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Membership
The British Microcirculation
Society is the professional organisation for scientists and
clinicians working on the biology and pathology of small blood vessels,
lymphatics and interstitium.
The Society provides three functions:
A forum
for presentation and exchange of scientific work in the
microcirculation.
Support for microvascular research
by UK postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers.
Representation of issues affecting
the microcirculation or research issues in the field.
Membership (currently over 270) is
available to researchers, clinicians and teachers in the fields of
medical sciences - including anatomy, biophysics, cell biology,
genetics, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, clinical
medicine and surgery - the pharmaceutical industry, veterinary medicine
and mathematics and physical sciences (membership form below).
Meetings.The Society
holds a scientific meeting and AGM in the Spring of each year and the
proceedings are published in Microcirculation. The spectrum of
interests is one of the strengths of the Society and enlivens
discussion at its meetings. Additionally, the Society contributes
symposia to International and European Microcirculation Congresses
which are held in the Summer biennially. Membership of the BMS includes
free membership of the European Society for Microcirculation, free
access to the Journal of Vascular Research, heavily discounted
membership rates for subscription to Microcirculation, and free colour
page charges for publication in Microcirculation.
Support for Research
The Society works to advance the careers of researchers in the
microcirculation by providing awards that pay for attendance at
meetings and visits to laboratories for the purpose of developing new
techniques.
Information.
The Society through its website and Newsletter, provides information to
its members on recent events, jobs in the field, upcoming meetings of
interest, laboratory contacts and details of support. It also acts as a
centre for journalists enquiries about science in microcirculation.
Some areas of interest (including
recent symposia)
Blood Flow:
Regulation of vascular tone, laser doppler flowmetry; capillaroscopy.
myography, edhf, nitric oxide, prostaglandins, vasomotion.
Physical forces and the
microcirculation: Shear stress, mechanical stretch, osmotic
interactions, Starling forces, rheology.
Hypoxia and ischaemia: Ischaemia
reperfusion injury, angiogenesis, altitude sickness, coronary
ischaemia, hypoxia signalling, atherosclerosis, extracellular matrix.
Exchange in different organs: Blood brain
barrier, feto-maternal exchange, renal, joint, skin, bone, lung,
spleen, cardiac, intestine, prostate, pancreas, ovarian and muscle
microcirculations.
Tumour microcirculation:
Angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, metastasis, drug delivery, tumour
blood flow, vascular invasion, tumour oxygenation, radiotherapy.
Inflammation: Leukocyte adhesion, rolling
and diapedesis, neuropeptides, vascular permeability, reactive oxygen
species, nitric oxide, adhesion molecules, selectins.
Endothelial cell biology: Differential
gene expression, endothelial receptors, proteomics, endothelial
markers, cell signalling, signal transduction, caveolae, integrins, ion
channels.
Vascular Permeability: Cell
junctions, caveolae, endothelial gaps, occludins, cadherins, oedema,
junctional integrity.
Lymphatics and interstitium: Lymphatic
contractility, valves, pressures etc, lymph formation, flow,
lymphoedema, lymphangiogenesis; interstitial pressures, biochemistry,
structure, flow etc
Pathologies: Cancer, atherosclerosis,
diabetes, arthritis, burns, Reynauds disease, scleroderma,
pre-eclampsia, stroke, venous disease, asthma, shock, allergies,
retinopathies, renal disease, ARDS, ulcers
Ordinary members = 178
Student members = 83
Honorary members = 10
TOTAL membership = 271
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