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Front and Back.Qxp PHYSIOLOGY NEWS summer 2008 | number 71 Why we bob up and down when we walk Hippocratic fingers Physiology 2008 Themed Meetings off to a flying start Renal cortex: physiological basis of glomerular and tubular diseases University of Bristol, UK 17–18 December 2007 photos by David Marples PHYSIOLOGY NEWS Editorial 3 Meetings The Society’s dog. ‘Rudolf Images of Bristol inside front cover Magnus gave me to Charles Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology Themed Meeting 4 Sherrington, who gave me to Welcome to Cambridge and PDN 5 Henry Dale, who gave me to The Physiological Society in October Living History 1942’ Hippocratic fingers John Dickinson 7 Soapbox Published quarterly by The Physiological Society Patently absurd? Michael Taggart 9 Contributions and queries A lecture in the life of ... Senior Publications Executive Standing room only in Glasgow David Allen, Brian Jewell 11 Linda Rimmer Features The Physiological Society Publications Office The strange origins of the Student’s t-test Angus Brown 13 P O Box 502, Cambridge CB1 0AL, UK Sensory vestibular information and vertebrate motor Tel: +44 (0)1223 400180 behaviour Daniel Eugène, Nicolas Vibert, Pierre-Paul Vidal 17 Fax: +44 (0)1223 246858 Nucleotide release and airway epithelial physiology Silvia Email: [email protected] Web site: http://www.physoc.org Kreda, Richard Boucher, Eduardo Lazarowski 19 Women utilize lipid as fuel more than men during exercise – Magazine Editorial Board is there a paradox? Gregory Henderson, George Brooks 22 Editor Why do we bob up and down while walking? Firas Massaad, Austin Elliott Thierry Lejeune, Christine Detrembleur 25 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Exercise for liver health Jarna Hannukainen, Pirjo Nuutila, Kari Members Kalliokoski 29 Angus Brown The relatively high Ca2+ flux in Ca2+ sparks could be due to University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK the Ca-binding protein calsequestrin in the sarcoplasmic Patricia de Winter reticulum Paul Pape, Karine Fénelon 31 University College London, London, UK Taste receptors and glucose absorption in the small intestine Sarah Hall George Kellett 34 Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK A chemical engineering perspective of the gut Patrick Janssen, Munir Hussain Roger Lentle 37 University of Bradford, Bradford, UK Force-frequency relation and myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity John Lee Regis Lamberts, Jolanda van der Velden, Ger Stienen 39 Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK Reports Thelma Lovick Launch of Cardiff Neurosciences Centre Vanessa Davies 41 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Feeding signals to the hungry mind Stuart Hughes 42 Fiona Randall Research Defence Society Fiona Randall 42 Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Oxford Pro-Test Rally Liz Bell 44 Bill Winlow MRC Showcase Thelma Lovick 45 Chameleon Communications International, London/ University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Letters to the Editor 47 Foreign Correspondents Education 48 John Hanrahan Affiliate News 51 McGill University, Montreal, Canada The Society’s journals John Morley Experimental Physiology Julian Paton, David Paterson 52 University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia The NIH mandate Carol Huxley 54 © 2008 The Physiological Society Society News 54 ISSN 1476-7996 Biosciences Federation 55 The Physiological Society is registered in England as Unbelievable! 56 a company limited by guarantee: No 323575. Obituaries Registered office: PO Box 11319, London WC1X 8WQ Peter Raymond Lewis Ann Silver 57 Registered Charity: No 211585. Gertrude Falk Jonathan Ashmore, Lynn Bindman, Tony Gardner - Printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd Medwin, Sally Page 57 Christopher Bell Y S Bakhle, Veronica Campbell, Saoirse O’Sullivan 58 William Keatinge Margaret Bird 60 Book reviews 61 From the archives 63 Noticeboard 64 Front cover image from Massaad et al. (p. 25). PHYSIOLOGY NEWS Action points Guidelines for contributors In this issue Grants These guidelines are intended to assist Welcome to the Summer 2008 For full information on Members ’ authors in writing their contributions and Physiology News. to reduce the editing process. 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