Figure 1. Data from initial survey sent to delegates.

Prior to the meeting, we asked each delegate to choose, from a predetermined list, which methods they were familiar with, and which methods they wanted to learn more about. (A) Methods known by delegate. Each row represents a method and each column represents an individual delegate (names omitted for reasons of confidentiality). Delegates were most familiar with microscopy (both quantitative and advanced), cells (both cancer and stem) and mathematical modelling. This information was used to calculate the knowledge distance between delegates in Figure 3. (B) Methods that delegates wanted to learn more about. The most popular methods were biophysical methods and microfluidic devices.