The 37th Annual ISOTT conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA from July 5-9, 2009. Previously in 1995 an ISOTT satellite meeting was held in Cleveland, Ohio, with about 75 attendees, but this was the first time for the full meeting.

The meeting consisted of one featured presentation by Jay Dean, PhD, from the Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Hyperbaric Biomedical Research Laboratory at the University of South Florida.  His topic was “Oxygen and the World War II Aviator”. In addition, there were 21 featured lectures, 12 organized sessions, 56 general oral presentations, and 19 poster presentations. We welcomed 134 total participants comprised of 71 full, 13 social, 34 student, 10 daily and 6 outside exhibitor registrations.

Our venue was the campus of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), including the recently built Village at 115 dormitory-style housing facility where most participants stayed.  Participants were provided with many opportunities to interact, both scientifically and socially, during the conference and after hours in an informal atmosphere. Evening activities were structured to take advantage of Cleveland as well as CWRU’s proximity to the University Circle cultural institutions. The highlight of the 2009 ISOTT meeting was definitely the Closing Banquet held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum where several of our participants entertained us with their musical talents!

Joseph C. LaManna, Ph.D.

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Department of Physiology & Biophysics (BRB 525)
10900 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4938, USA