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Latin American Initiative Award
Program – Deadline June 15th |
With the aim
of strengthening the ties between APS, sister Physiological Societies in Latin
America, and physiologists working in the Americas, APS established The Latin
American Initiative. Each year, the initiative supports 4
courses/workshops/symposia that are carried out in Latin American countries with
participation of APS members. The budget for each course/workshop/symposium is
$5,000, which will be provided in the form of reimbursement upon receipt of a
final report on the event.
The
deadline for applications is June 15 for funding in 2010.
Applications must be submitted online at
www.the-aps.org/awardapps.
Questions
concerning the Latin American Initiative (www.the-aps.org/awards/society/latin.htm)
should be addressed to the Chair of the International Physiology Committee, Ida
Llewellyn-Smith (Tel: 61-8-8204-4456; email:
ida.llewellyn-smith@flinders.edu.au)
or to the APS Executive Director Martin Frank (Tel: 301-634-7118; email:
mfrank@the-aps.org).
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Meet John B. West Through the APS
Living History Program |
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The APS is pleased to announce
the recent posting of a video interview of John B. West (http://www.the-aps.org/livinghistory/west.htm).
APS members are encouraged to consider interviewing
senior physiologists at their institution to provide a living
history of physiology. The videos provided to date focus on the
physiologist's training, careers and their professional
interactions. A total of 14 videos have posted and at least
another 6 are in the works.
Visit
http://www.the-aps.org/livinghistory/index.htm.
Are you
interested in arranging to videotape a colleague? If so, please
contact Martin Frank, APS Executive Director (mfrank@the-aps.org)
or call 301-634-7118.
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NIH Releases NIH Extramural Nexus |
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The NIH Office of Extramural Research has posted the new issue
of its monthly newsletter, NIH Extramural Nexus. This issue
features articles about the management of stem cell research
awards and applications, issues related to Recovery Act funding,
and how institutions and their IACUCs can best prepare for a
pandemic.
http://nexus.od.nih.gov/nexus/nexus.aspx?Month=05&Year=2009
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Did You Miss the EB’09 Abstracts |
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Obama Administration Releases FY
2010 Budget Proposal |
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On May 7, 2009, the Obama Administration released the FY 2010
budget proposal. The budget proposes funding level for all
federal programs, including research at the NIH, NSF, VA and
NASA. Listed below are the Administration’s proposed increases
over the FY 2009 level for each agency.
NIH: A proposed increase of $443 million
(1.45%) would bring the NIH budget to a total of $30.8
billion.
http://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/
NSF: A proposed increase of $500 million
(8.5%) would bring the total NSF budget to $7.045 billion.
http://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/
VA: A proposed $70 million increase
(13.7%) would bring the budget for medical and prosthetic
research to a total of $580 million.
http://www.va.gov/budget/products.htm
NASA:
A proposed increase of $900 million (5%) would bring the total
NASA budget to $18.7 billion. The budget for the Human
Research Program would decrease $400,000 to $151.5 million
in FY 2010.
http://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html
For more information from the White Office of Science and
Technology Policy:
http://www.ostp.gov/cs/rd_budgets/fy_2010_budget
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FASEB Updates State-by-state Slides on
How NIH Funded Basic Research Improves Health |
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FASEB has updated their state-by-state powerpoint slideshows
on how NIH funded basic research improves health. The
updated slides are available at
http://opa.faseb.org/pages/Publications/NIH_PPT.htm
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Life Lines – Episode 21 – Blood Pressure
and the Brain |
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Did you know that
there is a sensor in the nerve endings in the carotid artery
that rapidly lowers blood pressure when stimulated? This
discovery may one day allow people who are hypertensive to
lower their blood pressure by using a pacemaker-like device
that stimulates the nerve endings in the blood vessels.
Learn more at
http://lifelines.tv/.
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2009 APS Conference: Sex Steroids and
Gender in CV-Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology |
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***Announcing Late-breaking Abstract
Submission—Limited Time Only!***
For a
limited time,
submit your
late-breaking abstract. Final Deadline: May 29, 2009.
To
submit your abstract now please
click here.
When:
July 15 -18, 2009
Where:
Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield, Colorado
Registration Deadline:
June 12, 2009. Get a great deal and save money by
registering early for the meeting!
Click
here to register now!
Housing Deadline:
June 14, 2009.
Click
here to reserve your room now!
For more information on this exciting
meeting, please click
here to view the entire Call for
Abstracts. If you have any
questions regarding this meeting, please do not hesitate to
contact the APS meeting department at:
meetings@the-aps.org
or 301-634-7967.
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2009
ET-11: APS International Conference on Endothelin
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When:
September 9 -12, 2009
Where:
Montreal Chateau Champlain, Montreal, Canada
Abstract Deadline:
May 22, 2009. The abstract site is now LIVE!!! Submit
your abstract early and avoid the rush. Click
here to submit now!
Registration Deadline:
August 7, 2009. Get a great deal and save money by
registering early for the meeting! Click
here to register now!
Housing Deadline:
August 9, 2009. Click
here to reserve your room now!
Website:
Click
here to visit the conference website.
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EB Media Coverage |
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This year’s media effort promoted 11
studies, ranging from “antedrugs” to the effect of oral
contraceptives on muscle gain in young women, to the
benefits of laughter when coupled with standard diabetic
treatment. This year’s outreach efforts were among our most
successful. Within the first few days of the meeting, there
had been more than 365 TV and radio mentions of the studies,
including the CBS Early Show and CBS Marketwatch. Key print
and online placements included Fox News, BBC News, WebMD,
UPI.com, US News & World Report, Forbes, ScienceNews, and
MSNBC.com, among others.
To read the releases, click here -
http://www.the-aps.org/press/
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Institute of Medicine Report on Conflict
of Interest |
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The National Academies’
Institute of Medicine has issued a report entitled Conflicts
of Interest in Medical Research, Education and Practice. The
report recommends that researchers fully disclose all
funding received from industry. To view the executive
summary of the report, go to:
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/47464/65721.aspx
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APS-AAAS Mass Media Fellow |
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The APS 2009 Mass Media
Fellow is Vanessa McMains of the Graduate Partnership
Program of the National Institutes of Health and Johns
Hopkins University. AAAS has arranged to place her at the
Chicago Tribune. She indicated on her application that she
intends to pursue a career in science writing.
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New Communications Tool for Researchers |
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A booklet encouraging
researchers to be more open about their work and offering
solid advice on how to do so is now available from
Understanding Animal Research.
Founded by Research Defense Society and Coalition for
Medical Progress, the new UK-based organization has
a number of helpful resources
at their website, including the Researchers’ Guide to
Communications, which
is available for
free download here:
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2010 APS Meeting and Conference Schedule
– Save the Dates |
- Experimental Biology 2010
— April 24-28, Anaheim, CA
- APS Intersociety Meeting: Global Change and Global Science:
Comparative Physiology in a Changing World
— August 4-7, The Westin Westminster, Westminster, Colorado
- APS Conference: Inflammation, Immunity and Cardiovascular
Disease — August 25-28, The Westin Westminster, Westminster, Colorado
Want to organize
an APS Conference? Submitting a proposal is quick and easy.
Click here
for details.
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APS Announces Porter Physiology Fellows |
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Dr. Isis Launches Letters to Our
Daughter Project |
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As Dr. Isis stated
in her blog “The inspiration for my Letters to Our Daughters
Project comes from my hope that we can recreate our family
tree here, creating a forum where the mothers and aunts in
our fields (which I hope to not limit to physiology, but
that's where I'll start because that's who I know) can share
their wisdom with us. I think there is a wealth of
information among these successful women and I hope to use
this forum to share it with young scientists who are
yearning for that knowledge.”
http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/2009/04/the_letters_to_our_daughters_p.php
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Featured APS Books |
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As part of my Featured APS Books section, I would like to
recognize the following book from our
History Publications:
Our
books are currently discounted at 50%, with an additional
35% to APS Members.
August and Marie Krogh: Lives in Science,
edited by Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
The
following link will take you to a description of this book:
http://www.the-aps.org/publications/books/history.htm#krogh
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Thank you for your continued support of the Society and its mission. |
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