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APS Offering Two Professional Skills Courses in 2010 |
APS is offering two professional skills training courses,
"Making Scientific Presentations" and "Writing and Reviewing for
Scientific Journals" for grad students and postdocs this winter -
January 14-17th, 2010 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista,
Florida. The deadline to apply is October 15, 2009. Use the link below
for information on the courses and available travel fellowships.
http://www.the-aps.org/education/profSkills/index.htm
Here’s what a past participant had to say about the course:
”The quality of the instruction and the personal
involvement of the faculty with students left me almost stunned. The input was
simply invaluable - amazingly practical and pertinent. I found each faculty
member very willing to interact at the meeting, and many offered continuing
support in the days ahead.”
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PAESMEM-AAAS Leadership Workshop for
Women, October 1-2, 2009 |
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Building Science, Engineering and Technology Leadership - A PAESMEM/AAAS
Workshop for Women in Industry, Academia and Government. October 1-2, 2009
AAAS, 1200 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005
Participate in a unique leadership experience that reaches across work sectors
and puts you in touch with leaders and peers in industry, academe, government,
and non-profits.
This
workshop is for women who have degrees in science, engineering or technology and
who have been in the professional workforce 10 years or less. Participants do
not need to be in SET-specific careers.
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the best advice that successful executives, administrators and senior faculty
have to offer.
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Meet and compare notes with peers from throughout the country.
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Gain skills for your own mid-career planning.
For
more details, visit
www.aaascapacity.org. To register,
visit
http://tiny.cc/PAESMEM . Seats are
limited, so register now. Please contact Sabira Mohamed (smohamed@aaas.org,
202-326-8974) if you have any questions.
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NEW Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
Blog |
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ORI launched a
blog on its web site. The blog is a resource allowing public
communication between ORI and the research community. ORI
Directors Dr. John Galland and Dr. John Dahlberg will be posting
blogs frequently on topics such as research education,
responsible conduct of research, policies & regulations, and
other pertinent topics on research. ORI encourages the research
community to post comments on the blog.
http://ori.hhs.gov/blog
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NSF Announces Plan For Trainee RCR
Training |
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the final
implementation plan for ensuring that trainees participating
in NSF-funded research projects receive appropriate training
and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of
research (RCR). The announcement is available here:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-19930.pdf.
The policy will require that, at the time of proposal
submission to NSF, a proposing institution’s Authorized
Organizational Representative certify that the institution
has a plan to provide appropriate RCR training and oversight
to undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral
researchers supported by NSF to conduct research.
NSF will also support the development of an on-line RCR
resource containing research findings, pedagogical
materials, and promising practices. The development and
evolution of the resource will be informed by the research
communities that NSF supports. NSF has funded two beta sites
that will serve as the foundation for this resource:
http://www.umass.edu/sts/digitallibrary/ and
http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/about/UserGuide/18848.aspx.
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Annual Call for 2010 Summer Research
Hosts for Undergraduates or Teachers |
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The Education Office is seeking APS
members willing to serve as a research host for middle/high
school science teachers or undergraduate summer research
fellowship applicants. For more information, visit the
fellowship program websites at:
www.the-aps.org/education/contact/fellowshipinfo.htm
or directly indicate your interest at:
www.the-aps.org/Education/signup.htm.
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Celebrate Physiology Understanding (PhUn)
Week 2009 in November |
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 Reach
out to a K-12 science teacher in your local community and
partner NOW to plan a PhUn Week event during November 2-6.
Join your fellow APS members across the nation in
transmitting your excitement and passion for science and
physiology to precollege students through a classroom visit
with your lab group. The theme is exercise and health, but
APS members are welcome to share your area of expertise.
Free PhUn Week resources and goodies (sportpacks and squeezy
stress-ball hearts) help make your engaging activities
memorable for students. Visit the program website for the
PhUn Week Event Planner form (due no later than October 1st):
www.phunweek.org and use the Save-the-Date flyer to help
you prepare:
www.phunweek.org/pdfs/2009/PhUnWeek2009-AnnouncementFlier.pdf.
The online submission form for requesting free promotional
items will be available shortly. For any questions, contact
the APS Education Office at:
phunweek@the-aps.org.
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2009
ET-11: APS International Conference on Endothelin |
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 It
is not too late to register! Register on-site at the conference
venue. Registration opens at 3 PM on Wednesday, September 9.
When:
September 9 -12, 2009
Where:
Montreal Chateau Champlain, Montreal, Canada
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.
See you in Montreal!!!
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EB 2010 in Anaheim, CA – Don’t Miss It!
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Mark your calendars: EB 2010 will be held in Anaheim, April
24-28.
We’re excited about Anaheim -
http://experimentalbiology.org/content/default.aspx
Learn all about Anaheim and the many things it has to offer
http://anaheimoc.org/microsites/sites/EB2010.asp
The abstract deadline is November 4, 2009.
The APS portion of the program is now online — you will be
able to see the schedule by track and date (http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/eb10/program.htm)!
Bookmark the APS Awards
application site
(http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps)
which will offer over 60 awards to all levels of
investigators from undergraduate through senior
investigator.
We look forward to seeing you in the NEW Anaheim in April!
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APS New Investigator Award Programs -
Funding Opportunities |
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Make plans to apply for one
of the APS Awards designed to promote the research careers
of the membership. Applications for the Award Programs
listed below must be submitted through the APS Online Award
Module at
http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps.
S&R Foundation Ryuji
Ueno Award for Ion Channels or Barrier Function Research
Award: $30,000 Deadline:
November 13
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society/s&r.htm
Arthur C. Guyton Awards
for Excellence in Integrative Physiology
Award: $15,000 Deadline:
November 13
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#guyton
Giles F. Filley
Memorial Awards for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology and
Medicine
Award: $12,000 Deadline:
November 13
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#filley
Lazaro J. Mandel Young
Investigator Award
Award: $4,000 Deadline:
November 13
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#mandel
Shih-Chun Wang Young
Investigator Award
Award: $4,000 Deadline:
November 13
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#wang
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John F. Perkins, Jr. Memorial Award for
International Physiologists |
Award:
Up to $5,000
Deadlines:
October 15
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#perkins
The
John F. Perkins,
Jr. Memorial Award for International Physiologists
promotes cultural exchange and scientific collaborations by
providing supplementary aid to families of foreign
scientists working for a minimum of 3 months in the U.S. In
this way, young scientists are able to bring their families
and thus make full use of the cultural exchange as well as
the scientific benefits associated with an international
collaboration.
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International Early Career Physiologist
Travel Awards |
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International Early Career
Physiologist Travel
Awards
are presented to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows
and junior faculty members who work outside the United
States. This initiative of the International Physiology
Committee is designed to assist with travel expenses that
international early career
physiologists incur in attending the Experimental
Biology Meeting in order to present their work. Up to 10
awards of $500 each will be made annually.
Applicants must be studying
for a doctoral degree or have
received a doctoral degree within the past 15 year and
be an APS member in good standing.
Each applicant must submit an
abstract to and attend the Experimental Biology meeting. The
abstract must be submitted to a Topic Category of the APS
Section to which the applicant’s research is relevant.
Additional Information can be obtained at
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society/earlycareertravel.htm.
All application materials must be submitted online (www.the-aps.org/awardapps)
by
November 13,
2009.
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Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished
Mentor and Scientist Award |
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Award:
$1,000 honorarium + travel expenses for EB 2010 meeting
Deadline:
September 15
This award is to recognize an APS member (male or female)
who is judged to be both a superb mentor and an outstanding
scientist. Please see above link for details on what should
be included in a nomination packet.
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society/schmidt-nielsen.htm
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Use Your Creative Skills – Participate
in the APS Logo Design Contest |
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In 2012, the American Physiological Society will celebrate
its 125th anniversary. In preparation for that
special occasion, the APS Council is interested in revising
its logo. The APS Council invites the APS membership to
apply their creative minds to the creation of a new logo
that might reflect the Society’s mission statement
“integrating the life sciences from molecule to organism”.
The logo will be used in various ways to promote the image
of APS and of physiology.
The designer of the selected logo will receive $500.
Deadline: October 15, 2009
The guidelines for preparing and submission
of designs can be found at:
www.the-aps.org/awards/society/APS Logo Design Contest.pdf.
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G. Edgar Folk Senior Physiologists Award |
Award: $500
Contact: Executive Office
Deadline: Accepted anytime
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society.htm#senior
The G. Edgar Folk Senior Physiologists Award was established
in 1986 by students and colleagues of Professor Folk at the
time of his retirement. The fund is designed to support the
activities of Senior Physiologists. The G. Edgar Folk Senior
Physiologists Award is presented to senior physiologists, 70
years or older, who no longer have grant funds available to
them. The award may be used for purposes such as attending a
meeting of the Society to present a paper, engaging in a
series of modest experiments, or completing a manuscript.
The award is given throughout the year with a recipient
receiving up to $500 depending upon the need. The Senior
Physiologists Committee assists in the selection of the
recipient. The names of recipients are not made public.
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Save the Dates! 2010 APS Meeting and
Conference Schedule |
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Experimental Biology 2010
When: April
24-28, 2010
Where: Anaheim
convention Center, California
APS Headquarters
Hotel: Anaheim Marriott Hotel
2010 APS Intersociety
Meeting: Global Change and Global Science: Comparative
Physiology in a Changing World
When: August 4 – 7, 2010
Where: The Westin
Westminster, Westminster, Colorado
2010 APS Conference:
Inflammation, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease
When: August 25 – 28, 2010
Where: The Westin
Westminster, Westminster, Colorado
Want to organize an APS
Conference? Submitting a proposal is quick and easy.
Click here
for details.
Stay posted for future
updates regarding these exciting programs for 2010 or visit
the APS Meetings Department website for more information at:
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/index.htm
. If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please
do not hesitate to contact the APS meetings department at:
meetings@the-aps.org
or 301-634-7967.
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Research and Teaching Career Enhancement
Awards |
Award: Up to $4,000
Contact: Executive Office
Deadlines September 17
The APS Research Career Enhancement Award is
designed to enhance the career potential of our regular
members. The award can be used to support short-term visits
to other laboratories to acquire new specific skills and to
support attendance at special courses devoted primarily to
methodologies appropriate for both a new investigator and a
more senior investigator entering a new field of research.
The award of up to $4,000 allows an individual in the early
phases of his/her career to obtain special training; the
award also allows an individual in the later phases of
his/her career to develop new skills and to retrain in areas
of developing interests. The award does not include any
indirect cost reimbursement.
The APS Teaching Career
Enhancement Award is designed to enhance the career
potential of regular members. The award provides up to
$4,000 to allow an individual to develop innovative and
potentially widely applicable programs for teaching and
learning physiology. The award can be used to support
short-term visits to other schools to consult with experts
who can assist with the development project. It can also be
used to support attendance at special courses devoted to
methodologies appropriate for the educational development
project. The award does not include any indirect cost
reimbursement.
To Apply: Go to
http://www.the-aps.org/awardapps for online application.
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The
Arthur C. Guyton Educator of the Year Award
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The Award, sponsored by W.
B. Saunders Company (Elsevier) recognizes a full-time
faculty member of an accredited college or university and
member of the APS who has independent evidence of: (1)
excellence in classroom teaching over a number of years at
the undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels; (2)
commitment to the improvement of physiology teaching within
the candidate's own institution; and (3) contributions to
physiology education at the local community, national or
international levels. The awardee is requested to write an
essay on his/her philosophy of education for publication in
The Physiologist.
Each nominee must be
nominated by a member of APS. The nominator should
email a letter of support outlining the qualifications of
the nominee no later than Friday, December 4, 2009
to: Erica A Wehrwein, Chair,
Guyton Awards Selection Committee,
wehrwein.erica@mayo.edu
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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
Handbook of Physiology - Section 11
Our books are currently discounted at 50%, with an
additional 35% to APS Members.
Aging
(Two-Volume Set): edited by Edward J. Masoro.
The
following link will take you to a description of this book:
http://www.the-aps.org/publications/books/handbooks.htm#section11
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Thank you for your continued support of the Society and its mission. |
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Martin Frank, Ph.D.
Executive Director, American Physiological Society
9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991 USA
Tel: 301.634.7118
Fax: 301.634.7241
E-mail: mfrank@the-aps.org
APS Home Page: www.the-aps.org |
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