Chapter News

As originally published in The Physiologist
Volume 45, Number 1, February 2002, page 8

The 16th annual meeting of the Ohio Physiological Society (OPS) was held on November 9, 2001 at Ohio University, Athens, OH. The theme of the meeting was “Comparative Aspects of Membrane Biology.” An initial announcement of this meeting was done by e-mailing members of the American Physiological Society residing in Ohio, as well as Chairs of Departments of Physiology, Biology, or related disciplines. Later a brochure was mailed out to these same people. A website was created which provides details about OPS and the meeting (http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~chamberl/ops/ops.html).

A total of 55 people (including speakers) attended the meeting. Attendees came from several institutions around the state of Ohio: Bowling Green State University, University of Dayton, Wright State University, University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), and Ohio University. The meeting was held in a lovely old chapel on the main green. With the exception of a couple of computer glitches during the Power Point presentations, the morning session of talks went smoothly. Unfortunately, I had not reserved the use of the organ, so Peter Lauf could not entertain us as we waited a few minutes for the computer problems to be solved!! The talks spanned a wide range of topics on membrane biology and generated many questions from the audience. A sit-down lunch was held at the student union building, which provided an opportunity for meeting attendees to get to know one another and discuss their research. After lunch, the American Physiological Society/Ohio Physiological Society keynote speaker presented his talk. John Crowe delivered a wonderful and fascinating talk about membranes in the dry state.

Following the keynote address, there was a lively poster session in the lower floor of the chapel. I think this and other OPS meetings have been very effective in promoting interactions among the Ohio physiologists. In addition, I think these meetings make it clear that physiological research takes place across the state of Ohio in institutions both large and small, and in institutions with and without physiology departments, per se. 
A business meeting was held at the end of the meeting in which the locations of the next two meetings, NEOUCOM (2002) and Case Western Reserve University (2003), were announced. The president-elect is Hans Folkesson, NEOUCOM.

The 16th annual meeting of the Ohio Physiological Society would not have been possible without the generous support from the Ohio University College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio University Office of Research, and the American Physiological Society. 

Mary Chamberlin 
President 
Ohio Physiological Society

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