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Future Physiologists Early Career Special Issue Experimental Models in Physiology 27 - 29 June 2018 | University of Exeter, UK PN Issue 109 / Winter 2017 Physiology News Future physiologists Early career special issue Experimental models in physiology 27 - 29 June 2018 | University of Exeter, UK The Mighty Mouse and the might of other models Why is the mouse not so mighty? Complementary models Pathophysiological models: Cells to complex systems Insights from animal models of human disease Towards human models Future directions: Opportunities and challenges www.physoc.org/models Physiology News Scientific Editor Roger Thomas We welcome feedback on our membership magazine, or letters and suggestions for (University of Cambridge) articles for publication, including book reviews, from our Members. Managing Editor Please email Julia Turan at [email protected] Julia Turan Editorial Board Physiology News is one of the benefits of membership, along with reduced registration rates Karen Doyle for our high-profile events, free online access to our leading journals,The Journal of Physiology, (NUI Galway) Experimental Physiology and Physiological Reports, and travel grants to attend scientific Rachel McCormick meetings. Membership offers you access to the largest network of physiologists in Europe. (University of Liverpool) Keith Siew Join now to support your career in physiology: (University of Cambridge) Visit www.physoc.org/membership or call 0207 269 5721 Austin Elliott (University of Manchester) Mark Dallas (University of Reading) Membership Fees for 2017 FEES Fiona Hatch Fellow £120 (Cello Health Communications iScience, Member £90 Medical writer) [email protected] Retired Member – Affiliate £40 www.physoc.org Associate £30 Undergraduate – @ThePhySoc /physoc Opinions expressed in articles and letters submitted by, or commissioned from, Members, Affiliates or outside bodies are not necessarily those of The Physiological Society. /company/The-Physiological-Society © 2017 The Physiological Society ISSN 1476-7996 (Print) ISSN 2041-6512 (Online). The Physiological Society is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee: No. 323575. Registered office: Hodgkin Huxley House, /physoctv 30 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R 3AW. Registered Charity: No. 211585. ‘The Physiological Society’ and the Physiological Society logo are trademarks belonging to The Physiological Society and are registered in the UK and in the EU Community, respectively. Designed, produced and printed by Lavenham Press Ltd. 2 Physiology News / Winter 2017 / Issue 109 Contents Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of Physiology News Introduction Features 05 Editorial 20 Physiologists, watch where you place that cannula! 06 President’s view 24 Does C-section impact on early life microbiome and immune system? 27 The female athlete: it’s not all about performance News & views 30 L’Oréal-UNESCO early career fellowship success 32 Careers – no ‘one size fits all’ for scientists 07 Policy Focus The postdoc problem Physiology Feed 36 08 Getting your first paper published – shedding light on unwritten rules 09 Journal myth buster: 10 reasons why you should submit to Membership our journals 38 Annual General Meeting oral and poster competiton winners 10 Research in action: Vacation Studentship Scheme case study Congratulations to our newly-elected Fellow Members 40 Meet the Affiliate Working Group 11 What are your thoughts about the International Union of 44 Obituary: Professor Andrzej Trzebski Physiological Sciences? 12 Reports of recent Committee meetings 13 From the archives: Pavlov’s bequest Journal insights 46 The latest from our Journals Meetings & events 14 2018 Forthcoming events IUPS 2017: The Rhythms of Life 16 YLS 2017: planning your first symposium - a pilot study 18 Future Physiology 2017: ignite your networking at conferences Cover image: Cover design by Matteo Farinella 3 PhysiologyPhysiology 20192019 TheThe Society’sSociety’s AnnualAnnual ConferenceConference AberdeenAberdeenPhysiology ExhibitionExhibition andand ConferenceConference 2019 Centre,Centre, UKUK 8–108–10The Society’s JulyJuly Annual 20192019 Conference Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, UK 8–10 July 2019 www.physoc.org/physiology2019www.physoc.org/physiology2019www.physoc.org/physiology2019 Editorial In this edition, we’ve chosen to highlight early The Affiliate Working Group would like to Hannah Marie Kirton career research success, including a feature thank The Physiological Society for providing Cardiovascular Research Fellow, interview from a L’Oréal UNESCO Fellowship the opportunity to guest-edit and share our University of Leeds, UK awardee, Dr Annie Curtis. Annie shares her thoughts with Members. Although being early journey, providing realistic tips and advice on career researchers is a challenge, it has never fellowship applications and how to be been a more exciting time to be the future Affiliate Working Group, optimistic in your approach. Furthermore, generation of science. Physiology offers a The Physiological Society Jo Edward Lewis compiled an article that multitude of opportunities, exciting details how there is no ‘one size fits all’ for prospects, cutting edge research tools, and a scientists, demonstrating the diversity within great foundation for collaboration and scientific careers from undergraduate to outstanding research. lecturer. In ‘The postdoc problem’, I highlight It has finally arrived! No not Christmas, but a the good, the bad and the ugly of academia So go find yourself somewhere quiet, and special Early Career Researcher edition of and what it is like to be an early career enjoy reading this issue over a warm cup of your favourite magazine! The Affiliate Working researcher, outlining what is required of coffee, hopefully while you’re at our Leeds Group has had the enviable pleasure of guest academia to recognise and facilitate talented, conference, Future Physiology. editing the Winter 2017 edition of Physiology thirsty researchers in their pursuit of success. News. I’ve been thrilled to lead on this Kim Barrett, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of endeavour. Physiology, also lends her insight on the key factors leading to publication success. As our front cover illustrates, the road to academic success is challenging. For those Despite the challenges ahead, I see pursuing a career in academia, the linear path outstanding, inspiring early career research ‘Although being early from PhD to postdoc to lectureship now that is highly recognised in physiology. In this career researchers is a exists only for a select few. In a turbulent issue, we display several examples - Jessica time of declining funds, Brexit negotiations Piasecki, at Manchester Metropolitan challenge, it has never and debates over metrics (namely impact University, emphasises the importance for factors and citation rates), early career elite female athletes to lead healthy lifestyles, been a more exciting researchers face more time in their glorious and the importance of balancing training white lab coats. One thing however is certain, needs whilst maintaining bodily health and a time to be the future early career researchers must clear their own regular menstrual cycle. Emmanuel Amabebe, path to success, and whilst there may be at the University of Sheffield highlights how generation of science’ disheartening stumbles, fame (but not C-section impacts on the early-life fortune) for those remaining in academia microbiome and immune system, and can be achieved. influences disease susceptibility. We also have a revealing article explaining the key questions about blood sampling sites. This is important in terms of experimental design, and influences data interpretation, so do watch where you put that cannula! 5 President’s view Ensuring physiology flourishes It seems difficult to believe that I am more being slavishly controlled by genes (Noble than halfway through my term as President. et al., 2014; J Physiol 592, 2237–2244). I have been persuaded by the powers that be at Physiology News that it would be good to A lack of identity in the physiological institute a Presidential column. The deadline is community is also of concern to our Society. now only a few days away and I feel like a At a time when most physiologists worked in vicar on a Saturday night desperately thinking physiology departments, it was natural to of something to write. become a member of The Society. Indeed, when I joined the staff of the Department of A major thing that has exercised me, not just Physiology at UCL, an item on the agenda of in my role at The Society but also in my own staff meetings was always what was laboratory, is the question of ‘What is happening at The Society. With departmental Physiology?’ The Society has begun to reorganisations, there is a danger that the develop a new five-year strategy, and the organ- and disease-based societies and their first meeting of its steering group was meetings are becoming the new defaults. devoted to trying to agree a definition. When I Whatever the cause, The Physiological began my academic career, physiology could Society realises that it cannot afford to be be defined, perhaps circularly, as ‘that which complacent about attracting and retaining is done in Physiology Departments’. In the members. subsequent 30 or so years, departments of Physiology have virtually disappeared. Many, It goes without saying that the future success David Eisner possibly even more, people are doing of physiology lies entirely within the hands of President, The Physiological Society physiology now but do not always realise it. today’s early career researchers. Affiliate My own university, like others, has Members
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