IUPS 2005 Congress
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM


Calcium Signaling Track
Cardiac Track
Ecophysiology for the 21st Century Track
Education Sessions
Epithelia Track
Feeding, Fuel and Fat: Energy Metabolism Track
Genomics Track
Mechano-/Chemotransduction Track
Muscle-Exercise Track
The Neural Control of Locomotion: From Genes to Behavior Track
Renal Control of Blood Pressure Track
The Regulatory Brain Track
Thermoregulation and Energetics Track
Tissue Dynamics in the Lung Track
Vascular Physiology Track
 
 
 
Calcium Signaling Track
 
Symposium:    Integrative Aspects: Ca2+ Signaling in the Nervous System
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Alex Verkhratsky
 
Symposium:    Molecular Basis of Disease
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Cecilia Hidalgo
 
Featured Topic:          Overview: From Organelles to Organ
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Irene Schulz
 
Symposium:    Proteins
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Andras Spät
 
Featured Topic:          Techniques
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Tobias Meyer
 
Controversy:  The Mechanism of Action of the Ca2+ Releasing Messenger NAADP
                Monday, April 4, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Luigia Santella
 
Cardiac Track
 
Symposium:    Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Mechanisms
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Denis Noble
 
Featured Topic:          Cardiac Mechanics
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Andrew McCulloch
 
Featured Topic:          Cardiac Metabolism and Energetics
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Joanne Ingwall
 
Symposium:    Cardiac Remodeling
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Christine Seidman
 
Symposium:    Excitation-Contraction Coupling
                Friday, April 1, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Andrew Marks
 
Featured Topic:          Regenerative Capacity of the Heart
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Nadia Rosenthal
 
Ecophysiology for the 21st Century Track
 
Symposium:    Biologging: Monitoring the Ecophysiology of Animals in the Marine Environment
                Monday, April 4, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Gerald L. Kooyman
 
Symposium:    Cardio-Respiratory Physiology of Diving: Extreme Physiology at Depth
                Friday, April 1, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 AM
                Chaired: Patrick J. Butler
 
Symposium:    Functional Genomics of Macromolecular Damage Responses and Environmental Stress Adaptation
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: George Somero
 
Featured Topic:          Molecular Physiology of Diving
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Terrie M. Williams
 
Symposium:    Rescue Mechanisms from Hypoxia
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Howard Prentice and Keith A.Webster
 
Education Sessions
 
Symposium:    Effective Uses of Information Technologies in Physiology Education
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Simon Carlile
 
Refresher Course:     Integrating Genomics Into Physiology Courses: A New Paradigm or Just More Information?
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Daniel E. Lemons and Anne Kwitek
 
Symposium:    Research in Physiology Education from the Classroom to the Teaching Community
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Harold Modell
 
Featured Topic:          The Many Faces of Problem-Based Learning: A Framework for Integrative Physiology Education
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Penny Hansen
 
Featured Topic:          The Role of Student Practical Laboratories in Physiology Education
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Dee Silverthorn and Maria Jose Alves da Rocha

Epithelia Track
 
Symposium:    Epithelial Cells and their Neighbors
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Hannah V. Carey and Helen E. Raybould
 
Featured Topic:          Epithelial Genomics, Proteomics and Genetic Models
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Mark A. Knepper and J.E. Melvin
 
Symposium:    Epithelial Polarity: Development to Disease
                Friday, April 1, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Catherine Fuller and Michael J. Caplan
 
Symposium:    Novel Mechanisms of Transporter Regulation
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Rene Bindels and Irene Schulz
 
Symposium:    PDZ Domain Scaffolding Proteins and their Functions in Polarized Cells
                Supported by: The Journal of Physiology
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Mark Donowitz and Yoshihisa Kurachi
 
Featured Topic:          The Molecular Basis of Epithelial Disease
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: David N. Sheppard
 
Feeding, Fuel and Fat: Energy Metabolism Track
 
Symposium:    Body Weight Regulation throughout the Life Cycle
                Monday, April 4, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: I. Caroline McMillen
 
Symposium:    Genetic Determinants of Obesity and Metabolic Disease
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Claude Bouchard
 
Symposium:    Metabolic Syndrome: From Clinical Insights to New Therapies
                Monday, April 4, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Christine Schnackenberg
 
Symposium:    Molecular Bases of Energy Balance and Fuel Partitioning
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Steven Shoelson
 
Featured Topic:          Adipose Tissue: Fat Depot, Fuel Stat, and Endocrine Organ
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Susan K. Fried
 
Featured Topic:          Molecular Mechanisms of Fuel Sensing
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Luciano Rossetti and David Grahame Hardie
 
Symposium:    Neural Control of Energy Balance
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: R.J. Seeley
 
 
Genomics Track
 
Tutorial:          Computational and Bioinformatic Applications to Systems Biology
                Monday, April 4, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Daniel Beard
 
Symposium:    Discovery of Genes for Polycystic Kidney Disease
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Peter Harris
 
Symposium:    Genomics of Circadian Clocks
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 AM
                Chaired: Julian Dow
 
Symposium:    Genomics of Transport and Sensory Functions
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Kevin Strange
 
Symposium:    Imprinting, Development and the Programming of Adult Health
                Monday, April 4, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Kent Thornburg
 
Featured Topic:          Complex Pathway of Function and Disease Deduced from the Whole Genome Perspective
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Kelly Frazer
 
Featured Topic:          Genetic Basis of Cardiopulmonary Disorders
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Scott Weiss

 

Mechano-/Chemotransduction Track
 
Symposium:    Molecular Mechanisms of Thermosensation
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Ardem Patapoutian
 
Symposium:    Structure-Function of Mechano-Gated Ion Channels
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Masahiro Sokabe and Frederick Sachs
 
Featured Topic:          Regulatory Mechanisms of Mechanosensory Cells
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Akimichi Kaneko
 
Muscle-Exercise Track
 
Symposium:    Force Generation
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Jim Spudich
 
Symposium:    Skeletal Muscle Plasticity
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: John Holloszy
 
Symposium:    Spring Molecules
                Friday, April 1, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Henk Granzier
 
Symposium:    Stem Cells of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Michael Schneider
 
Point/Counterpoint: Intracellular Energy Fluxes: Dual Roles for Equilibria and Compartmentation
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Martin Kushmerick
 
Featured Topic:          Muscle as an Endocrine Organ
                Monday, April 4, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Ronald Terjung
 
Featured Topic:          Muscle Dystrophies of the Dystrophin Complex
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:30 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: H. Lee Sweeney
 
The Neural Control of Locomotion: From Genes to Behavior Track
 
Symposium:    Initiation and Adaptation of the Locomotor Pattern
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Tatiana Deliagina
 
Symposium:    Modulation of the Locomotor Pattern Generators by Neurotransmitters and by Sensory Afferents
                Monday, April 4, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Keir G. Pearson
 
Featured Topic:          Locomotor Pattern Generators: Developmental, Molecular and Cellular Organization in Vertebrates
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Sten Grillner
 
Featured Topic:          Long Term Plasticity and Spinal Cord Injury
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Serge Rossignol
 
The Regulatory Brain Track
 
Symposium:    Molecules and Genes: Brainstem Development Underlying Breathing
                Friday, April 1, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Martyn Goulding
 
Symposium:    Neural Control of the Circulation in Health and Disease
                Monday, April 4, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Patrice Guyenet
 
Featured Topic:          Molecules Underlying Diseases of the Central and Enteric Nervous Systems
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: George Richerson
 
Featured Topic:          Respiratory Long-Term Facilitation: Mechanisms and Implications
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Gordon S. Mitchell
 
Featured Topic:          The Phylogeny of Dual Respiratory Rhythm Generating Networks in Vertebrates
                Friday, April 1, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: William K. Milsom
 
Renal Control of Blood Pressure Track
 
Symposium:    Cell Biology of Sodium Transport in Kidney
                Friday, April 1, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Francois Verrey and Rebecca Hughey
 
Symposium:    Comparative Genomics of Blood Pressure Control: Genetic Maps in Humans, Rats and Mice
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Pierre Corvol and Anne Kwitek
 
Symposium:    Renal NaCl Reabsorption: Molecular Insights into Human Blood Pressure Control
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Paul A. Welling
 
Controversy:  Role of Kidney versus Brain in Blood Pressure Control and Hypertension
                Monday, April 4, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Roger Dampney and Thomas Lohmeier
 
Featured Topic:          Gender Effects on Arterial Pressure Regulation
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Chris Baylis
 
Featured Topic:          Genetic Models of Hypertension
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Curt Sigmund
 
Featured Topic:          IUPS Grand Rounds on Hypertension
                Monday, April 4, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: John Hall
 
Thermoregulation and Energetics Track
 
Symposium:    Gene Regulation for Survival at Low Temperatures
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Jeremy H.A. Fields
 
Symposium:    Integrative Neuronal Mechanisms for Thermoregulation
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Kazuyuji Kanosue and Ruediger Gerstberger
 
Symposium:    Life and Death: Metabolic Rate and Lifespan
                Friday, April 1, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Kim Hammond
 
Symposium:    Scaling of Metabolic Rate with Body Size: How and Why?
                Friday, April 1, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Ewald Weibel and Anthony J. Hulbert
 
Featured Topic:          Pyrogen-Sensing and Suppressing Pathways Mediating the Febrile Response
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Clark M. Blatteis
 
Tissue Dynamics in the Lung Track
 
Symposium:    Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Lung Parenchymal and Airway Remodeling
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Rubin Tuder
 
Symposium:    Comparative Genomics of the Lung
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: John S. Torday
 
Symposium:    Genetic and Developmental Insights into Pulmonary Vascular Pathobiology
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Marlene Rabinovitch
 
Symposium:    The Making of the Vertebrate Lung
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Jeffrey A. Whitsett
 
Featured Topic:          Pro-inflammatory Signaling in Lung Endothelial Cells
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Jahar Bhattacharya
 
Featured Topic:          Receptors and Signaling Pathways in Lung Injury and Repair
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Courtney Broaddus
 
Vascular Physiology Track
 
Symposium:    Angiogenesis
                Friday, April 1, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Brant Weinstein
 
Symposium:    Central Role of Ion Channels in the Regulation of Vascular Tone
                Friday, April 1, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Mark T. Nelson
 
Symposium:    Coordinating Interactions between Endothelium and Smooth Muscle
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Ruddi Busse
 
Symposium:    Emerging Modes of Ca2+ Signaling in the Regulation of Smooth Muscle Contractile Proteins
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—10:30 AM-12:30 PM
                Chaired: Avril V. Somlyo
 
Symposium:    Stem Cells and the Modification of Vascular Functions
                Sunday, April 3, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Keith March
 
Symposium:    Vascular Inflammation: The Role of Inflammatory Cell Extravasation in Tissue Inflammation and Injury
                Tuesday, April 5, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Joel Linden
 
Featured Topic:          Atherosclerosis: The New Inflammatory Disease?
                Monday, April 4, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Gary K. Owens
 
Featured Topic:          New Aspects of Endothelial-Cell Matrix Interactions: The Glycocalyx
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—8:00 AM-10:00 AM
                Chaired: Herbert H. Lipowsky and Fitz-Roy Curry
 
Featured Topic:          Regulation of Coronary and Skeletal Muscle Circulation
                Saturday, April 2, 2005—3:15 PM-5:15 PM
                Chaired: Jos A.E. Spaan