What are you doing in the Summer of 2005?

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As the 7th World Congress on Microcirculation to be held in Sydney nears its opening, it heralds the time to start organizing the 8th World Congress on Microcirculation (WCM). The Microcirculatory Society's offer to host this congress in 2005 was accepted by the International Liaison Committee of Microcirculatory Societies. Our society's rationale in making this offer was that it was timely to host the congress in North America, and the opportunity existed to coordinate in some way (at our discretion) with the IUPS Congress that will be held in Washington D.C. in August, 2005.

The Executive Council of the Microcirculatory Society, Inc., invites you to apply for the privilege of organizing the 8th World Congress on Microcirculation. If you are willing to serve as Chair of the Organizing Committee or as Organizing Committee member, please write to or call:

Ingrid H. Sarelius, Ph.D.
Chair, MCS International Committee
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Medical Center, Box 711
University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Ave. Rochester, NY 14642

Office Phone = (716) 275-7729
FAX = (716) 273 2652
E-Mail = ingrid_sarelius@urmc.rochester.edu 

Please send your initiatives to Dr. Sarelius by March 1, 2001. The submission should include information about the proposed organizational structure, meeting venue, hotel/dormitory accommodation, likely costs based on expected changes from current cost structures, etc. The MCS Executive Council will review the recommendations from the MCS International Committee at its meeting on March 30, 2001.