Thank you to everyone who attended yesterdays Early Career Investigators Symposium on 'Advances in Microcirculation', the outstanding talks and scientific discussions showed that there is an exciting future for microcirculation research in the UK.
The symposium covered topics ranging from angiogenesis to inflammation and vessel permeability, investigating physiological and pathological aspects of the functioning microvessels. We were overwhelmed by the mature and confident selected oral communications given by early career investigators ranging from first year PhD students to young post-docs. Not only were the talks well paced and informative, the scientific questions that followed demonstrated a clear understanding and thirst for knowledge. This was also evident in the poster session where discussions continued and collaborations began to form, the high standard making prize selection a difficult process.
As organisers we would like to thank everyone who attended for making it a successful meeting. The engaging conversations throughout the day and well into the evening showed the young investigators are continuing the traditions of senior members, both it terms of microcirculation research and excessive consumption of alcohol!
The travel grant recipients and prize winners will be listed through this blog in the next few days along with comments from some of those who attended. Please take the time to look through the photos and add comments as you wish.
Although the first meeting of its kind we trust this will not be its last!
Kind regards,
Melissa, Claire and Alessio
