Oxygen has played the substantial role in the evolution process of biological systems, including human, as the key molecule for energy production and genetic adaptation to the environment. Considering that the physiological function of oxygen is an extremely diverse and multidisciplinary research area, increased involvement of basic medical scientists, clinicians, and biomedical engineers in ISOTT should be encouraged. This is the very reason for the existence of ISOTT, the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue.
The 36th Annual ISOTT conference was held in Sapporo, Japan during August 3-7, 2008. It was the second occasion that the ISOTT meeting was held in Japan; the first one was held in the same place in 1987 organized by Professor Masaji Mochizuki.
The meeting consisted of one special lecture by the Honorary President Professor Mamoru Tamura, 8 invited lectures, 7 organized sessions (31 presentations altogether), a specially planned Asians session (4 presentations), 20 general oral presentations, and 64 poster presentations. In addition, we had an opportunity to hold a satellite symposium in the same venue entitled "Oxygen Transport and Medicine" (4 presentations) chaired by Professor Makoto Suematsu, Keio University School of Medicine. We welcomed 131 full registrants (with 15 accompanying persons) and 38 one-day-ticket holders.
In addition to promoting enthusiastic in-depth discussions in the conference, at after-hours, we did our best so that the participants could relax and feel ISOTT's traditional familiar atmosphere. One example was the Summer Ski Jump demonstrations performed by Mr. Kazuyoshi Funaki, the Gold Medalist in 1998's Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.
Eiji Takahashi, Ph.D. Department of Physiology Yamagata University School of Medicine Yamagata, Japan
Visit the website of ISOTT-2008 on our Annual Meeting in Sapporo, Japan.
ISOTT 2007, Uppsala, Sweden
Visit the website of ISOTT-2007 at www.isott2007.org on our Annual Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden.
The meeting was held from Aug. 26-30, 2007, and was organized by
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