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Physiology News PHYSIOLOGY NEWS autumn 2007 | number 68 In this issue Picking the ‘best’ political party for science Unexpected hazards of cold and heat Facing the media with animal research Photos by Nick Boros-Toby and Ivor Williams A full report and more images of LifeSciences2007 will appear in the next issue of Physiology News. PHYSIOLOGY NEWS Editorial 3 Meetings The Society’s dog. ‘Rudolf Physiological sciences meet up in Bratislava Chris Fry 4 Magnus gave me to Charles Physiology in Galicia Nataliya Fedirko, Alexej Verkhratsky 5 Sherrington, who gave me to Why did the amino acid cross the placenta? Jane Cleal 7 Henry Dale, who gave me to The Physiological Society in October Living History 1942’ Researching unexpected hazards of cold and heat William Keatinge 9 Published quarterly by The Physiological Society A week in the life of ... David Bunton, Chief Operating Officer at Biopta Ltd 12 Contributions and queries Letter from ... Senior Publications Executive The United Arab Emirates Michelle McLean, Chris Howarth 13 Linda Rimmer The Physiological Society Publications Office Features P O Box 502, Cambridge CB1 0AL, UK What happens to the central respiratory rhythm during breath-holding Michael Parkes 16 Tel: +44 (0)1223 400180 Molecular water pumps – or how water can move uphill Fax: +44 (0)1223 246858 across epithelia Thomas Zeuthen 18 Email: [email protected] Web site: http://www.physoc.org Exercise is a good habit for bowel health Ozgur Kasimay, Berrak Yegen 21 Magazine Editorial Board Central CO2 chemoreception: how can it be done without Editor the perfect receptors? Chun Jiang, Junda Su, Asheebo Rojas 23 Austin Elliott Inspiratory muscle training as an ergogenic aid: credible at University of Manchester, Manchester, UK last? Alison McConnell 26 Members Patricia de Winter Limitation to exercise performance at altitude – where is University College London, London, UK peripheral muscle fatigue important? Markus Amann 28 Sarah Hall Circulating ATP and ADP: important regulators of blood flow Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK and platelet reactivity during exercise Gennady Yegutkin, José González-Alonso 31 Munir Hussain University of Liverpooll, Liverpool, UK Muscular dystrophy and the brain Stewart Head, John Morley 34 John Lee Letters to the Editor 36 Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK Animal Research Thelma Lovick Facing the media with animal research Sarah Bailey, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Thelma Lovick 37 Bill Winlow The dawn of glasnost for research using animals? Selina Chameleon Communications International, London/ Pearson 38 University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Biosciences Federation 39 Foreign Correspondents Prize Lectures John Hanrahan The Physiological Society’s G L Brown Prize Lectures McGill University, Montreal, Canada Peter Taylor, Alexander Zholos, Madeleine Ennis 40 John Morley Workshops University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia Molecular Techniques Workshops 1996–2007: an integrated approach to teaching molecular biology to physiologists © 2007 The Physiological Society Patrick Harrison, Stanley White, Rod Dimaline 41 ISSN 1476-7996 Education The Physiological Society is registered in England as Teaching physiology – challenges, successes and rewards a company limited by guarantee: No 323575. Judy Harris, Richard Helyer 42 Registered office: PO Box 11319, London WC1X 8WQ Teachers turn students for the day Jayne Hastings 43 Registered Charity: No 211585. From the archives 45 The Society’s journals Printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd The Journal of Physiology 46 Experimental Physiology 46 Memorable Members Edward Conway Roderick Kernan 48 Noticeboard 49 Parliamentary and Scientific Committee 50 Society News 52 Unbelievable! 54 Book reviews 55 PHYSIOLOGY NEWS Action points Guidelines for contributors In this issue Grants These guidelines are intended to assist For full information on Members ’ authors in writing their contributions Welcome to the Autumn 2007 and Affiliates’ Travel Grants, and to reduce the subsequent editing Physiology News. Network Interaction Grants, Non- process. The Editorial Board of Society Symposia Grants, Physiology News tries to ensure that all Recent ministerial changes and Vacation Studentship Scheme, articles are written in a journalistic style departmental restructurings in so that they will have an immediate Departmental Seminar Scheme, interest value for a wide readership and the UK have ‘moved’ govern- Centres of Excellence and Junior will be readable and comprehensible to mental responsibility for science Fellowships visit: non-experts. In particular, scientific and science policy. It is therefore http://www.physoc.org/grants articles should give a good overview of a appropriate that this issue sees field rather than focus entirely on the our first editorial from outside Membership applications authors’ own research. The Society, as Hilary Leevers Applications for Physiological from CASE discusses the attitude Format of articles of the UK political parties to Society membership are accepted The main message or question posed should throughout the year; applications be introduced in the first paragraph. The science. There are some positives, are reviewed by the Membership background for the topic should then be although the demise of the House Committee on a monthly basis established, leading up to the final of Commons Select Committee and a decision is normally made conclusion. on Science and Technology is a within 15 working days of each worrying development, as Length of articles testified by open letters from the deadline. For full details please This will be determined by the subject matter visit: and agreed with the Senior Publications scientific community in the press http://www.physoc.org/membership Executive. pleading for its retention, e.g. http://education.guardian.co.uk/ Submission of articles higher/news/story/0,,2130978,00.html Change of address Authors should submit articles as a Word Members should inform the document attached to an email. Illustrations This issue also sees our first diary Administration Office of any should be sent as separate attachments (see from the private sector (p. 12), changes of address, telephone, below) and not embedded in the text. and a look at the improving fax or email address. Changes can Illustrations and authors’ photographs climate for animal research be emailed to: [email protected] Authors are encouraged to submit diagrams, (p. 37–39). We also have all our drawings, photographs or other artwork with regular features. their articles or to suggest appropriate illustrations. A photograph of the author(s) Physiology News should also accompany submissions, if Exercise features large in the Deadlines possible. Illustrations and photographs may News and Views articles (four in be colour or black and white, prints, my count), as well as appearing in Letters and articles and all other transparencies or tif/jpeg files with a Teachers turn students for the day contributions for inclusion in the minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Electronic (p. 43), in From the archives Winter 2007 issue, No. 69, should colour figures should be saved in CMYK (p. 45), and in the book reviews reach the Publications Office mode. (p. 55). Given the increasing ([email protected]) by 12 References concern about obesity in the UK’s October 2007. Short news items Authors are requested to keep the number of population, including children, are encouraged, and can usually references to a minimum – preferably no and in our pets too if you believe be included as late copy if space more than two or three. Please cite all recent news reports, perhaps this permits. references in the style of The Journal of Physiology (see Instructions to Authors at will prompt more sedentary Suggestions for articles http://www.physoc.org). physiologists (including me!) to Suggestions for future articles are get exercising. welcome. Please contact either the Senior Publications Executive The Society permits the single copying of Austin Elliott individual articles for private study or Editor or a member of the Editorial research. For copying or reproduction for any Board of Physiology News (see other purpose, written permission must be contents page for details). sought from The Physiological Society ([email protected]). Physiology News Online Opinions expressed in articles and letters Physiology News is now available submitted by, or commissioned from, Members, Affiliates or outside bodies are not on The Society’s web site: necessarily those of The Physiological A week in the life of ... http://www.physoc.org. Society. David Bunton (p. 12) EDITORIAL PN 3 teachers, three quarters of schools are research of the kind that is getting Picking the ‘best’ political cancelling practical classes, and squeezed out by the increasing party for science universities lose money on every science bureaucracy and central control student they take. associated with most Government The recent reorganisation of Government funding. Taylor has proposed an ministries gives some indication of what Ian Pearson, the new science minister has Innovative Projects Agency (IPA) with a the new Prime Minister thinks of science. said: ‘I express a personal oath that budget of £1 billion a year to ‘create a He has spent most of the last 10 years science will run through, and be at the bridge that links the ideas of today to the telling us that science and technology are heart of, the new Department’s policies. industries and products of tomorrow’. crucial to the country’s future, but [You] will not find
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