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APS-EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2009—TENTATIVE PROGRAM BY TRACK


 

Physiology InFocus

Integrative and Systems Physiology: An Approach to Understanding Organ System and Disease

Organized by Irving H. Zucker, Univ. of Nebraska Col. of Med.

 

Physiology in Medicine

Lecture

Physiology in Perspective — The Walter B. Cannon Memorial Award
F.M. Abboud

Title: In Search for Autonomic Balance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sat., 5:45 pm, LaNouvelle C

Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section
D.N. Granger

Title:
Mechanisms and Consequences of Inflammatory Cell Interactions with the           Microvasculature
Mon., 10:30 am, LaNouvelle AB

Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
B.K. Pedersen  
Title:
Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: IL-6 and Other Myokines
Sun. 10:30 am, Room 252-254

Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
J. Friedman

Title:
Leptin and the Homeostatic Control of Energy Balance
Mon. 2:00 pm, Room 252-254

Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
M. Esler

Title:
Autonomic Dysregulation of Blood Pressure: High and Low
Mon., 8:00 am, Room 252-254

Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
M. Matthay

Title:
The Alveolar Epithelium Under Normal and Pathological Conditions
Mon. 2:00 pm, Room 255-257

Symposia

A Systems Approach to Disease Mechanisms 
Irving H. Zucker

Adrenal Corticosteroid Effects in the Central Nervous System on the Long-term Control of Blood Pressure
Debbie Scheuer

Cardiac Ion Transport and Arrhythmias
Jose Jaliffe

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Actions of Leptin: Consequences in Obesity
Kamal Rahmouni and Lisa A. Cassis

The World within — Impact of the Intestinal Microbiota on Whole Body Physiology and Pathophysiology
Kim E. Barrett

Ventilatory Control Disorders
Gordon S. Mitchell and Tracy L. Baker-Herman

Pathogens Hijacking the Host
Bruce A. Stanton and George O’Toole

Environmental Factors in Heart Disease
Aruni Bhatnagar

Leptin: From Bench to Clinical Applications
Christos Mantzoros

Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome: Genotype, Animal Models, Phenotype and Intervention
Paul Hagerman

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Roger H. Unger and John W. Calvert

 

Featured Topics

Time Domains of the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response 
Frank L. Powell and William K. Milsom

Control of Breathing in Chronic Diseases
Lara Roberts DeRuisseau and Francis J. Golder

Intestinal Lumenal Antigens and Mucosal Defense Mechanisms
Declan F. McCole and M. Cecilia Berin

Neuroplasticity of Autonomic Behavior in Health and Disease
Benedito Machado and Nanduri Prabhakar

Metabolic Defects in Diabetes, Obesity, and Heart Failure
Steven P. Jones

Hypertension
Jane Reckelhoff and Christine Maric

Novel Mechanisms in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases 
Laura W. Schrum and Iain H. McKillop

 

 

Societal Lectures 

Henry Pickering Bowditch Award
Ann Schreihofer

Physiology in Perspective — The Walter B. Cannon Memorial Award
Frank Abboud

Microcirculatory Society Landis Award Lecture
Aleksander S. Popel

Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics
Peter H. Schwartz

 

Section Distinguished Lectureships 

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

Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section
Susan Henning

Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section
Murray Esler

Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
Jennifer L. Stow

Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section
Rene Bindels

Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
Jeffrey Friedman

Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section
Stephen DiCarlo

Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
Michael Matthay

Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section
Bente Karlund Pedersen

Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section
D. Neil Granger

Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
Alicia McDonough

Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
Paul Davis

 

Career Development Track

 

Education Track

Lecture

Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section
Stephen DiCarlo

Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics
Peter H. Schwartz

Workshop

Chronic Instrumentation in Conscious Small Animals
J.R. Haywood and Susan Mulroney

Advances in Intravital Microscopy
Moshe Levi and Jill Verlander

Refresher Course

Refresher Course in Renal Physiology
Robert W. Brock and Robert L. Hester

 

Symposia

Approaches to Bridge the Gap between -Omics and Physiology
Albert A. de Graaf and Neema Jamshidi

The Wiki Wiki Workshop: Your Fast Track to the New APS Web Site
Francis Belloni

The Evolution of Creationism
Greg Petsko

Writing the Test Question Isn’t Enough!
Vikki McCleary and Katherine Sukalski

Life Science Education in the 21st Century: Making the Science We Teach Reflect the Science We Practice
Dee Silverthorn

 

Featured Topics

Organization, Current Progress, and Challenges in International Physiome Projects
Daniel A. Beard

Teaching with Technology
Dee U. Silverthorn

 

Hypoxia and Oxidative Stress Track

Lecture

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

 

Symposia

Cytoprotective Mechanisms and the Regulation of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition
Patrick R. Cammarata and Christopher Baines

Novel Insights into Nitric Oxide Signaling
Jonathan S. Stamler and John W. Calvert

Hypoxia and Stem Cells
Navdeep S. Chandel and M. Celeste Simon

Modulation of Endothelial Function by NADPH Oxidase
Masuko Ushio-Fukai and Randall S. Frey

Insights into Oxygen Signaling from Non-mammalian Animals
Bernard B. Rees and Nora Terwilliger

 

Featured Topics

Aging, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Regulation of Arteriogenesis
Steven J. Miller

The Impact of Intermittent Hypoxia on Metabolism, Vascular Dysfunction, and Atherosclerosis
Christopher P. O'Donnell and Vsevolod (Seva) Polotsky

Oxygen Signaling during Development
Bernd Pelster

Time Domains of the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response
Frank L. Powell

 

Immune Response Track

 

Ion Channels and Transporters Track

Symposia

ENaC/ASIC Proteins as Cardiovascular Sensors
Heather A. Drummond

Novel Approaches to Elucidate Claudin Function and Paracellular Permeability
Alan S.L. Yu and Tong Wang

High Throughput Discovery of Novel Ion Channel Probes: Small Molecules, Big Impact
Jerod Denton and Christine Colvis

Role of Electromechanical Intercellular Coupling in Cardiac Tissue: Development, Disease and Tissue Engineering Applications
Narine Sarvazyan and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic

Natriuretic Peptides in the Gastrointestinal System
William R. Gower, Jr. and John R. Dietz

The Contributions of ROMK and BK Channels to Renal K Secretion
Jennifer L. Pluznick and Paul Welling

Featured Topics

The Contributions of ROMK and BK Channels to Renal K Secretion
Jennifer L. Pluznick and Paul Welling

Pulmonary Ion Channels
Michael Koval and Wolfgang Kuebler

Cellular Mechanisms that Initiate and Coordinate Changes in Vascular Tone
Andrew P. Braun and Michael J. Davis

Regulation of Epithelial Ion and Water Channels and Regulatory Proteins
Sylvie Breton and Bruce Stanton

Ion Channels in Vascular Control: Health and Disease
Gregory M. Dick

Regulation of Epithelial Transporters and Signaling Processes
Janet Klien and David Weiner

Novel cAMP Signaling: Role of Epac
Fiona Murray

Structure/Function of SLC4A Bicarbonate Transporters
Inyeong Choi and Joseph Casey

  

Metabolic Disease Track

Lectures

Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section
Bente Karlund Pedersen

Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
Paul Davis

Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
Jeffrey Friedman

 

Symposia

Adrenal Corticosteroid Effects in the Central Nervous System on the Long-Term Control of Blood Pressure
Debbie Scheuer

Leptin: From Bench to Clinical Applications
Christos Mantzoros

Cardiovascular and Metabolic Actions of Leptin: Consequences in Obesity
Kamal Rahmouni and Lisa A. Cassis

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Roger H. Unger and John W. Calvert

Erythrocytes and Endocrine Signaling in the Microcirculation
Randy Sprague and Mary Ellsworth

 

Featured Topics

Genetics of the Adaptation to Exercise
Claude Bouchard and Mark Olfert

Metabolic Signaling
Willis K. Samson

Insulin from Regulated Expression to Regulated Secretion
John Corbett

Novel Mechanisms in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
Laura W. Schrum and Ian H. McKillop

Metabolic Defects in Diabetes, Obesity, and Heart Failure
Steven P. Jones

 

 

Molecular and in vivo Imaging Track

Workshop

Advances in Intravital Microscopy
Moshe Levi and Jill Verlander

 

Symposia

Breaking the Diffraction Barrier in Imaging of Molecules in Living Cells
Moshe Levi

Molecular Imaging of Physiological Processes in Drug Discovery
Craig Plato and Michael F.A. Finley

Featured Topics

Imaging in Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology
Alejandro R. Chade and Radu Iliescu

 

 

Public Policy Track

Lecture

Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics
Peter H. Schwartz

 

Symposia

The Evolution of Creationism
Greg Petsko

Scientists and Regulatory Burden: Navigating the Rugged Landscape
J.R. Haywood and Michael Portman

 

Stem Cells Track

Symposia

Cellular Recruitment in Lung Vascular Remodeling and Pulmonary Hypertension
Wolfgang M. Kuebler and Kurt Stenmark

Hypoxia and Stem Cells
Navdeep S. Chandel and M. Celeste Simon

Lung Injury and Treatment with Stem Cells
Asrar B. Malik and Kishore K. Wary

 

Featured Topics

Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Injury and Repair in the Lung
Michael A. Matthay

 

 

Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity Track

Symposia

Adrenal Corticosteroid Effects in the Central Nervous System on the Long-Term Control of Blood Pressure
Debbie Scheuer

Direct Assessment of Organ Specific Sympathetic Nervous System Activity in Normal and Cardiovasuclar Disease States
Mark M. Knuepfer and John W. Osborn, Jr.

Cardiorespiratory Afferent Processing in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract: Not Just a Relay
Donald R. McCrimmon and Judith A. Neubauer

Ventilatory Control Disorders
Gordon S. Mitchell and Tracy L. Baker-Herman

Development of AMPA Receptor-Containing Synapses in the CNS
Declan Ali and Lu-Yang Wang

 

Featured Topics

Control of Breathing in Chronic Diseases
Lara Roberts DeRuisseau and Francis J. Golder

The Ganglionic Synapse: Passive Relay or Locus of Autonomic Control?
Robin McAllen

Emerging Signaling Mechanisms in CNS Transmission and Plasticity
Javier E. Stern

Neuroplasticity of Autonomic Behavior in Health and Disease
Benedito Machado and Nanduri Prabhakar

 

System Biology (-omics)

Workshop

Translating Your Ideas: Drug Development, Intellectual Property and the State of Academic-University Relations
Deborah Zucker

 

Symposia

Approaches to Bridge the Gap between -Omics and Physiology
Albert A. de Graaf and Neema Jamshidi

High Throughput Discovery of Novel Ion Channel Probes: Small Molecules, Big Impact
Jerod Denton and Christine Colvis

Fibrosis: Signaling, Physiology, and Therapies
Kelly R. Pitts and Craig Plato

Molecular Imaging of Physiological Processes in Drug Discovery
Craig Plato and Michael F.A. Finley

Genome to Epigenome: Implications of the Epigenomic Mechanisms to Physiology and Disease
Michael Michalkiewicz and Karen A. Lillycrop

Proteomics Techniques in Physiology and Cell Biology
Moshe Levi and Mark Knepper

Featured Topics

Molecular Mechanisms and Genetics of Hypertension
Rhian Touyz and Mingyu Liang

Renal Section Young Investigator Award Featured Topic: Novel Mechanisms of Vasopressin Regulation on Renal Function
Heddwen Brooks

Organization, Current Progress, and Challenges in International Physiome Projects
Daniel A. Beard

 

 

Thermal and Environmental Stress

 

Additional Symposia

Adhesion Complex Related to Proteins in Myocardial Rhythm and Function
Robert S. Ross

Microcirculatory Society Young Investigators Symposium: Mediators And Signaling Mechanisms In The Microcirculation During Health And Clinically Relevant Conditions
Leslie Ritter and Robin Looft-Wilson

Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor: Role in Renal/Cardiovascular Function and Blood Pressure
Tahir Hussain and Helmy Siragy

Microelectromechanical Systems in Cell Biology
Randall J. Lee and Tejal Desai

Assessment of Dynamic Renal Autoregulation: Principles and Applications
Michael J. Ryan and Branko Braam

Systems Biology Investigations of Glucocorticoid Efficacy in Tissue Remodeling
Robert J. Freishtat and Eric P. Hoffman

Ca2+-Independent Reguation of Smooth Muscle Contractility
Richard J. Paul

Rapid Effect of Steroid Hormones
Stafford Lightman and Gordon Hager

Engineering a Functional Vasculature
Song Li and Laura Niklason

Shear Stress, Mechanosignal Transduction and Vascular Inflammatory Responses
Scott Simon and Anthony G. Passerini

Exercise-Induced Signaling to Phenotypic Adaptations in Skeletal Muscle
Scott Gordon

The Emerging Role of MicroRNAs in Skeletal Muscle Biology
Francisco H. Andrade and John J. McCarthy

Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome: Genotype, Animal Models, Phenotype and Intervention
Paul Hagerman

Understand the Cross-talk between Skeletal Muscle and Adipocyte in Obesity: From in vitro to in vivo Analysis
Stefan Keslacy and Thomas Nosek

Microcirculatory Society President's Symposium: Live Cell Imaging of the Microcirculation: New Frontiers for Intravital Microscopy
Steve Segal

 

 

Additional Featured Topics

ATP, Astrocytes and Central Respiratory Control
Gregory D. Funk

Renal Ion Transport
Elena Mironova and Jerod Denton

 

Hypertension
Jane F. Reckelhoff and Christine Maric

Role of Sex Steroids in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
Michael Ryan

Lipid Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate (PI(3,5)P2) Signaling in Nerve and Muscle
Thomas Nosek

Translational Research: Innovative Approaches to Physiological Investigations
Loren E. Wold

Muscle Fatigue
Jean-Marc Renaud

Wiggers Award Featured Topic
Daivd Harder

NCAR Trainee Featured Topic
Allison Kleiber and He Gu

Trainee Highlights in Respiration Physiology Poster Discussion
Susan Marguiles and Irene Solomon

Renal Hemodynamics
Carmen Troncoso Brindeiro and Lisa Harrison-Bernard