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Physiology News PN Issue 91 / Summer 2013 Physiology News Language, culture and international relations Reports from national and international associations The female faces of physiology International special issue Annual General Meeting 2013 The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Physiological Society will be held on 24 July 2013, commencing at 1.00pm at the Symphony Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JZ. Ordinary and Honorary Members have the right to attend and vote at the AGM. Affiliates have the right to attend, but may not vote. Please note that you do not have to register for IUPS 2013 to attend the AGM. Questions can be submitted in advance online. The Annual Review, Annual Report and Accounts, and agenda for the 2013 AGM, as well as minutes of last year’s meeting, can be downloaded via the link below. The Annual Report and Accounts, which received an unqualified audit opinion, should be consulted for a complete understanding of the financial affairs of The Society. www.physoc.org/agm2013 Physiology News / Summer 2013 / Issue 91 Contents Annual General Meeting 2013 Welcome to the Summer 2013 edition of Physiology News Introduction Features The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of 05 Editorial 18 The international dimensions of the physiological sciences The Physiological Society will be held on 22 Physiology in Africa 24 July 2013, commencing at 1.00pm at 25 Physiology in Australia News in brief 28 Physiology in Brazil: the Symphony Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, The Rhythms of Life: IUPS 2017 in Rio de Janeiro Vote now: 2013 Council elections 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2JZ. 06 30 Physiology in China Time up for Society’s Treasurer Society meetings from 2014 31 Physiology in Europe: Ordinary and Honorary Members have the The role of FEPS now and in the near future 07 Minister opens Hodgkin Huxley House right to attend and vote at the AGM. Affiliates Physiological Reports US launch 33 Physiology in Japan have the right to attend, but may not vote. 08 Launching this summer: a new school research competition 37 Physiology in the United States of America Public Engagement Grants Please note that you do not have to register for 40 The female faces of physiology IUPS 2013 to attend the AGM. Questions can 09 Society to review the health of physiology Physiology Friday: 18 October 2013 be submitted in advance online. Policy Corner Membership The Annual Review, Annual Report and Accounts, and agenda for the 2013 AGM, as well 46 Member & Lab profile: Samantha Passey In depth Pathogenesis of Chronic Lung Diseases Laboratory, as minutes of last year’s meeting, can be Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne 10 EU Directive 2010/63 and its implementation in the UK as the downloaded via the link below. The Annual 50 Book review: The Neurosciences and the Practice of Aviation revised Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act Report and Accounts, which received Medicine. Edited by Anthony N Nicholson 12 Affiliate Member Representatives an unqualified audit opinion, should be 51 Book review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks consulted for a complete understanding of By Rebecca Skloot the financial affairs of The Society. 52 Obituary: R Jean Banister Meetings & events 53 Obituary: Michael William Blackburn Bradbury 54 Obituary: Gerald Elliott www.physoc.org/agm2013 13 Meeting preview: Epithelia and Smooth Muscle Interactions in Health and Disease 55 Journal updates 14 Meeting notes: GL Brown Prize Lecture Series 56 The Last Word Meeting notes: Experimental Biology (EB) Meeting notes: Out of Thin Air: Surviving high altitude 16 Meeting notes: BMS Early Career Investigators Symposium Meeting notes: The 15th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics (ICEE) 17 Meeting notes: The 100th Indian Science Congress 3 Epithelia and Smooth Muscle Interactions in Health and Disease A Physiological Society joint Themed Meeting in Epithelia & Membrane Transport and Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland 11–13 December 2013 Airway remodelling Gastrointestinal secretion & motility Epithelia & smooth muscle ion channels Plenary speakers Kim Barrett (University of California San Diego, USA) Kenton Sanders Registration opens 12 August 2013 (University of Nevada, USA) Abstract submission opens 23 September 2013 Abstract submission closes 23 October 2013 Early bird registration closes 11 November 2013 EM VS www.physoc.org/emvs13 P4_EpitheliaSmoothMuscle_Jun2013.indd 1 04/06/2013 11:01:24 Physiology News Editor Mike Collis We welcome feedback on our membership magazine, or letters and suggestions for Editorial Board articles for publication, including book reviews, from Physiological Society Members. 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Physiology News / Summer 2013 / Issue 91 Editorial Epithelia and Smooth Muscle Interactions in Health and Disease A Physiological Society joint Themed Meeting in Epithelia & Membrane Transport and Vascular & Smooth Muscle Physiology Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland 11–13 December 2013 Airway remodelling Gastrointestinal secretion & motility Epithelia & smooth muscle ion channels Plenary speakers Kim Barrett (University of California San Diego, USA) Kenton Sanders Registration opens 12 August 2013 (University of Nevada, USA) Abstract submission opens 23 September 2013 Society) and physiologists (both established need to say what interesting times we are all Abstract submission closes 23 October 2013 Jonathan Ashmore and newly minted) from 48 countries coming living in when it comes to publishing – nobody Early bird registration closes 11 November 2013 President to Birmingham for the meeting. seems able to find a crystal ball to predict how the landscape will lie in five to ten years’ Although the meeting has been in the making time or how the balance between traditional EM VS www.physoc.org/emvs13 This issue of Physiology News, our Members’ since our bid to host it was accepted in Kyoto and online publishing will tip. So with the magazine, seeks to give a broader picture of in 2009, the excitement of knowing that the go-ahead for Physiological Reports, Council is the state of physiology, with reports from meeting is now really happening is tangible. ensuring that The Society is thinking ahead across the globe, from physiologists and The local organising committee, chaired by and covering all options. It has been physiological societies. Here at home, our David Eisner and Bridget Lumb, along with extremely impressive to see how P4_EpitheliaSmoothMuscle_Jun2013.indd 1 04/06/2013 11:01:24 Society is certainly in good shape. However, Society staff, have put huge efforts into enthusiastically both sides of the Atlantic as Society President, I am concerned that we ensuring that it will run smoothly. It is a have thrown themselves into this venture and focus on identifying The Society as the body meeting we can look forward to keenly. And I we look forward to the new journal’s success which younger physiologists in all areas am willing to bet a new set of traffic lights (see page 7 for a report on the US launch of should consider their natural home. There are that, as last time The Society hosted the IUPS this venture – and don’t forget to come to sections of the bioscience and biomedical – in Glasgow in 1993 – IUPS 2013 will be the UK launch at the
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