Communications

APS Posts First YouTube Video
Media Coverage from the Integrative Biology of Exercise Meeting
Journal Press Release Program
Two New Episodes of the APS Podcast Series, Life Lines 

APS Posts First YouTube Video

APS posted its first YouTube video on September 8, an interview with the new Journal of Neurophysiology, Editor-in-Chief David Linden, professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. You can watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqx4Bm6OAwI.

Linden's discussion about his plans for the new direction of the journal are also posted on the APS homepage. Log on to either http://www.the-aps.org/publications/jn/index.htm or http://www.the-aps.org/publications/jn/editors_message.htm  to see it.

Media Coverage from the Integrative Biology of Exercise Meeting

The department produced eight releases for “The Integrative Biology of Exercise–V,” which took place in September. Top-tier outlets that picked up the results included Scientific American, Popular Science, Science, Los Angles Times, US News & World Report, Reuters, and the Discovery Channel. The press releases are listed below, and can read in full by going to http://www.the-aps.org/press.
  • For Overweight Patients With Insulin Sensitivity, Even One Session Of Exercise Can Improve Metabolic Health;
  • Researchers Discover That Growing Up Too Fast May Mean Dying Young In Honey Bees;
  • Lessons From The Iditarod;
  • Women Do Not Recover Their Muscle Strength As Fast As Men After Wearing A Cast;
  • Anabolic Steroids Still Provide A Competitive Edge In Power Lifting Even Years After Doping Has Ended;
  • Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and The Effect On Muscle Repair And Regeneration;
  • Galloping and Breathing At High Speed
  • New Study Links Inactivity to an Increase in Desire for More Food.

Four of the presenters discussing their work and its benefits once the editing on these sessions is complete, they will be uploaded to YouTube and the APS site.
 

Journal Press Release Program

Four press releases based on studies from the APS journals have been distributed as follows:
  • Fructose sets table for weight gain without warning;
  • Resveratrol Prevents Fat Accumulation In Livers of ‘Alcoholic’ Mice;
  • Older People Who Diet Without Exercising Lose Valuable Muscle Mass
  • Substance Found In Fruits And Vegetables Reduces Likelihood Of The Flu.

These also can be found on the press page, at http://www.the-aps.org/press.

Finally, the following press releases related to Society news were issued:

  • APS Sets Aside $50,000 to Help in Wake of Hurricane Ike;
  • Frank testifies in support of copyright protection for scientific publishers.

Two New Episodes of the APS Podcast Series, Life Lines 

Two new episodes of the APS podcast series Life Lines (13 and 14) are now available. Each episode begins with a short segment which takes a look at studies from the APS journals that have recently been in the news. Some studies have been promoted through APS press releases, while others have been promoted by the authors’ institutions.

The podcast also includes a feature section and ends with a study from one of our journals. Please visit http://www.lifelines.tv to see the latest episodes. And don’t forget to listen, subscribe and tell all your family, friends and students to do the same.

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