Confirmed lecturers
Prize and Keynote lectures
Plenary lecture
Opening Lecture - IUPS President’s Lecture (sponsored by Wiley)
17:30 - 18:30, Sunday 21 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Physiology moves back onto centre stage: a new synthesis with evolutionary biology
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
General Interest
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote (Sponsored by ESM & EVBO)
8.30 - 9.15, Monday 22 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Pathological development of brain microvasculature
University of Milan, Italy
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Ernst Knobil Lecture
8.30 - 9.15, Monday 22 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
3R's: Reproductive Regulation Revised
Monash University, Australia
Metabolism & Endocrinology
Plenary lecture
FEPS Lecture
11.45 - 12.45, Monday 22 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Health-promoting effects of exercise in diabetes and obesity: from molecular mechanisms to clinical action
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Human & Exercise Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Schmidt-Nielsen Lecture (Sponsored by SPS)
16.30 - 17.15, Monday 22 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
Brown adipose tissue: the mammalian prerogative
The Wenner-Gren Institute, Sweden
Metabolism & Endocrinology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Monday 22 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Neuronal calcium channels and migraine
University of Padova and CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Italy
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS and ADInstruments Education Lecture
16.30 - 17.15, Monday 22 July
Hall 5 (The ICC)
Teaching and research in physiology in Sub-Saharan Africa - achievements and challenges
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Education & Teaching
Plenary lecture
Annual Public Lecture (The Physiological Society for publication in Experimental Physiology)
19:30 - 20:30, Monday 22 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
The Rhythms of Life – What your body clock means to you from eye disease to jet lag
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & The Journal of Physiology)
8.30 - 9.15, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 8 (The ICC)
Local protein synthesis
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote Lecture
8.30 - 9.15, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Calcium signal mechanisms in secretory cells: physiology and pathology
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote (Sponsored by ESM & EVBO)
8.30 - 9.15, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
Stem cell biology for vascular medicine
Tokai University, Japan
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Plenary lecture
Michael de Burgh Daly Lecture (The Physiological Society) (sponsored by ESM & EVBO)
11.45 - 12.45, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Vascular metabolism: principles and strategies
VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Belgium
Metabolism & Endocrinology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Keynote lecture
Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & The Journal of Physiology)
16.30 - 17.15, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Gastrointestinal hormones and the dialogue between gut and brain
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 5 (The ICC)
Physiological insights into the developmental origins of non-communicable disease
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Tuesday 23 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
Stress, memory, and the amygdala
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
8.30 - 9.15, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
T-type calcium channels, thalamic firing modes, and control of consciousness and cognition
Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
8.30 - 9.15, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Mitochondrial superoxide flashes
Peking University, China
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology
Keynote lecture
IUPS August Krogh Lecture (sponsored by SPS)
8.30 - 9.15, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 8 (The ICC)
Role of ATP - regulated potassium channels in pancreatic alpha- and beta-cells
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Metabolism & Endocrinology
Plenary lecture
IUPS TP Feng Lecture
11.45 - 12.45, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Sifting circuits for motor control
Columbia University, United States
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 8 (The ICC)
An overview of Physiome activities
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Education & Teaching, Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Human & Exercise Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
New insights in the fetal origins of adult cardiometabolic disease
University of Alberta, Canada
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Keynote lecture
Sharpey-Schafer Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & Experimental Physiology)
16.30 - 17.15, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Structure and function of voltage-gated sodium channels at atomic resolution
University of Washington, United States
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
Plenary lecture
The 2013 Malpighi Award lecture (A lecture awarded and supported by the European Society for Microcirculation and the British Microcirculation Society)
19:30 - 20:30, Wednesday 24 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
Integration and modulation of intercellular signalling underlying blood flow control
University of Missouri School of Medicine and Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Columbia MO USA, United States
Keynote lecture
The Paton Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & Experimental Physiology)
8.30 - 9.15, Thursday 25 July
Hall 8 (The ICC)
Purinergic signalling: the discovery and current developments
Autonomic Neuroscience Centre, United Kingdom
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
8.30 - 9.15, Thursday 25 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
The renin-angiotensin system: new concepts and perspectives
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
8.30 - 9.15, Thursday 25 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
TRPV1 channels: from molecules to physiology
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Neuroscience
Plenary lecture
Annual Review Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & The Journal of Physiology)
11.45 - 12.45, Thursday 25 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
The molecular mechanisms of signaling at chemical synapses
Oregon Health & Science University, United States
Epithelia & Membrane Transport, Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Robert Pitts Lecture
16.30 - 17.15, Thursday 25 July
Hall 5 (The ICC)
Sensing, signaling and sorting pathways in kidney epithelial cells
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University Medical School, United States
Epithelia & Membrane Transport
Keynote lecture
Joan Mott Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & Experimental Physiology)
16.30 - 17.15, Thursday 25 July
Hall 1 (The ICC)
How are memories represented and recollected by the human brain?
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, United Kingdom
Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Thursday 25 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
Rho proteins in cardiovascular physiology and diseases
Inserm UMR_S1087, France
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology
Keynote lecture
IUPS Keynote (Sponsored by SPS)
8.30 - 9.15, Friday 26 July
Hall 5 (The ICC)
Respiratory and neural consequences for fish of a warmer and more carbonated future
University of Oslo, Norway
Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology, Metabolism & Endocrinology, Neuroscience
Keynote lecture
GSK Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society)
8.30 - 9.15, Friday 26 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
Cortical HCN channels: function, trafficking and plasticity
UCL School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom
Neuroscience
Plenary lecture
IUPS Wallace Fenn Lecture
11.45 - 12.45, Friday 26 July
Hall 4 (The ICC)
Optical deconstruction of fully-assembled biological systems
Stanford University, United States
Neuroscience