Membership

The British Microcirculation and Vascular Biology 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:

• Forum for presentation and exchange of scientific work in the circulation.
• Support for microvascular research by UK postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers.
• Representation of issues affecting the circulation or research issues in the field.

Membership 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.

Meetings
The Society holds a scientific meeting and AGM in the Spring of each year and the proceedings are published on our website. 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 BMVBS includes free membership of the European Society for Microcirculation and free access to the Journal of Vascular Research.

Support for Research
The Society works to advance the careers of researchers in the circulation by providing awards that pay for attendance at meetings and visits to laboratories for the purpose of developing new techniques.

Your personal details will only be held by appropriate individuals as necessary. Your e-mail address will only be used by members of the BMVBS/ESM Committee to contact you about your membership and Society related activities as relevant.  When you leave the Society you will be removed from the Membership database and we will no longer contact you by email.

Information
The Society through its website, blogspot, newsletter and email, 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 circulation.

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