The Microcirculatory Society, Inc.
Newsletter

Volume 29, Number 1

Summer, 2001

Summer is upon us, which means an immediate upregulation in the time available for research, the numbers of students inhabiting (and sometimes even working in) our labs, and of course, travel to an ever expanding variety of conferences covering the wide range of interests of the members of our Society.

I know many of our members will be traveling in August to the 7th World Congress for Microcirculation in Sydney, Australia, and some will be continuing on to the IUPS Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand, and various satellites. We anticipate stimulating meetings, and look forward to establishing new friendships and renewing old ones. In particular, we look forward to reaping the benefits of all the hard work undertaken by a small band of Australasian microcirculationists, (headed so ably by Mike Perry) whose efforts will culminate in the Sydney congress.

To those of you undertaking this mammoth plane trip to the Antipodes for the first time, I offer the following comments. Don't panic, you won't fall off the bottom of the planet. Yes, the natives speak English (sort of.....). If you've never seen the Southern Cross in the night sky, now's your chance. August in regions south of the Tropic of Capricorn means late winter or early spring, which translates into less hot than usual for Sydney, occasional rain, and great sailing opportunities. For Christchurch it means possibly mild weather, hundreds of new lambs, and great skiing.

Wherever your science takes you this summer, from the lab across the hall to a conference across the world, I urge you to take every opportunity to encourage your colleagues from related disciplines to explore the breadth and depth of interests that are typical of our Society's membership. We need new members, and we need you to help recruit them.

Have a great summer!!