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APS-EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2008—TENTATIVE PROGRAM BY TRACK

 


 

Physiology InFocus

One Physiology
Organized by: Hannah V. Carey, University of Wisconsin
School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison

Physiology and Global Health
Hannah V. Carey

Global Physiological "Omics": Microbes to Medicine
Anne Kwitek and Stephen Mockrin

Physiological Basis of Ecosystem Health
Terrie Willliams

Physiology and Lifestyle
Helen Raybould

 

Societal Lectures 

Henry Pickering Bowditch Award
Stephanie W. Watts

Physiology in Perspective -- The Walter B. Cannon Memorial Award
Barbara A. Block

Microcirculatory Society Landis Award Lecture
TBA

Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics
Jerrold Tannenbaum

 

Section Distinguished Lectureships 

August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section Sponsored by Novo Nordisk Foundation
David Evans

Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section
Raj Goyal

Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section
Patrice Guyenet

Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
Douglas Eaton

Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section
Peter Aronson

Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
Eve Marder

Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section
Randy Olson

Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
Stella Kourembanas

Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section
Ronald Terjung

Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section
Michael Wolin

Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
Joey Granger

Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
David Wasserman

 

Career Development Track

Tutorial

Publishing 101: Dos and Don’ts of Publishing in APS Journals
Kim E. Barrett

 

Workshops

Strategies for Innovation and Interdisciplinary Translational Research: Research and Career Benefits and Barriers
D. Zucker

 

Symposia

Gainfully Employed: From Launching a Job Search to Navigating Negotiations
Siribhinya Benyajati, Colleen Cosgrove Hegg, and Jelveh Lameh

What Every Scientist Needs to Know about Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research
Jane Reckelhoff

Marketing Yourself on Paper for Academic Positions
Lacy A. Holowatz and Eric Berglund

Mid-Career Transitions: Choices and Challenges
Rolando E. Rumbaut and Nansie McHugh

 

Cell Physiology Track

Symposia

Ciliopathies: Common Themes in Diverse Genetic Disorders
Lisa Satlin and Brad Yoder

Caveolae and Caveolins in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease
Hemal H. Patel and Paul A. Insel

Mechano-Sensing at the Vessel Wall in Regulation of Atherogenesis
Scott I. Simon and Tzung K. Hsiai

Novel Microscopy Techniques for Imaging Single Molecules in Living Cells and Tissues: RICS/STICS and TIRF Meet PALM while Driving OCT CARS
Moshe Levi and Janos Peti-Peterdi

Calponin and the Smooth Muscle Thin Filament
Jian-Ping Jin

 

Featured Topics

Cell Phenotype and Function in Response to Lung Injury and Disease
Michael Koval

Mechanotransduction Mediated by Primary Cilia
Carole M. Liedtke

 

Cell Signaling Track

Symposia

Cell-Cell Communication in Lung Stress Responses
Jahar Bhattacharya and Michael Koval

Cardiac Intracellular Ca2+ Signaling in Health and Disease
Alicia Mattiazzi and Valeria Rettori

Newly-Emerging Signaling Pathways in the Renal Microcirculation
Rodger Loutzenhiser and Pamela K. Carmines

Role of Endogenous Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling in Health and Disease
David W. Kraus and Jeannette E. Doeller

Extra-Nuclear Steroid Signaling, Roles in Modulating Diseae and Physiology
Willis K. Samson and Ellis R. Levin

 

Featured Topics

Signaling and Control of Skeletal Muscle Remodeling
Ruud Schilder

Regulation of Epithelial Transporters and Signaling Processes
Michael J. Caplan and Monica Carmosino

Hormones and Angiogenesis
Ellis R. Levin

 

 

Channels and Transporters Track

Symposia

Temperature Sensing by TRP Channels
Jie Zheng

The Controversy of Sarcolemmal and Mitocholdral KATP Channels and Cardioprotection
Colin G. Nichols

The Na+ K+ ATPase Pump: Regulation and Physiological Function in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle
Jean-Marc Renaud and Ole B. Nielsen

Hepcidin Regulation of Iron Transport
Marianne Wessling-Resnick, James Collins, and Mitch Knutson

New Insights into the Urine Concentrating Mechanism
Jeff M. Sands

Regulatory Mechanisms in Diseases of Epithelial Transport
Jerrold Turner and Asma Nusrat

Featured Topics

Regulation of Epithelial Ion and Water Channels
Mark A. Knepper and My N. Helms

Regulation of ENaC by Membrane Lipids
He-Ping Ma

Role of TRP Channels in Respiratory Function and Disease
Mary I. Townsley and Wolfgang M. Kuebler

Renal Section Young Investigator Award Featured Topic
Christine Maric

Molecular Regulators of the Ins and Outs at the Apical Membrane of GI Epithelial Cells
Curtis Okamoto and Catherine Chew

 

 

Education Track

Lecture

Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics
Jerrold Tannenbaum

 

Workshops

Exercising the Metabolome
David G. Parkes and Alastair V. Ferguson

Mining the Metabolome
Willis K. Samson and Michael Hanley

Symposia

How You Can Harness the Internet to Reach the Public: Podcasts, Blogs, Wikis and More
Francis Belloni

Novel Microscopy Techniques for Imaging Single Molecules in Living Cells and Tissues: RICS/STICS and TIRF Meet PALM while Driving OCT CARS
Moshe Levi and Janos Peti-Peterdi

Is Formative Assessment an Effective Way to Improve Learning?
Jonathan Kibble and Penelope A. Hansen

Refresher Course in Respiratory Physiology
L. Britt Wilson and R.W. Brock

Featured Topics

Encouraging Unforgettable Learning
Mary Pat Wenderoth

 

  

Metabolism and Energy Track

Workshops

Exercising the Metabolome
David G. Parkes and Alastair V. Ferguson

Mining the Metabolome
Willis K. Samson and Michael Hanley

Symposia

Mechanisms of Metabolic Depression
Frank van Breukelen and Jason Podrabsky

Myriad Mechanisms underlying the Pathophysiology of Diabetes
Cuihua Zhang and Ann Marie Schmidt

Featured Topics

Energy Balance, Cancer and Diabetes
Thomas M. Nosek

Impact of Obesity on Cardiovascular Function: Role of Inflammation
David Stepp and Jonathan Tune

Energy Balance and Circulatory Control: Central Pathways and Mechanisms
Gregory D. Fink and JR Haywood

Metabolic Syndrome: Molecular Mechanisms, Omics, and Physiology
Jules Griffin and Susan Old

Gut Hormones in the Regulation of Body Weight and Metabolism: Are We Really What We Eat?
Helen E. Raybould

Renal and Circulatory Physiology and Pathophysiology in Metabolic Syndrome
Carolyn Ecelbarger

 

Oxidative Stress/Hypoxia Track

Symposia

Leukocyte-Dependent Arteriolar Vasoregulatory Dysfunction in Inflammatory Conditions
Ronald J. Korthuis and Norman R. Harris

The Role of the Carotid Body in Oxygen Homeostasis
Sukhamay Lahiri

Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction with Age
David Hood

 

Featured Topics

Cytokines, Inflammation and Autonomic Regulation
Michael Kenney

Role of ROS and NO in Contraction-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle
Michael Reid

Exercise, Oxidative Stress, and Endothelial Function
Shane A. Phillips

Wiggers Award Featured Topic: Neural Control of the Circulation: Angiotensin and ROS in Heart Failure and Hypertension
Irving Zucker

O2 Sensing in Pulmonary Vasculature in Health and Disease
Stephen Archer

 

 

Translational Physiology Track

Workshop

Strategies for Innovation and Interdisciplinary Translational Research: Research and Career Benefits and Barriers
D. Zucker

 

Symposia

Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS): Therapeutics on the Horizon
Timothy M. Moore and Brian William Fouty

The Kidney: Aging, Apoptosis, Endocrine Sensitivity and the Kidney's Role in Hypertension
Michael Symonds

Cardiac Hormones: For the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarctions, Congestive Heart Failure, Acute Renal Failure and Cancer
David L. Vesely

Microbial Infection, Inflammation and Intestinal Transport
Pradeep K. Dudeja and Didier Merlin

Chateau Resveratrol: Therapeutic Promise for Cardiovascular Disease
Dipak K. Das and Ronald J. Korthuis

Novel Therapeutic Targeting of the Autonomic Nervous System in Heart Failure and Hypertension
Robert Foreman and Helio Salgado

Focus on the fibroblast: Therapeutic Target for the Failing Heart?
Carlin S. Long and Francisco Villareal

Progress in Pharmacogenomics and Its Promise for Medicine
Burton E. Sobel and Charles A. Blake

Genomic and Proteomics in Colon Cancer
John Carethers

Recent Advances in the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System for the Investigation and Treatment of Hypertension
Christine G. Schnackenberg and Joey Granger

IBS and Chronic Constipation: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments
Shaila Basavappa

Role of Cholesterol in Cardiovascular and Renal Pathology
Douglas C. Eaton

Inhibiting Cyclooxygenase with Coxibs and NSAIDs: Efficacy versus Cardiovascualr Risk
Allison B. Reiss and Edwin S.L. Chan

Roles of Vasopressin and Oxytocin in Clinical Disorders
Sudar Alagarsamy and Catherine Uyehara

Featured Topics

Androgens and the Aging Male and Female
Melinda Sheffield-Moore

Smoking Babies Don't Breathe
Ronald M. Harper and Estelle B. Gauda

 

Additional Symposia

Bringing it Back to the Whole Animal: In Vivo Techniques for Studying the Microcirculation
Joseph Unthank and Cynthia Meininger

Neuronal Plasticity in Health and Disease
Ida J. Llewellyn-Smith and Kaushik P. Patel

Computational Physiology
Peter J. Hunter and Poul Nielsen

Novel Optical Methods for Studying the Living Circulatory System and Lung
Claudette St. Croix

Exercise Prescriptions for Prolonged Space Flight
Per A. Tesch

Plasticity in Airway Receptor Function: Sensors, Central Integration and Reflex Responses
Frank Powell and Lu-Yuan Lee

Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus (Movie Presentation)

Recent Advances in the Neurobiology of State-Dependent Control of Breathing
Leszek Kubin and Richard L. Horner

Hepcidin Regulation of Iron Transport
Marianne Wessling-Ressnick, James Collins and Mitch Knutson

Reverse Engineering Towards the Goal of Vessel Regeneration
Kevin Healy and J. Kent Leach

Macromolecular Complexes in Endothelial Force Transduction
John A. Frangos and Anthony G. Passerini

The Role of GABA and Glutamate on Adult Neurogenesis
Stefano Vicini

MicroRNA: Functional Significance in Mammalian Species
Mingyu Liang

Systems and Computational Biology: A Direction for Physiology in the 21st Century
Peipei Ping and William Chilian

Microcirculatory Society President's Symposium
TBA

Using Nanotechnology to Answer Physiological Questions
Virginia M. Miller and John C. Lieske

Microcirculatory Society Young Investigator's Session
TBA

 

 

Additional Featured Topics

Apoptosis and Cell Death
Joseph Quadrilatero

Muscle Fatigue
Jean-Marc Renaud

Arteriogenesis and Vascular Remodeling
Petra Rocic

NCAR Trainee Featured Topic
Jeff Potts and Weirong Zhang

Bacterial-Intestinal Interaction
Andrew Gewirtz

Out of the Shadows: Uncovering the Role of ACE2 and Ang-(1-7) in Cardiovascular Regulation
Eric Lazartigues

Comparative Immunology: Using Non-Model Systems to Understand the Evolution of Immunity
Kendra J. Greenlee

Neurohypophyseal Hormones: Regulatory Control in Health and Disease
Thomas Cunningham and Catherine Uyehara

CV Section Young Investigator Awardee Featured Topic: Intercellular Calcium Signaling in the Vasculature
Brant Isakson

Plasticity of Respiratory Motoneurons
Carlos B. Mantilla and Albert Berger

Cyclooxygenases and Cardiovascular Diseases
Paul M. Vanhoutte and Michel Feletou

Renal Hemodynamics
Jennifer Pluznick and William Welch

Donald J. Reis Memorial Trainee Symposium
Javier Stern and Lara DeRuisseau

Satellite Cell Regulation with Aging and Exercise
Thomas Hawke

Diving Physiology of Mammals and Birds
Andreas Fahlman

Smarter Targeting of Genes for Cardiovascular Genomics
David Paterson and Julion Paton

Hypertension: Integrated Mechanisms and Sequelae
Michae W. Brands

The Antiquity of Exercise, Exercise Physiology, and the Exercise Prescription for Health
Charles M. Tipton and Suzanne M. Schneider

Ion Transport
Marcelo Carattino and Steve Sansom

Trainee Highlights in Respiration Physiology
Susan Margulies and Judith Neubauer