Beamer High-Contrast Scientific Defense

LetXUpdated Sep 25, 2026MIT

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A high-contrast dissertation defense in 16:9 Beamer in five numbered parts, from motivation through the theory to a named GNN architecture and molecular docking results.

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Document class: beamer [10pt, aspectratio=169]
Compiles with: pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF: 17
Bibliography: None
Files: 2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages: inputenc
fontenc
helvet
amsmath
amssymb
amsfonts
amsthm
booktabs
colortbl
multirow
tabularx
tikz
tcolorbox
fontawesome5
microtype

The start of the preamble of main.tex, from its \documentclass line.

\documentclass[10pt,aspectratio=169]{beamer}

% ---------------------------------------------------------
% PACKAGES
% ---------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts,amsthm}
\usepackage{booktabs,colortbl,multirow,tabularx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,calc,shapes.geometric,backgrounds,fit}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}
\usepackage{microtype}

% ---------------------------------------------------------
% BEAMER THEME & COLOR CONFIGURATION (High-Contrast Scientific)
% ---------------------------------------------------------
\usetheme{default}
\usecolortheme{default}

% Disable standard navigation symbols
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

% Color Definitions
\definecolor{NavyDark}{HTML}{0F172A}       % Obsidian / Deep Slate Background
\definecolor{TealPrimary}{HTML}{0D9488}    % High-Contrast Teal Accent
\definecolor{BlueAccent}{HTML}{2563EB}     % Royal Blue Accent
\definecolor{AmberAccent}{HTML}{D97706}    % Vivid Gold / Amber Highlight
\definecolor{SlateGrey}{HTML}{475569}      % Subtitle / Secondary Text
\definecolor{LightBg}{HTML}{F8FAFC}        % Clean Off-White Background
\definecolor{CardBg}{HTML}{F1F5F9}         % Subtle Box Fill
\definecolor{CardBorder}{HTML}{CBD5E1}     % Border Tint
\definecolor{TextDark}{HTML}{0F172A}       % Dark Body Text
\definecolor{White}{HTML}{FFFFFF}

% Set Beamer Colors
\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=White}
\setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=TextDark}

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It uses the beamer class (options: 10pt, aspectratio=169), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 15 packages, including inputenc, fontenc, helvet, amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, amsthm and booktabs.

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