Symposia
Cellular senescence in cardiovascular disease
Paul Evans (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) and Michael Goligorsky (New York Medical College , United States)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
David Sheppard (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Jeng-Haur Chen (University of Hong Kong, China)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
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)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Human & Exercise Physiology
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)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Hypoxia shows double faces -- Effects and mechanisms
Ming Fan (Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, China)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Neuronal inhibition dynamically regulates neuronal excitability
Bryndis Birnir (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Brandon Stell (Université Paris Descartes, France)
Neuroscience
Denis Noble (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
General Interest
Physiomics of TRP ion channels
Joost Hoenderop (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands) and Thomas Voets (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Signalling mechanisms that regulate microvascular permeability
Paul Fraser (King’s College London, United Kingdom) and Dolly Mehta (University of Illinois, United States)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Stem cells and tissue homeostasis
Bettina Wilm (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) and Silvia Fre (Institut Curie, France)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Using technology to improve millennial students’ learning
Xian Wang (Peking University, China) and Jonathan Kibble (University of Central Florida, United States)
Education & Teaching
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)
Metabolism & Endocrinology
Ageing – epigenetic mechanisms underlying lifelong health and wellbeing
Susan Ozanne (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) and Wolf Reik (The Babraham Institute, United Kingdom)
Human & Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience
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)
Human & Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience
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)
Education & Teaching
Epithelial Na channels – linking physiology, regulation and structure
David Cook (The University of Sydney, Australia) and Daniela Rotin (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
David Paterson (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) and Alona Ben-Tal (Massey University, New Zealand)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
James Hicks (University of California, Irvine, United States) and Antoon Moorman (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
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)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
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)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Inhibitory synapses: Ionic shift plasticity
Melanie Woodin (University of Toronto, Canada) and Peter Blaesse (University of Münster, Germany)
Neuroscience
Macrophage phenotype modulation in atherosclerosis
Klaus Ley (La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, United States) and Sussan Nourshargh (William Harvey Research Institute, United Kingdom)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Obesity: Intergenerational programming and consequences
Lucy Green (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) and Robert Hester (University of Mississippi Medical Center, United States)
Metabolism & Endocrinology
Physiological solutions in symbiotic systems
Mónica Medina (University of California, Merced, United States) and Michele Weber (University of California, Merced, United States)
General Interest
An integrated approach to the physiology of organic cation transporters
Giuliano Ciarimboli (University of Münster, Germany) and Sophie Gautron (UMRS952/UMR7224, France)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Bicarbonate transport in normal and cancerous tissues
Walter Boron (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Dysfunctional chemoreceptors: Cause or consequence of the symptoms of cardiorespiratory disease?
Prem Kumar (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Luciane Gargaglioni (Sao Paulo State University, Brazil)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
From perceiving to acting: Neurophysiological mechanisms of conscious visual perception
Erik Cook (McGill University, Canada) and Kristine Krug (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Neuroscience
Historical perspectives on early physiology, 1870‐1960
Jonathan Reinarz (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Education & Teaching, General Interest
Mammalian nutrient sensing
Daniela Riccardi (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) and Willis Samson (Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States)
Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience
Perivascular fat: Role in metabolic and cardiovascular disease
Alfons Houben ( Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht - MUMC, Netherlands) and Etto Eringa (VU University Medical Centre, Netherlands)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Physiology of fasting and starvation
Marshall McCue (St. Mary’s University, United States) and Teresa Valencak (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria)
Metabolism & Endocrinology
Stem and progenitor cells in vascular remodelling and repair
Neena Kalia (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Mark Majesky (Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New mechanisms of neuronal and glial signalling in the injured spinal cord
Anne King (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) and José Lopez-Garcia (University of Alcala, Spain)
Neuroscience
The role of toxic Ca signals in initiating pancreatitis and promoting pancreatic cancer
Ole Petersen (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) and Péter Hegyi (University of Szeged, Hungary)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Transverse tubules in the heart: Normal physiology and involvement in disease
David Eisner (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and William Louch (University of Oslo, Norway)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Angiogenesis: Growth points
Stuart Egginton (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) and Kari Alitalo (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Development and functional organisation of neural circuits controlling breathing
Alexander Gourine (University College London, United Kingdom) and Muriel Thoby-Brisson (Université Bordeaux, France)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Neuroscience
Theophile Godfraind (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) and Penny Moody-Corbett (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
General Interest
Markus Sperandio (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Germany) and Paul Kubes (University of Calgary, Canada)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Anant Parekh (Oxford University, United Kingdom) and Barbara Niemeyer (Saarland University, Germany)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Mother, placenta, fetus and life long health
Rohan Lewis (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) and Susan Greenwood (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Multidisciplinary approaches to understanding synaptopathies
John Jefferys (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Sumantra Chattarji (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
Neuroscience
New insights into the acid-base microclimate as an integral regulator of epithelial function in health and disease
Michael Gray (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and Ursula Seidler (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Potassium channel complexes: Dynamic aspects of the assembly and regulation towards their physiological roles
Yoshihiro Kubo (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan) and Bernard Attali (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
The activation of skeletal muscles - implications for fatigue
Ole Bækgaard Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Janet Taylor (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Human & Exercise Physiology
Jun Chen (The Fourth Military Medical University (Xi’an), China) and Irene Tracey (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Neuroscience
Using narratives and stories to enhance learning
Frank Mojiminiyi (Usman Danfodio University, Nigeria) and Penelope Hansen (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Education & Teaching
Generation of respiratory and sympathetic activities in health and diseases
Benedito Machado (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil) and Ann Goodchild (Macquarie University, Australia)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Neuroscience
Insight into the physiological roles of membrane transporters from drug transport studies
Catriona Anderson (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and Ikumi Tamai (Kanazawa University, Japan)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Mechanical stress and vascular remodeling
Qingbo Xu (King's College London, United Kingdom) and Nanping Wang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Molecular basis of cardiac conduction system in disease
Halina Dobrzynski (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and Dario DiFrancesco (University of Milan, Italy)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Network oscillations: Binding brain areas to functional structures
Attila Sik (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Anton Sirota (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Neuroscience
Ricardo Leão (University of São Paulo, Brazil) and Ana Belén Elgoyhen (INGEBI-CONICET, Argentina)
Neuroscience
New advances in the physiome and systems biology
Andrew McCulloch (University of California, San Diego, United States) and Chae Hun Leem (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea, Republic of)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, General Interest, Human & Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Peptide modulation of hedonic food intake
Gareth Leng (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Zsolt Liposits (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience
Role of TRP channels in the cardiovascular system
Susan Brain (King's College London, United Kingdom) and Scott Earley (Colorado State University, United States)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
The glutamatergic synapse: A neurodegenerative and psychiatric disease target
David Wyllie (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Lynn Raymond (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Neuroscience
Annette Dolphin (University College London, United Kingdom) and Roberto Chiesa (Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research, Italy)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
Atomic structures and molecular mechanisms of voltage-gated and ligand-gated ion channels
Raimund Dutzler (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and João Morais Cabral (IBMC, Portugal)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
Auxiliary AMPA receptor subunits: Their role in central synaptic transmission
Stuart Cull-Candy (University College London, United Kingdom) and Mark Farrant (University College London, United Kingdom)
Neuroscience
Collateral vessels: Adaptive growth mechanisms and functional characteristics
Ulrich Pohl (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Gastrointestinal flexibility: Ecology, evolution and microbial symbiosis
Hannah Carey (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States) and Stephen Secor (University of Alabama, United States)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Mechanistic insights into genotype-to-phenotype relationships
Daniel Beard (Medical College of Wisconsin, United States) and Elena Marchiori (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Molecular mechanisms of transmitter release
Jens Rettig (Saarland University, Germany) and Tao Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Neuroscience
Physiology of protein palmitoylation
Mike Shipston (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Masaki Fukata (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
The role of intrinsic electrical activity in the maturation and refinement of the auditory and visual systems
Michael Evans (Keele University, United Kingdom) and Corné Kros (University of Sussex, United Kingdom)
Neuroscience
The role of membrane transport in tumor cell growth and metabolism
Stefan Broer (Australian National University, Australia) and Yoshikatsu Kanai (Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Godfrey Smith (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) and John Bridge (University of Utah, United States)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Vascular calcification
Yvonne Alexander (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and Cecilia Giachelli (University of Washington, United States)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Brain imaging – an ethical time bomb?
Joanna Wardlaw (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Hank Greely (Stanford University, United States)
General Interest, Neuroscience
Epigenetics: A new regulator of gene expression and cardiovascular diseases
Seppo Ylä-Herttuala (University of Eastern Finland, Finland) and Loren Wold (Nationwide Children’s Hospital, United States)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
High resolution microscopy (nanoscopy) and correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM)
Katharina Gaus (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Jens Rettig (Saarland University, Germany)
General Interest
Sergey Kasparov (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Maiken Nedergaard (University of Rochester, United States)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Richard Vaughan-Jones (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) and Yin Hua Zhang (Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Membrane potential investigated with voltage sensitive dyes
Marco Canepari (INSERM U836, France) and Carl Petersen (EPFL, Switzerland)
Neuroscience
Microvascular networks: Causes and consequences
Axel Pries (Charité, Berlin, Germany) and Ed van Bavel (AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Myometrial physiology - time to translate?
Susan Wray (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) and Jorge Cavajal (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Physiology and mechanisms of the circadian control
Karl-Heinz Herzig (Oulu University, Finland) and Greg Atkinson (Teesside University, United Kingdom)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Human & Exercise Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience
Recent advances in Renin-Angiotensin System and implications in health and disease
Mohan Raizada (University of Florida, United States) and Genevieve Nguyen (INSERM, Collège de France, France)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Solute and ion cotransporters and exchangers at atomic resolution
David Thwaites (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and Olga Boudker (Weill Cornell Medical College, United States)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
An update on inherited renal tubular disorders
René Bindels (Radboud University , Netherlands) and Fiona Karet (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Cardiovascular developments that changed the world
Holly Shiels (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and Jonathan Stecyk (University of Alaska Anchorage, United States)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Cardiovascular regulation by miRNAs
Giovanni Mann (King's College London, United Kingdom)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Imaging mouse visual cortex function and plasticity
Mark Hübener (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany) and Frank Sengpiel (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
Neuroscience
A Mark Evans (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and Maria Gomez (Lund University, Sweden)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Orchestrating signals towards early therapeutically relevant clinical measures of neurodegeneration
Graham Collingridge (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Paul Wren (Neurodegeneration DPU, GlaxoSmithKline, China)
Neuroscience
Pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation
Ulrich Schotten (University Maastricht, Netherlands)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Physiological roles of non-coding RNAs
Andreas Werner (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and Noora Kotaja (University of Turku, Finland)
General Interest
The case for comparative and evolutionary physiology in clinical research
Michael Joyner (Mayo Clinic, United States) and Sandy Martin (University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, General Interest, Human & Exercise Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience
The physiology of rapid responses to estrogen
Brian Harvey (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland) and Ellis Levin (University of California, Irvine, United States)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Understanding the etiology of hypertension
Hidefumi Waki (Wakayama Medical University Sch. of Medicine, Japan) and Andrew Allen (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Paul Greenhaff (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) and Bettina Mittendorfer (Washington University School of Medicine, United States)
Human & Exercise Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Cardiac ß-adrenergic signalling in health and disease
Andrew Trafford (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and Patrick Most (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Current advances in structure and regulation of epithelial tight junctions
Radhakrishna Rao (University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United States) and Sachiko Tsukita (Osaka University, Japan)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Dendritic ion channel function and plasticity
Mala Shah (University College London, United Kingdom) and Michael Häusser (University College London, United Kingdom)
Neuroscience
Developmental programming of cardiovascular and renal disease in adulthood
Jennifer Pollock (Georgia Regents University, United States) and Abigail Fowden (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Hypometabolism, hypothermia and hibernation
Shi-Qiang Wang (Peking University College of Life Sciences, China) and Esa Hohtola (University of Oulu, Finland)
Metabolism & Endocrinology
Intercellular communications in the vasculature: From physiology to pathophysiology
Christelle Guibert (Bordeaux Segalen University / INSERM, France) and Cor De Wit (University of Lübeck, Germany)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Neurotransmitter transporters: Impact on nerve cell excitability and function
Francisco Suárez (European University of Madrid, Spain) and Susan Amara (National Institutes of Health, United States)
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
Shedding light in the neurophysiological black box
Hiromu Yawo (Tohoku University, Japan) and Georg Nagel (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)
Neuroscience
Understanding microcirculatory blood flow using quantitative approaches
Sylvie Lorthois (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, France)
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology