Key Dates

21 July 2013
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Further key dates

Tuesday 23 July

Keynote lectures

Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & The Journal of Physiology)
8.30 - 9.15, Tuesday 23 July
Local protein synthesis
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany
IUPS Keynote Lecture
8.30 - 9.15, Tuesday 23 July
Calcium signal mechanisms in secretory cells: physiology and pathology
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
IUPS Keynote (Sponsored by ESM & EVBO)
8.30 - 9.15, Tuesday 23 July
Stem cell biology for vascular medicine
Tokai University, Japan

Symposia

An integrated approach to the physiology of organic cation transporters

Giuliano Ciarimboli (University of Münster, Germany) and Sophie Gautron (UMRS952/UMR7224, France)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Bicarbonate transport in normal and cancerous tissues

Walter Boron (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Dysfunctional chemoreceptors: Cause or consequence of the symptoms of cardiorespiratory disease?

Prem Kumar (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Luciane Gargaglioni (Sao Paulo State University, Brazil)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

From perceiving to acting: Neurophysiological mechanisms of conscious visual perception

Erik Cook (McGill University, Canada) and Kristine Krug (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Historical perspectives on early physiology, 1870‐1960

Jonathan Reinarz (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Mammalian nutrient sensing

Daniela Riccardi (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) and Willis Samson (Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Perivascular fat: Role in metabolic and cardiovascular disease

Alfons Houben ( Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht - MUMC, Netherlands) and Etto Eringa (VU University Medical Centre, Netherlands)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Physiology of fasting and starvation

Marshall McCue (St. Mary’s University, United States) and Teresa Valencak (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Stem and progenitor cells in vascular remodelling and repair

Neena Kalia (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Mark Majesky (Seattle Children's Research Institute, United States)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: New mechanisms of neuronal and glial signalling in the injured spinal cord

Anne King (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) and José Lopez-Garcia (University of Alcala, Spain)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

The role of toxic Ca signals in initiating pancreatitis and promoting pancreatic cancer

Ole Petersen (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) and Péter Hegyi (University of Szeged, Hungary)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Transverse tubules in the heart: Normal physiology and involvement in disease

David Eisner (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and William Louch (University of Oslo, Norway)
0930 - 1130, Tuesday 23 July

Plenary

Michael de Burgh Daly Lecture (The Physiological Society) (sponsored by ESM & EVBO)
11.45 - 12.45, Tuesday 23 July
Vascular metabolism: principles and strategies
VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Belgium

Lunch and Posters (12:45 to 14:15 - Hall 3)

Symposia

Angiogenesis: Growth points

Stuart Egginton (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) and Kari Alitalo (University of Helsinki, Finland)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

Development and functional organisation of neural circuits controlling breathing

Alexander Gourine (University College London, United Kingdom) and Muriel Thoby-Brisson (Université Bordeaux, France)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July
Theophile Godfraind (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) and Penny Moody-Corbett (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July
Markus Sperandio (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Germany) and Paul Kubes (University of Calgary, Canada)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July
Anant Parekh (Oxford University, United Kingdom) and Barbara Niemeyer (Saarland University, Germany)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

Mother, placenta, fetus and life long health

Rohan Lewis (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) and Susan Greenwood (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

Multidisciplinary approaches to understanding synaptopathies

John Jefferys (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) and Sumantra Chattarji (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

New insights into the acid-base microclimate as an integral regulator of epithelial function in health and disease

Michael Gray (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and Ursula Seidler (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

Potassium channel complexes: Dynamic aspects of the assembly and regulation towards their physiological roles

Yoshihiro Kubo (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan) and Bernard Attali (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

The activation of skeletal muscles - implications for fatigue

Ole Bækgaard Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Janet Taylor (University of New South Wales, Australia)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July
Jun Chen (The Fourth Military Medical University (Xi’an), China) and Irene Tracey (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

Using narratives and stories to enhance learning

Frank Mojiminiyi (Usman Danfodio University, Nigeria) and Penelope Hansen (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
1415 - 1615, Tuesday 23 July

Keynote lectures

Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture (The Physiological Society & The Journal of Physiology)
16.30 - 17.15, Tuesday 23 July
Gastrointestinal hormones and the dialogue between gut and brain
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Tuesday 23 July
Physiological insights into the developmental origins of non-communicable disease
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
IUPS Keynote
16.30 - 17.15, Tuesday 23 July
Stress, memory, and the amygdala
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

Posters (17:15 to 19:00 - Hall 3)