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APS Election Results APS Councilors Participate in 35th Congress of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences |
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| The American Physiological Society announces the results of the election of officers for 2009. Peter D. Wagner, University of California, San Diego, is the new President-Elect. The three newly elected Councillors taking office on April 22, 2009 are David P. Brooks, Johnson & Johnson; Usha Raj, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Curt D. Sigmund, University of Iowa. The Councillors will each serve a three year term. | ||||||||
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APS Councilors Participate in 35th Congress of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences |
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“Saludos, en nombre de la sociedad norteamericana de
Physiological. Quiero dar gracias a los organizadores de la Sociedad
Espanola de Ciencias fisiologicas por su invitacion. Es mi placer
presentarles los resultados de nuestra investigacion corriente.” “Greetings from the American Physiological Society. I want to thank the organizers of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences for your invitation. It is my pleasure to present the results of our recent research.” With the above salutation, three APS Councilors presented lectures at the 35th Congress of the Spanish Society of Physiological Sciences (SECF) in Valencia, Spain on February 20, 2009. APS President Irving H. Zucker presented a talk entitled, “The regulation of central AT1 receptor expression and sympathetic tone in heart failure.” Councilor David M. Pollock presented, “Endothelin: Physiological regulator of sodium balance and blood pressure.” Councilor Joey P. Granger presented, “Pathophysiology of hypertension in response to placental ischemia during pregnancy.” The session was chaired by Professor Javier Salazar, Chair of the Department of Physiology at The University of Murcia. Approximately 350 attended the meeting which was held over a three-day period. The meeting included a teaching workshop, 21 symposia, posters and plenary talks by APS member Jose Jailfe of the University of Michigan, by Salvador Moncada of the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at the University College London and by Ricardo Miledi of the University of California at Irvine. The conference ended with a banquet at which the President of SECF, Professor Constancio González and Irving Zucker of APS congratulated the participants for an outstanding meeting. Finally, the President of the local organizing committee, Professor JoséViña added his thanks for the participants.
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