More blogs from delegates at MicroCirc2012 conference at Keble College Oxford, 4-6 July, co-organized by the British Microcirculation Society and the US Microcirculatory Society.
Views expressed in these blogs are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of the BMS.
Here are the impressions of Karen Stokes, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Physiology &
Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA:
'The meeting is nearly over and has been a great success by all accounts- the science, the interactions and the socializing! As someone who does a lot of intravital microscopy in the intact microcirculation, I have had the great fortune to be able to start taking advantage of spinning disk intravital microscopy techniques, and this has revealed cell behaviour (exciting!) and problems (not so much!) that I had not imagined before…..but then I see the incredible work by many being done in isolated vessels and am reminded of the limitations that remain in dissecting out mechanisms in vivo, and the importance of multiple complementary approaches and collaborations that are prevalent in our field and are a positive sign for the future advancement of our knowledge. Thank you to the organizers-an excellent job….I hope you get a bit of sunshine for your post-conference weekend!'
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