Kunsthochschule (Prof. Manfred Schulz) und dem GEOMAR (Dr. Gerd Hoffmann-Wieck) entstanden und mittlerweile in drei deutschen Museen als Dauerprasentation vertreten. Einzelne Module konnen entliehen werden und sind regelmasig auf Tagungen und Grosveranstaltungen zu sehen. Bisher haben mehr als 100.000 interessierte Besucher auf diese Weise die Themen der Kieler Spitzenforschung kennengelernt. Vom 25. Marz bis 30. August prasentierte der Exzellenzcluster "Oz...
The Biochemist
The importance of microbiome research is rapidly gaining momentum for understanding its role in d... more The importance of microbiome research is rapidly gaining momentum for understanding its role in development, evolution, ecology, health and disease. Recent progress in community and single-cell genomic approaches has provided an unprecedented amount of information on the abundance and ecology of microbes in different host organisms and turned them into metaorganisms. A metaorganism is a host and its complete microbial community which is commonly referred to as the microbiome. Over half the cells in a human body are not human but belong to the multitude of species that compose our microbiome. However, linkages between metaorganisms from different taxa and their in situ level of intraspecific dependence (be it growth, division or metabolic activity) are much more scarce. Visualization therefore is crucial for understanding host–microbe interactions as well as overarching concepts in different host organisms. Here we introduce an innovative user-friendly method for interactive visualiz...