In this issue... |
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JN Letter Says “Enough is
Enough” |
J. David Jentsch and
Dario Ringach argue in their letter that the anti-research views of animal
rights extremists are gaining public acceptance because "they are presented to
the broad public without an opposing force from the scientific community or from
the government agencies that fund the studies." Jentsch and Ringach declare
that “the time has also come to defend our research collectively and
not to let only those under attack confront their plight alone.”
Read the complete letter at
http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/102/3/2007.
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APS Offering Two Professional Skills Courses in 2010 |
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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
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Meet Gerhard
Giebisch Through the APS Living History Project |
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The APS is pleased to announce the recent posting of a video
interview of Gerhard Giebisch (http://www.the-aps.org/livinghistory/giebisch.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 16 videos have been 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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FASEB Launches Congressional Visit Toolbox |
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FASEB has launched the Congressional Visit Toolbox, an online
resource aimed at empowering, training, and equipping scientists
to build relationships with their elected representatives in
Congress. The Toolbox contains everything needed to plan and
conduct a Congressional visit, including templates for meeting
requests and follow-up letters, printable, state-specific
“leave-behind” materials, and customizable talking points on the
importance of biomedical research. Training materials, such as a
slideshow tutorial on advocacy and a video of Congressional
visit role-plays, are also linked to the site.
http://opa.faseb.org/pages/Advocacy/congressvisittoolbox.htm
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NIH Loan Repayment
Programs |
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Participants Receive Up to $35,000 Annually – Deadline is
December 1, 2009
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) repays outstanding
student loans through its extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs).
The LRPs target researchers who are or will be conducting
nonprofit biomedical or behavioral research, and the application
cycle opens September 1. The five extramural LRPs are Clinical
Research, Pediatric Research, Health Disparities Research,
Contraception and Infertility Research, and Clinical Research
for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. Applications
will be accepted online until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on December
1, 2009, at
www.lrp.nih.gov.
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NIH to Require
eRA Commons User ID for Postdoctoral Fellows |
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Aug. 28 announced
that the newly revised Continuation Progress Report for the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Public Health
Service Grant (PHS 2590) will now require an electronic
research administration (eRA) Commons ID for "all
individuals with a postdoctoral role who participate in a
research project for at least one person month or more." The
eRA Commons is a web interface system developed to manage
and support the exchange of research grants administration
information. Use of the revised PHS 2590 form is required
for all progress reports due on or after Oct. 1, 2009.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-140.html
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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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APS ET-11 -
Report from Montreal |
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The APS 11th International
Conference on Endothelin was held this month in Montreal. As
the protein is not well known by the public we issued three
releases geared to explaining the enormous importance of the
chemical, its receptors and its receptor antagonists (http://www.the-aps.org/press/releases/09/36.htm);
the potential benefit of endothelin-related drugs for
patients with pulmonary hypertension (http://www.the-aps.org/press/releases/09/37.htm);
and how males may experience greater physical pain due to
lower levels of ET (http://www.the-aps.org/press/releases/09/38.htm).
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EB 2010 in Anaheim, CA – Don’t Miss It!
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REGISTER BEFORE OCTOBER 1 TO BE ENTERED INTO
A PRIZE DRAWING!
Abstract submission site -
http://experimentalbiology.org/content/AbstractSubmission.aspx
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’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
SEE YOU IN THE NEW ANAHEIM!
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The Story of The Development of
Noninvasive Heart Care |
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The field now
known as noninvasive clinical echocardiography grew from
collaborations between Dean Franklin, Robert Rushmer and
Robert Van Citters. A new press release (http://www.the-aps.org/press/releases/09/39.htm)
and article (http://advan.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/33/3/144)
chronicle the contributions they made to physiological
measurements in animals.
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Elephant
E-mail? |
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 We coin a new word in
Episode 25
of Life Lines, ‘elecomm,’ short for ‘elephant
communication.’ Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell of Stanford
University and the author of
The Elephant’s Secret Sense,
discovered that elephant vocalizations travel through the
ground, sometimes for great distances. Other elephants pick
up these seismic communications and understand them. Hear
the podcast and find links to videos of three of
Dr. O’Connell-Rodwell’s
elephant communication experiments at:
http://lifelines.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=524100.
You can find more
Life Lines
episodes by going to
www.LifeLines.tv.
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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 |
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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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Latin American
Initiative Proposals Being Accepted Again – Deadline
November 2 |
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If you missed the earlier deadline for
proposals to be funded in 2010, consider applying for this
latest deadline. The International Physiology Committee has
funds to support additional courses/workshops/symposia that
are carried out in Latin American countries with
participation of APS members. For additional information,
visit
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society/latin.htm
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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
For more information on this
award please see our website at:
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/eb10/awards/teaching.htm#guyton
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APS Logo
Design Contest – We Want Your Suggestions! |
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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:
http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society/LogoDesignContest.pdf.
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NIH Announces
New Reporting Requirements for Doctoral Training Awards |
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The NIH Aug. 28 announced new reporting and assurance
requirements for institutions receiving awards for training
of graduate students seeking doctoral degrees. Beginning
Oct. 1, institutions are required to report annually to the
NIH the percentage of students supported by NIH training
awards admitted for study who successfully attain a doctoral
degree and the average length of time between the beginning
of graduate study and the receipt of a doctoral degree.
Institutions must also provide this information to all
applicants to doctoral programs supported by NIH training
awards.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-141.html
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Council of
Graduate Schools Releases Report on Ph.D Completion &
Attrition |
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The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), this week, released a
new publication based on CGS's Ph.D. Completion Project,
"Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Findings from Exit Surveys
of Ph.D. Completers." Respondents identified financial
support, mentoring/advising, and family support as the main
factors that contributed to their ability to complete the
degree.
http://www.cgsnet.org/Default.aspx?tabid=240&newsid440=93&mid=440
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JAMA
Publishes Study on Research Within Academic Medical Centers |
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Latest issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association (JAMA) featured a study
that sought to "quantitatively document the state of
academic research in AMCs through a survey of research
faculty." The study, "Life-Science Research Within US
Academic Medical Centers," by Darren E. Zinner, PhD, of
Brandeis, and Eric G. Campbell, PhD, of Mass. General,
concludes, "The research function of AMCs is active and
diverse, incorporating a substantial proportion of faculty
who are conducting research and publishing without
sponsorship."
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/302/9/969?home
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NIH Revises
Instructions and Forms for Continuation Progress Reports |
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Instructions and forms have been revised and reflect several
important policy changes. The revised PHS 2590 will be
accepted immediately for all progress reports and will be
required for all annual progress reports due on/after
October 1, 2009. Revisions include a new All Personnel
Report, new Assurance for Institutions Receiving Awards for
Training of Graduate Students for Doctoral Degrees,
Inclusion of Changes to Innovative Potential, Changes to the
Biographical Sketch, and a new item related to Human
Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs).
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-139.html
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NSF Announces
Trainee Requirements for RCR |
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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 at:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-19930.pdf.
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2010 Poster
Calendar for APS Members |
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Back again by popular demand! Look for your attractive, full
color 2010 Poster Calendar to arrive in your mailbox. It
contains important events coming up in 2010 and is designed
to hang in your labs or offices. Once again, we are able to
bring this product to you thanks to the generosity of our
advertisers. If you do not receive your calendar by
September 30th, please send an email to
ssabur@the-aps.org.
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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
books from our
Handbook of Physiology - The Gastrointestinal
System:
Our books are currently discounted at 50%,
with an additional 35% to APS Members.
(1) Motility and Circulation
(Volume I: Parts 1 & 2): edited by Jackie D. Wood and
Stanley G. Schultz.
(2) Neural and Endocrine Biology
(Volume II): edited by Gabriel M. Makhlouf and Stanley
G. Schultz.
(3) Salivary, Gastric, Pancreatic and
Hepatobiliary Secretion (Volume III): edited by John
G. Forte and Stanley G. Schultz.
(4) Intestinal Absorption and Secretion
(Volume IV): edited by Stanley G. Schultz, Michael
Field, and Raymond A. Frizzell.
The following link will take you to a
description of these books:
http://www.the-aps.org/publications/books/handbooks.htm#section6
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Thank you for your continued support of the Society and its mission. |
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