
The International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) was founded in April, 1973 with a focus on inter and cross-disciplinary research involving theoretical and experimental investigations of oxygen transport to tissue. The intent was to bring life scientists and engineers together to examine the many complex phenomena of normal tissue growth and maintenance as well as tissue survival and repair under pathological conditions. At the first meeting of the society in Charleston/Clemson South Carolina the first elected president was determined to be Dr. Melvin H. Knisely. It was decided that in alternate years the meeting would be held in the United States and otherwise in Europe or Asia. The society has met around the world since then. [This is an extract from Prof. Bruley paper on The Genesis of ISOTT see reference (1)]
The ISOTT comprising about 250 members worldwide. Its purpose is to further the understanding of all aspects of the processes involved in the transport of oxygen from the air to its ultimate consumption in the cells of the various organs of the body.
The annual meeting brings together scientists, engineers, clinicians and mathematicians in a unique international forum for the exchange of information and knowledge, the updating of participants on latest developments and techniques, and the discussion of controversial issues within the field of oxygen transport to tissue.
The society has been the leading platform for the presentation of many of the technological and conceptual developments within the field both at the meetings themselves and in the proceedings of the society. These have been published by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers in its Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology series and lately by Springer.
Examples of areas in which members have made highly significant contributions include electrode techniques, spectrophotometric methods, mathematical modeling of oxygen transport, the understanding of local regulation of oxygen supply to tissue and fluorocarbons/blood substitutes.
For 2025 the meeting will be held for the first time in Greece and the town of Thessaloniki.
For further information:
[1] Bruley, D.F. (1998). The Genesis of ISOTT. In: Hudetz, A.G., Bruley, D.F. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue XX. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 454. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4863-8_1
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_on_Oxygen_Transport_to_Tissue