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Additional Highlights of Physiological Research Being Presented at Experimental Biology 2011 Meeting
Bethesda, Md. (March 14, 2011) - The American Physiological Society (APS), a sponsoring society of the Experimental Biology 2011 meeting, is pleased to provide additional highlights from the conference that will be presented April 9-13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC.
Session Tracks and Research Sessions
The APS tracks for this year's meeting are: Aging and Sex Differences; Blood Pressure Regulation; Cardiovascular Pathology; Career Development; Cell Signaling; Education; Hypoxia and Oxidative Stress; Inflammation and Immune Responses; Metabolic Diseases; Stem Cell; Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity; Systems Biology and Mathematical Modeling; Translational Physiology and Transporters and Ion Channels. Copies of the abstracts will be available to the press in March.
Information about the non-track sessions can be found here (url no longer available). Press releases about new study findings will be available on the APS press page throughout the conference.
Society and Section Lectures
Each day, APS will offer at least one new lecture:
Saturday, April 9
Sunday, April 10
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The Henry Pickering Bowditch Memorial Award Lecture - Larissa Shimoda
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Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section - Patangi Rangachari
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Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section - Curt Sigmund
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Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cell & Molecular Physiology Section - Dennis Brown
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Microcirculatory Society Landis Award Lecture - David Zawieja
Monday, April 11
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Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section- TBD
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Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section - Jeff Garvin
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Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section - Larry Swanson
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Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section - Stephen Vatner
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Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology & Metabolism Section - Christos Mantzoros
Tuesday, April 12
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August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section - TBD
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Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section - Michael Joyner
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Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section - Jahar Bhattacharya
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Horace Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section - TBD
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The Walter C. Randall Lecture on Biomedical Ethics - TBD
Media Registration
Qualified members of the media and freelance writers will be provided with complimentary press registration to cover Experimental Biology 2011 in anticipation of their reporting on the science presented at the meeting. Please visit the press information page here (url no longer available) to view the media credentialing policy and other important details. Meeting abstracts will be available to the press in March.
Press Room Hours
The EB press room will be located in the Washington Convention Center - East Registration area. It will be open for the press for the following times: Friday, 4/8: 12 PM - 5 PM; Saturday, 4/9: 10 AM - 5 PM; Sunday, 4/10: 7:30 AM - 5 PM; Monday, 4/11: 7:30 AM - 5 PM; Tuesday, 4/12: 7:30 AM - 5 PM; and Wednesday, 4/13: 7:30 AM - 12 PM.
The Experimental Biology 2011 conference will be held April 9-13, 2011 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. For more information, contact Donna Krupa at dkrupa@the-aps.org or 301.634.7209.
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