FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Stacy Brooks 301.634.7253;
sbrooks@the-aps.org
Donna Krupa (301) 634-7209;
dkrupa@the-aps.org
APS Intersociety Meeting Integrative Biology of
Exercise
Sessions range from
potential effect of genetic engineering on muscle performance to
physiological adaptations to exercise and disease
October 6-9, 2004 in Austin,
Texas
BETHESDA, MD (August 26) – The American Physiological Society,
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and American College of Sports
Medicine announced the headline speaker as well as the complete schedule for
their Intersociety Meeting on the “Integrative Biology of Exercise” to be
held October 6-9, 2004 in Austin, Texas.
The three-day meeting features six pair of concurrent symposia,
representing 50 speakers and papers, plus four hours each day to network and
discuss the 330 volunteered papers submitted by researchers from around the
world that will be presented in poster sessions.
“The submission of so many volunteered papers really speaks for itself
and reflects the great interest generated by this conference,” said Ronald
L. Terjung, chair of the organizing committee of the meeting and professor
in the Department of Biomedical Science at the University of
Missouri-Columbia, College of Veterinary Medicine. “And the range of
subjects is quite phenomenal, both in terms of the 12 symposia each
organized by noted scientists, as well as the quality of the volunteered
abstracts,” Terjung added.
Bengt Saltin, IOC 2002 Olympic Prize winner, to address awards banquet
Terjung announced that the Saturday night awards banquet speaker will be
Bengt Saltin, recipient of the International Olympic Committee 2002 Olympic
Prize in Sport Sciences. Dr. Saltin is Director of the Copenhagen Muscle
Research Centre. Dr. Saltin’s research has covered a broad range of areas,
including one partially underwritten by NASA, which showed that exercise,
rather than bed rest, should be part of the recovery program after many
types of illness or injury.
For full registration information and details about all aspects of the
meeting, please go to:
http://www.the-aps.org/meetings/aps/austin/index.htm.
The 12 symposia of
Integrative Biology of Exercise meeting
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Exercise-induced injury and repair of skeletal muscle:
cellular and molecular mechanisms. Chair – Dan Garry and Mike
Lindinger.
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Genetic engineering and muscle performance. Chair –
Joe Metzger.
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Basic mechanisms contributing to physical
inactivity-induced disorders. Chair – Frank W. Booth and P. Darrell
Neufer.
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Interpreting physiological adaptations to exercise and
disease states through bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics. Chair
– Eric Hoffman and Robert Grange.
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Mechanical signal transduction: response and remodeling
in the musculo-skeletal system. Chair -- Brenda Russell.
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Altered cardiovascular control and blood flow to
exercising muscles. Chair – Michael J. Joyner.
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Mechanical forces and signal transduction in vascular
remodeling. Chair – Steven S. Segal.
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Cytokines, muscle and metabolism. Chair -- Pope
Moseley and Bente Klarlund Pedersen.
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Design of muscle for different functions. Chair –
Larry Rome and Jack Rall.
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Striated muscle hypertrophy: factors controlling cell
enlargement and phenotype transformations. Chair – Eva R. Chin and
Roger Hill.
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AMP-activated protein kinase: regulation of metabolic and
transcription processes in contracting skeletal muscle. Chair – Neil
Ruderman.
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Comparative biomechanics and muscle function in
terrestrial vertebrates: in vivo studies. Chair – Donald F. Hoyt and
James Hicks.
In addition to the formal sessions, a large portion of the day is set
aside for the volunteered abstracts/poster sessions with the authors, and
networking. At the closing banquet, awards will be given to graduate and
post-doc students based on their abstracts/posters.
Editors note: A complete program of abstracts is available from the
APS Communications Office: Stacy Brooks 301.634.7253 , or
sbrooks@the-aps.org.
The American Physiological
Society was founded in 1887 to foster basic and applied bioscience. The
Bethesda, Maryland-based society has more than 10,000 members and publishes
14 peer-reviewed journals containing almost 4,000 articles annually.
APS provides a wide range
of research, educational and career support and programming to further the
contributions of physiology to understanding the mechanisms of diseased and
healthy states. In May, APS received the
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring (PAESMEM).
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