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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- August 1, 2004
- Contact: Donna Krupa
- American Physiological Society
(301) 634-7209
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APS/IUPS
Launch Physiology bimonthly
Designed to be "focus" publication for broad bioscience research
BETHESDA, MD (August 1, 2004) – The American
Physiological Society and the International Union of Physiological Sciences
(IUPS) in August are launching Physiology, a bimonthly journal
of invited articles that identify, review and critically discuss the most
important research and developments in the broad, integrative science of
physiology.
The editor is Dr. Walter Boron, MD, PhD, professor in the Department
of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the Yale University School of
Medicine, who for past year has been editor of News in Physiological
Sciences (NIPS), a predecessor to Physiology. Dr. Boron
also is a former President of APS, which was founded in 1887, has more than
10,000 members and publishes almost 4,000 articles annually in its 14
peer-reviewed journals.
Associate editors are Michael Caplan, professor
at Yale’s Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, and Ulrich Pohl,
professor at the Physiology Institute, University of Munich.
“The need for a focal, or ‘driving,’ publication is
really a reflection of the growth of physiology over the past 10 years,” Dr.
Boron said. He noted that the Human Genome Project—and genome projects for
other organisms—have been a major boost to the discipline and its
“role in integrating function from the molecule to the whole organism.
“Now that we know the identities of the molecular
players, physiologists are working to understand how these molecules work,
the roles they play, and how changes in these molecules affect the function
of everything from individual cells to the
whole organism,” Boron said.
Physiology designed to appeal to broader
audience
The inaugural August issue of Physiology is
going live with all-new features, and a totally new look – a new cover
concept, and leading-edge integrated artwork by the design firm J/B Woolsey
Associates of Philadelphia.
Table of Contents for inaugural August issue of
Physiology
- Emerging
Technologies: Mouse MRI
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Hydroxylation of HIF-1: Oxygen Sensing at the Molecular Level
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Unraveling the Cellular Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance in Humans: New
Insights from Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Modeling
the Heart
- Why
Trypanosomes Cause Sleeping Sickness
- The pH
of the Secretory Pathway: Measurement, Determinants, and Regulation
- The ABCs
of Immunology: Structure and Function of TAP, the Transporter Associated
with Antigen Processing
- Cystic
Kidney Diseases: All Roads Lead to the Cilium.
Sections planned for upcoming issues:
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Point/Counterpoint: a
collegial discussions of opposing viewpoints
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Timelines: brief historical
articles describing how a particular field developed to where it is today,
sometimes linked to current reviews in Physiology.
Dale Benos, chair of the APS Publications
Committee, said: “Walter Boron has
assembled an outstanding, enthusiastic and committed
editorial board, ensuring the success of this new endeavor. The
transformation of NIPS into Physiology is another exciting
innovation of the APS publications program of the American Physiological
Society. It's more than a name change. Physiology will showcase the
most up-to-date, cross-cutting physiological research in a manner that will
appeal to scientists of all disciplines.”
Margaret Reich, APS Director of Publications and
Executive Editor, said: “NIPS has had a loyal following, especially
internationally, but we are very excited about the redesigned journal
drawing even a broader audience, especially with the new title,
Physiology, ‘claiming’ the field. Hopefully, a whole new audience will
discover this beautiful, readable journal, and in doing so, rediscover
physiology itself,” Reich said.
The design firm led by John Woolsey was chosen
to develop an avante garde design and also to produce complete
original, innovative artwork for all future articles in Physiology.
Dr. Boron had worked with Woolsey when he collaborated with Emile Boulpaep
on their comprehensive textbook for medical and graduate students,
Medical Physiology: A Cellular and Molecular Approach, published by
Saunders in 2003.
What was unique about designing Physiology,
Woolsey said, is that “Walter Boron wanted to make it a more widely read
journal and he recognized the importance of graphic communication, including
bringing an editorial view into a process we call ‘graphic development,’”
Woolsey said.
“Physiology is a pretty overarching field and includes
specialists at different corners of the science,” Woolsey noted. “So one of
the things we wanted to do, without diluting the artwork, is to bring more
accessibility, even for novice readers. So part of it is to spell out
acronyms, and not use concepts in the art that isn’t used in the text --
basic, simple things that too many journals overlook.”
Physiology is one of 14 journals, most of
which are peer-reviewed, containing almost 4,000 articles annually,
published by the American Physiological Society, based in Bethesda,
Maryland.
Editors note: Copies of individual articles in
Physiology are available in pdf format to the media. Members
of the media are encouraged to obtain an electronic version and to interview
the authors, or editor. To do so, please contact Donna Krupa at APS (301) 634-7209, cell (703) 967-2751 or
dkrupa@the-aps.org.
The American Physiological Society
was founded in 1887 to foster basic and
applied bioscience. The Bethesda-based society has more than 10,000 members
and provides a wide range of research, educational and career support to
further the contributions of physiology to understanding the mechanisms of
diseased and healthy states.
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