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APS-EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2007—TENTATIVE PROGRAM BY DAY
 

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SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Refresher Course: Refresher Course in GI Physiology
            Sponsored by: Education Committee
            Track: Education
            Chair: P.K. Rangachari and L. Britt Wilson

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Workshop: Emerging Techniques for Ion Channel Studies
            Track: Ion Channels and Education
            Chair: Tzyh-Chang Hwang and Douglas Krafte

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Symposium: Making the Case for Federally-funded Research. Communicating with Congress: Worried about Funding Trends? Learn What You Can Do about It
            Sponsored by: Communications Committee
            Track: Education
            Chair: Francis L. Belloni

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Workshop: Chronic Instrumentation in Conscious Small Animals
            Track: Education
            Chair: JR Haywood and Sue Mulroney
 
Symposium: Microcirculatory Society President's Symposium: Frontiers in Microcirculation
            Sponsored by: Microcirculatory Society
            Chair: Timothy W. Secomb

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—3:15 PM-5:15 PM

Symposium: Human Subject Research Ethics: Issues for Going from Bench to Bedside
            Sponsored by: Public Affairs Committee
            Track: Education
            Chair: Michael Portman and Virginia Miller

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—5:30 PM-10:00 PM

Business Meeting: MCS Business Meeting and Social
            Sponsored by: Microcirculatory Society

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—5:45 PM-6:45 PM

Lecture: Physiology in Perspective -- The Walter B. Cannon Memorial Award
            Track: Ion Channels
            Speaker: Frances M. Ashcroft
            Title: ATP-sensitive K-channels and disease: from molecule to malady.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007—7:00-10:00 PM

APS OPENING RECEPTION: dinner buffet and hosted bar

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—8:00-9:00 AM

Lecture: Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
            Sponsored by: Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
            Speaker: John Andrew Armour
            Title: The little brain on the heart.

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—8:00-10:00 AM

Symposium: Protein O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc): Nutrient Sensor and Modulator of Cardiovascular Function
            Sponsored by: Cross Sectional
            Chair: Amy J. Davidoff and Anne-Marie Seymour
 
Featured Topic: Circadian Rhythms: From Animals to Humans
            Sponsored by: Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
            Chair: Roberto Refinetti
 
Symposium: Emerging Insights into the Purinergic Signaling in Renal, Pulmonary and Microvascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
            Sponsored by: Renal Section
            Chair: Bellamkonda K. Kishore and Edward W. Inscho
 
Symposium: Interrelations between Transcellular Ion Transport Function and Paracellular Tight Junctional Properties in Lung Epithelial and Endothelial Barriers
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: Kwang-Jin Kim and Simon Lewis
 
Symposium: Linking Molecular Profile to Physiology
            Chair: Mingyu Liang and Norman H. Lee
 
Symposium: Mechanotransduction Mechanisms of Muscle Hypertrophy:  Translation from Rodent to Human Studies
            Sponsored by: Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
            Chair: Marcas M. Bamman
 
Symposium: Pharmacogenomics of Estrogen and Cardiovascular Disease
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Virginia M. Miller and S. Mitchell Harman
 
Symposium: Physiological Genomics: From Bench to Bedside
            Sponsored by: Physiological Genomics Group
            Chair: Susan E. Old and Melinda R. Dwinell
 
Symposium: Transport-Metabolism Coupling through AMPK
            Sponsored by: Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
            Track: Transporters
            Chair: Kenneth Hallows and Alicia A. McDonough
 
Featured Topic: Emerging Properties and Concepts in Respiratory Rhythm Generation
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Donald R. McCrimmon and William K. Milsom

Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Minisymposium: Neurocardiology – How a Big Heart Engaged Neural Complexity and Opened Our Eyes
            Sponsored by: Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
            Chair: Jeffrey Ardell

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Lecture: Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: William C. Sessa
            Title: Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase: cell biology to function.

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Tutorial: Publishing 101: Dos and Don’ts of Publishing in APS Journals
            Sponsored by: Publications Committee
            Track: Career Development
            Chair: Kim Elaine Barrett
 
Symposium: Alternatives to Animal Experimentation Revisited
            Sponsored by: Animal Care and Experimentation Committee
            Track: Education
            Chair: Linda A. Toth
 
Symposium: Connexins and the Kidney
            Sponsored by: Renal Section
            Chair: Janos Peti-Peterdi and Klaus Willecke
 
Symposium: PPARγ : a Novel Molecular Target in Lung Disease
            Sponsored by: American Federation for Medical Research
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Mike Hart
 
Symposium: Respiratory Control in Insects: Integration from the Gene to the Organism
            Sponsored by: Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
            Track: Oxidative Stress/Hypoxia
            Chair: Scott Kirkton
 
Symposium: Stem Cells in Physiology and Drug Discovery
            Sponsored by: Liaison with Industry Committee
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Chahrzad Montrose-Rafizadeh and Brigid Hogan
 
Featured Topic: Growth Factors, Proliferation and Differentiation in the Gastrointestinal System
            Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
            Chair: Yana Zavros
 
Featured Topic: Ion Channels
            Sponsored by: Epithelial Transport Group
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: Peter M. Snyder and Estelle Cormet-Boyaka
 
Featured Topic: Neural-Glial-Vascular Communication in the Brain
            Sponsored by: Central Nervous System Section
            Chair: Jessica A. Filosa and Eric A. Newman

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—2:00-3:00 PM

Lecture: Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
            Sponsored by: Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
            Chair: Roger D. Cone
            Title: From color to calor: the diverse physiological roles of the melanocortin peptides.

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Lecture: Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Brigid Hogan
            Title: Genetic regulation of lung development and repair.

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—3:15 PM-5:15 PM

Lecture: Microcirculatory Society Landis Award Lecture
            Sponsored by: Microcirculatory Society
             Chair: Gerald Meininger
             Title: When pressure becomes a way of life.
 
Symposium: Breakthroughs in Protection of the Ischemic Heart
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Steven P. Jones
 
Symposium: Insulin Resistance and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome:  Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Factors
            Sponsored by: Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
            Track: Metabolic Abnormalities
            Chair: James R. Sowers and Craig S. Stump
 
Symposium: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine in SEBM's Second Century
            Sponsored by: Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine
            Chair: Burton E. Sobel and Charles A. Blake
 
Physiology InFocus: Novel Technologies in Physiology and Medicine.
Novel Approaches to Structure-Function Relations in Membrane Transport Proteins
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: Christopher Miller
 
Symposium: Teaching about Evolution in a Biomedical Context
            Track: Education and Public Affairs
            Chair: Jon Harrison
 
Featured Topic: Diabetic Vascular Disease: Pathology and Mechanisms
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair:  K. Chitaley
 
Featured Topic: Donald Reis Memorial Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
            Chair: Deborah A. Scheuer
 
Featured Topic: Muscle Fatigue
            Sponsored by: Muscle Biology Group
            Chair: Jean-Marc Renaud
 
Featured Topic: CAMPS Abstract-Driven Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
            Chair: TBA

Featured Topic: Osmoregulatory Signaling
             Sponsored by: Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
              Chair: Maurice B. Burg

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—4:15 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Discussion: Graduate Student Highlights in Respiration Physiology
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Susan S. Margulies and Judith A. Neubauer

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007—5:45 PM-6:45 PM

Lecture: Henry Pickering Bowditch Award
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: James D. Stockand
            Title: New Insight into the Regulation of ENaC by Small G Pand Phosphatidylinositides.

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Lecture: Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section
            Sponsored by: Teaching of Physiology Section
            Chair: Hilliard Jason
            Title: Becoming a truly helpful teacher: considerably more challenging—and potentially far more fun—than merely doing business as usual.

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Symposium: Being Heard: The Microinequities that Tilt the Playing Field
            Sponsored by: Women in Physiology and Women in Pharmacology Committees
            Track: Career Development
            Chairs: Susan F. Steinberg, Holly H. Brevig and Kathleen H. Berecek
 
Symposium: Endothelial Cell Mechanobiology: Pathologies and Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction
            Sponsored by: Biomedical Engineering Society
            Chair: Peter J. Butler and John Tarbell
 
Symposium: Frontiers in the Cellular and Molecular Physiology of the Hepatic Microcirculation
            Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
            Chair: Robert W. Brock and Alison Fox-Robichaud
 
Symposium: Functional Imaging of Autonomic Circuits: New Frontiers in Optical Approaches and Applications
            Sponsored by: Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
            Chair: Jeffrey Potts and Robert Rogers
 
Symposium: Hypoxia and Cancer
            Sponsored by: Hypoxia Group
            Track: Oxidative Stress/Hypoxia
            Chair: Gregg L. Semenza
 
Physiology InFocus: Novel Technologies in Physiology and Medicine.
Experimental Evolution as a Tool of Physiological Analysis
            Chair: Michael R. Rose
 
Featured Topic: Activity-Dependent Gene Expression
            Sponsored by: Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
            Chair: David Hood
 
Featured Topic: Angiogenesis and Cell-Based Therapies
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: Hua (Linda) Cai and Joyce Bischoff
 
Featured Topic: Endothelial and Epithelial Signaling in Lung
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Jahar Bhattacharya
 
Featured Topic: Renal Transporters
            Sponsored by: Epithelial Transport Group
            Track: Transporters
            Chair: Alicia A. McDonough and Nuria Pastor-Soler
 
Featured Topic: Role of L-Arginine Metabolism in Cardiovascular/Renal Disease
            Sponsored by: Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
            Chair: Fruzsina K. Johnson

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Lecture: Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
            Sponsored by: Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: David Clapham
            Title:  Ion channels: bacteria to brain.

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Symposium: Effective Use of Course Management Systems to Enhance Student Learning
            Sponsored by: Teaching of Physiology Section
            Track: Education
            Chair: Jonathan Kibble
 
Symposium: Molecular Regulation of Renal Epithelial Transport Proteins in the Nephron: Lessons from Ontogeny and Disease
            Sponsored by: Renal Section
            Track: Transporters
            Chair: Young Hee Kim and Lisa M. Satlin
 
Symposium: New Horizons in Cardiovascular Aging
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: Gabor Kaley and Zoltan Ungvari
 
Symposium: Obesity and the Central Nervous System
            Sponsored by: Central Nervous System Section
            Track: Metabolic Abnormalities
            Chair: Steve Mifflin and Alison Strack
 
Symposium: Understanding the Role of the Pancreas in Digestion: Placing Current Understanding in a Historical Perspective
            Sponsored by: History of Physiology Section
            Chair: John A. Williams and Joel W. Adelson
 
Symposium: MCS Young Investigator Symposium: Computational Microcirculation
            Sponsored by: Microcirculatory Society
            Chair: Timothy W. Secomb
 
Featured Topic: Energy Balance, Exercise and Cancer
            Sponsored by: Muscle Biology Group
            Chair: Thomas M. Nosek
 
Featured Topic: Gap Junctions Mediating Cell-Cell Communication in the Vascular Wall
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: Brant E. Isakson
 
Featured Topic: Hypertension: Integrated Mechanisms and Sequelae
            Sponsored by: Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
            Chair: L. Gabriel Navar and Joey P. Granger
 
Featured Topic: Mitochondrial Mechanisms in Cerebrovascular Function in Health and Disease
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Track: Oxidative Stress/Hypoxia
            Chair: David W. Busija

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Symposium: Guide for Successful Collaboration: From the Handshake to the Collaborative Research Agreement
            Sponsored by: Careers in Physiology Committee
            Track: Career Development
            Chair: Douglas G. Johns and Catherine F.T. Uyehara

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Lecture: August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
            Sponsored by: Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
            Chair: David R. Jones
            Title: Extra Cardiac Chambers.

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Lecture: Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
            Sponsored by: Central Nervous System Section
            Chair: Eric Kandel

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007—3:15 PM-5:15 PM

Symposium: Engineering Vascular Cell Function using Nanoscale Cues
            Sponsored by: Biomedical Engineering Society
            Chair: Brian P. Helmke and Richard J. Price
 
Symposium: Intercellular Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contraction
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Michael Sanderson and Susan Gunst
 
Symposium: Muscle Mechanics: Molecular Properties to Contractile Function
            Sponsored by: Muscle Biology Group
            Chair: Kenneth S. Campbell
 
Symposium: Novel Aspects of the Regulation and Physiology of NHE1
            Sponsored by: Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
            Track: Transporters
            Chair: Diane Barber and Stine Falsig Pedersen
 
Symposium: Suspended Animation – Fact or Fiction?
            Sponsored by: Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
            Chair: Lisa R. Leon and Kathy L. Ryan
 
Symposium: Use of Genome Variation in Understanding Complex Disease and Genome Regulation
            Sponsored by: Physiological Genomics Group
            Chair: Anne Kwitek and Monika Stoll
 
Featured Topic: CAMPS Abstract-Driven Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
 
Featured Topic: O2 Sensing by Central Nervous System
            Sponsored by: Hypoxia Group
            Track: Oxidative Stress/Hypoxia
            Chair: Irene C. Solomon and Judith A. Neubauer
 
Featured Topic: Roles of Intestinal Epithelia and Bacteria in Inflammatory Disease
            Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Jerrold R. Turner
 
Featured Topic: Renal Section Abstract-Driven Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Renal Section

Featured Topic: Receptor Biology and Intracellular Signalling
             Sponsored by: Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
              Chair: Nicholas Flavahan

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Symposium: Drug Discovery Efforts for Pain Indications:  Ion Channels and GPCRs
            Sponsored by: Translational Physiology Group
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Michael F.A. Finley and William Martin
 
Symposium: Neuroimmuno Interactions
            Sponsored by: Association of Latin American Physiological Societies
            Chair: Valeria Rettori and Jose Antunes-Rodrigues
 
Physiology InFocus: Novel Technologies in Physiology and Medicine.
Forensic Medicine
            Chair: Gregory G. Davis
 
Symposium: Multiple Career Paths for a Physiologist: Understand your Options and How to Get There
            Sponsored by: Trainee Advisory Committee
            Track: Career Development
            Chair: Jennifer L. Pluznick and Erica A. Wehrwein
 
Symposium: Neural Plasticity of the Hypoxic Reflex: Carotid Bodies, NTS and Pons
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Track: Oxidative Stress/Hypoxia
            Chair: Chi-Sang Poon and David D. Kline
 
Featured Topic: Molecular Physiology of Cation-Coupled Bicarbonate Transporters
            Sponsored by: Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
            Track: Transporters
            Chair: Mark O. Bevensee and Irina I. Grichtchenko
 
Featured Topic: New Insights on Adaptations to Environmental and Metabolic Stress From Genomics and Proteomic Studies
            Sponsored by: Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
            Chair: Severine Kirchner and Ronaldo Ferraris
 
Featured Topic: Phenotype and Functional Plasticity of Pulmonary Airway and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Health and Disease
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Andrew J. Halayko and Kurt Stenmark
 
Featured Topic: Renal Section Young Investigator Award Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Renal Section
            Chair: Volker Vallon

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Lecture: Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
            Sponsored by: Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
            Chair: Jack A. Boulant
            Title: Hypothalamic neurons and the regulation of body temperature.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007—10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Lecture: Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section
            Sponsored by: Renal Section
            Chair: Chris Baylis
            Title: Nitric oxide deficiency in renal disease.

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Symposium: Comparative Genomics: Linking Noncoding DNA to Biology and Disease
            Sponsored by: Physiological Genomics Group
            Chair: Marcelo Nobrega
 
Symposium: Epithelial Development, Disease, and Regeneration
            Sponsored by: Epithelial Transport Group
            Chair: Caroline R. Sussman
 
Symposium: The SLC26 Transporter Family and Epithelial Function
            Track: Transporters
            Chair: Michael A. Gray
 
Symposium: Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channels: Vascular Control by a Newly Discovered Channel Family
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: Robert M. Bryan, Jr. and Arthur Weston
 
Symposium: Ultra Fast and Ultra Active: The Strange Life of Extraocular Muscles
            Sponsored by: Muscle Biology Group
            Chair: Francisco H. Andrade
 
Featured Topic: Adipocyte Hormones: Focus on Adiponectin
            Sponsored by: Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
            Track: Metabolic Abnormalities
            Chair: Willis K. Samson
 
Featured Topic: Disorders of the Enteric Nervous System
            Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
            Chair: Shanthi Srinivasan
 
Featured Topic: Osmoregulatory Function in Health and Disease
            Sponsored by: Central Nervous System Section
            Chair: Sean D. Stocker and Ann M. Schreihofer
 
Featured Topic: Role of ATP Receptors in Respiratory Responses Point/Counter-point: ATP Receptors underlie Central CO2 Sensitivity (or not)
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Gregory D. Funk and Estelle Gauda
 
Featured Topic: Carl J. Wiggers Award Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: Charles Antzelevitch

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Lecture: Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
            Sponsored by: Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
            Chair: Pedro A. Jose
            Title: Salt sensitive hypertension: a problem of communication.
 
Lecture: Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics—The Dark Side
            Track: Education and Public Affairs
            Speaker:  Sandra L. Titus
            Title: Research misconduct: how to avoid, prevent, detect and report.   
            Speaker: and David Prentice
            Title: Motives, ethics, and responsibility in research.

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Lecture: Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
            Sponsored by: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
            Chair: Mark Donowitz
            Title: NHE3 and its signaling complexes: how a transporter is regulated.

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—3:15 PM-5:15 PM

Physiology InFocus: Novel Technologies in Physiology and Medicine.
Novel Technologies and Approaches in Imaging
            Chair: P. Darwin Bell and Peter Komlosi
 
Symposium: A. Clifford Barger Memorial Symposium: Control Mechanisms of Renin Synthesis and Release: a 21st Century Perspective
            Sponsored by: Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
            Chair: Pontus B. Persson and Heimo Ehmke
 
Symposium: Metabolomic Approaches to Study Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms and Diagnosis
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Track: Metabolic Abnormalities
            Chair: Christopher Hardin and Chris Newgard
 
Symposium: Role of Adipose Tissue Macrophages in Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance
            Sponsored by: American Federation for Medical Research
            Track: Metabolic Abnormalities
            Chair: Meredith Hawkins
 
Featured Topic: Renal Section Abstract-Driven Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Renal Section
 
Featured Topic: Scientific Principles for Education Research
            Sponsored by: Teaching of Physiology Section
            Track: Education
            Chair: Barbara E. Goodman
 
Featured Topic: The Vascular Supply during Aging
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: Steven S. Segal
 
Featured Topic: Current Concepts in the Control of Skin Blood Flow in Humans
            Sponsored by: Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
            Chair: Craig Crandall and John Johnson
 
Featured Topic: NCAR Trainee Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007—5:45 PM-6:45 PM

Business Meeting: APS Business Meeting

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2007—8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Symposium: Exercise Hyperemia: Are there any Answers Yet?
            Sponsored by: The Journal of Physiology, The Physiological Society, UK
            Chair: Michael J. Joyner and Bengt Saltin
 
Symposium: Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury- Early Diagnosis, Pathogenesis and Recovery
            Sponsored by: American Federation for Medical Research
            Track: Translational Physiology
            Chair: Chirag Parikh
 
Symposium: Heart Failure and Exercise: Autonomic and Cardiovascular Responses
            Sponsored by: Cross Sectional
            Chair: Lawrence Sinoway
 
Symposium: Mechanotransduction in Cell Migration
            Sponsored by: Biomedical Engineering Society
            Chair: Song Li
 
Featured Topic: Novel Ion Channels in Neuro-Cardiovascular Regulation: Focus on ASIC and TRP Channels
            Sponsored by: Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
            Track: Ion Channels
            Chair: Francois M. Abboud
 
Featured Topic: Sex Steroids in Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology
            Sponsored by: Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
            Chair: Jane F. Reckelhoff and Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde
 
Featured Topic: Control of Coronary Blood Flow
            Sponsored by: Cardiovascular
            Chair: William M. Chilian
 
Featured Topic: Endocrinology and Metabolism Abstract-Driven Featured Topic
            Sponsored by: Endocrinology and Metabolism Section

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2007—10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Symposium: Calcific Aortic Valve Disease:  A Disease Process Comes of Age?
            Sponsored by: American Federation for Medical Research
            Chair: Kevin D. O'Brien and Emile R. Mohler III
 
Symposium: Estrogen and the Cardiovascular System
            Sponsored by: Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
            Chair: Mark C. Chappell
 
Symposium: What Have We Learned about Respiratory Control from the Use of Transgenic Models?
            Sponsored by: Respiration Section
            Chair: Judith A. Neubauer and Claude Gaultier
 
Featured Topic: Experimental and Computational Approaches for Integrating Genotype, Phenotype, and Gene Expression: Toward Biological and Disease Networks
            Sponsored by: Physiological Genomics Group
            Chair: Pek Lum
 
Featured Topic: The Impact of Fatty Acids and Glucose on Insulin Resistance Across Species
            Sponsored by: Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section
            Track: Metabolic Abnormalities
            Chair: Karen L. Sweazea and Eldon J. Braun