Monday 22 July
Keynote lectures
IUPS Keynote (Sponsored by ESM & EVBO)
Pathological development of brain microvasculature
IUPS Ernst Knobil Lecture
3R's: Reproductive Regulation Revised
Symposia
Cellular senescence in cardiovascular disease
Paul Evans (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) and Michael Goligorsky (New York Medical College , United States)
David Sheppard (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Jeng-Haur Chen (University of Hong Kong, China)
Contributions of skeletal muscle myopathy to heart failure: Novel mechanisms and therapies
Mark Chapleau (University of Iowa, United States) and Elizabeth McNally (University of Chicago, United States)
Epigenetic and post-translational modification of the diseased heart
Loren E Wold (The Research Inst. at Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University, United States) and Lea Delbridge (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Hypoxia shows double faces -- Effects and mechanisms
Ming Fan (Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, China)
Neuronal inhibition dynamically regulates neuronal excitability
Bryndis Birnir (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Brandon Stell (Université Paris Descartes, France)
Denis Noble (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Physiomics of TRP ion channels
Joost Hoenderop (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands) and Thomas Voets (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Signalling mechanisms that regulate microvascular permeability
Paul Fraser (King’s College London, United Kingdom) and Dolly Mehta (University of Illinois, United States)
Stem cells and tissue homeostasis
Bettina Wilm (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) and Silvia Fre (Institut Curie, France)
Using technology to improve millennial students’ learning
Xian Wang (Peking University, China) and Jonathan Kibble (University of Central Florida, United States)
What’s hot in brown adipose tissue biology?
John Speakman (Chinese Academy of Sciences (and University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom), China) and Helen Budge (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Plenary
FEPS Lecture
Health-promoting effects of exercise in diabetes and obesity: from molecular mechanisms to clinical action
Lunch and Posters (12:45 to 14:15 - Hall 3)
Symposia
Ageing – epigenetic mechanisms underlying lifelong health and wellbeing
Susan Ozanne (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) and Wolf Reik (The Babraham Institute, United Kingdom)
Central versus peripheral neural control mechanisms in man: Inputs and outputs
Michael White (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Martin Lakie (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Competency‐based education in physiology: A global perspective
William Galey (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States) and Dee U. Silverthorn (University of Texas, United States)
Epithelial Na channels – linking physiology, regulation and structure
David Cook (The University of Sydney, Australia) and Daniela Rotin (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
David Paterson (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) and Alona Ben-Tal (Massey University, New Zealand)
James Hicks (University of California, Irvine, United States) and Antoon Moorman (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Hydrogen sulphide in the vascular system: Diverse roles and mechanisms
Ákos Koller (University of Pécs, Hungary) and Philip Aaronson (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension: Mechanisms of pulmonary vascular change and their effect on the right ventricle
Paul McLoughlin (University College Dublin, Ireland) and Jeremy Ward (King’s College London , United Kingdom)
Inhibitory synapses: Ionic shift plasticity
Melanie Woodin (University of Toronto, Canada) and Peter Blaesse (University of Münster, Germany)
Macrophage phenotype modulation in atherosclerosis
Klaus Ley (La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, United States) and Sussan Nourshargh (William Harvey Research Institute, United Kingdom)
Obesity: Intergenerational programming and consequences
Lucy Green (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) and Robert Hester (University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States)
Physiological solutions in symbiotic systems
Mónica Medina (University of California, Merced, United States) and Michele Weber (University of California, Merced, United States)
Keynote lectures
IUPS Schmidt-Nielsen Lecture (Sponsored by SPS)
Brown adipose tissue: the mammalian prerogative
IUPS Keynote
Neuronal calcium channels and migraine
IUPS and ADInstruments Education Lecture
Teaching and research in physiology in Sub-Saharan Africa - achievements and challenges
Posters (17:15 to 19:00 - Hall 3)
Plenary
Annual Public Lecture (The Physiological Society for publication in Experimental Physiology)
The Rhythms of Life – What your body clock means to you from eye disease to jet lag