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Dennis Brown A Matter of Opinion In my role as the Director of the Office of Research Career Development (ORCD) at the The Times They Are Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), I find myself giving individualized advice to A-Changin’ scientists ranging from postdoctoral fellows First, let me apologize to Bob Dylan right up to the full professor level. One of for using the title of his classic song for my recommendations is that a person should this article. However, it is important to continually challenge him-/herself to do note that the “Times Are A-Changin” something new to avoid stagnation and to open for APS and physiology. Change is Dennis Brown up new areas of opportunity. So, despite some important, and it serves to challenge us misgivings (see below), I listened to my own as individuals and forces organizations advice and agreed to have my name placed on the ballot for the APS to adapt in order to move forward. In Presidency. I sincerely thank the APS membership and leadership for the case of the Society, change will help their confidence in me, and it goes without saying that I will do my us to revise and restructure our efforts very best to help the society increase its influence and standing as real in order to strengthen the Society and science struggles to be heard and respected in this “post-truth” era. (If the discipline. you have not heard this phrase before, Google it.) Change was the driving force in our So, given the opportunity to be the President of such an important decision in 1995 to work to convert the and eminent society, what went through my mind, and why did I have FASEB meeting into the Experimental some hesitation before accepting? I have been a member of the APS Biology (Duling B. The Experimental for over two decades and had been active in various aspects of the Biology Meeting: it’s our meeting. Society, most notably in publications, for several years even before The Physiologist 38: 3-4, 1995). paying my annual dues. My first appointment was as an Editorial Board Member of AJP-Renal in 1987, soon after coming to the U.S. from Geneva, Switzerland, where I had worked for 10 years. Because the Continued on page 76 next year promises to be very interesting as I juggle my last year as Editor-in-Chief of Physiological Reviews with the Presidency after the EB meeting in April, I sought opinions on the potential work load from THIS ISSUE: colleagues who were past presidents not only of the APS but also of 67 On Mentorship, Perseverance, other societies. One of my Presidential colleagues here at MGH told me and Generosity that it all depends on the quality of the staff. Well, as we all know, the APS staff is outstanding, and their directors are second to none in any 78 Report from the Bodil professional society. This insight, therefore, went a long way toward Schmidt-Nielsen Honorary assuring me that my task would be possible. In addition, I suspected Symposium that at some time in the not-so-distant future – perhaps as I sat in my rocking chair sipping a glass of Ensure through a straw – I would very 110 A. Clifford Barger much regret not stepping up to the plate to assume this leadership Underrepresented Minority position in a society that has been very much a home for me for most Mentorship Awardee of my professional life. Serving on Council for 3 years from 2011-2014 FASEB Launches Model helped to show me how the Society worked, what issues it dealt with, 125 Organism Database and the many ways in which it supported not only the discipline of

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On Mentorship, Perseverance, and Generosity

Ormond A. MacDougald John A Faulkner Collegiate Professor of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan

My approach to mentorship, How to mentor is a more difficult question to address, lab management, and career and what follows are a few of my thoughts on this development reflects not only subject, some of which I hope will resonate with you. my ideals but also the influence Although I’ve written this essay in the context of of many individuals during my running a lab, most of the suggestions are applicable training, and lessons learned to broader contexts. When I think about the skills and from my trainees. The most habits associated with mentoring, many of these can be significant figure in this regard attributed to common sense; however, it’s a little like my was my postdoctoral advisor, experience reading books on financial planning or time Ormond A. MacDougald M. Daniel Lane. As detailed in management – simply reading about them periodically an In Memoriam written by Lane and having them in mind helps to keep me doing the lab trainees (Mandrup et al. In memoriam: M. Daniel right thing and from slipping into bad habits such as Lane, 1930-2014. Trends Endocrinol Metab 25: 437-439, getting “too busy” to spend time with my trainees. 2014.), “Dan was a fantastic mentor who set a great and inspiring example as a scientist and leader, and who Although it would be great if we all had the mentoring took exceptionally good care of his trainees from the skill set of Dan Lane, each of us has our own specific minute they arrived until long after they left his lab.” limitations in this department. Thus we soldier on The lab culture he created, along with our devotion with our given personality and emotional quotient. As to him and his wife Pat “glued several generations of with many challenges in life, we do our best to play alumni together as a large extended family, a legacy on our strengths while working furiously to shore up that will last for years.” He was a unique example of our weaknesses. One factor we do have control over is how to be a highly successful scientist, while also being actively thinking about our trainees and considering universally recognized as a kind and caring man. what we can do to help them develop and achieve their goals. It also helps to view these relationships Why Do We Mentor? as lifelong, which adds a layer of commitment and I think of mentorship as a personal relationship in endurance that demands focus and respect. When all which I use my experience and knowledge to help is said and done, the interactions we have had with others by providing guidance and promoting personal trainees, although more difficult to quantify than many development. It is important to note that mentoring is other aspects of our professional lives, may be among not strictly an altruistic act – as researchers we create the most important accomplishments of our careers. new knowledge and trained personnel, and to optimally train personnel requires more than just providing lab Be Transparent space and a supply budget. The thought and energy put In any relationship, it’s important that there be trust, into mentoring students and postdoctoral fellows often and an important foundation for trust is transparency. pays dividends back to the research enterprise and Set the stage by discussing very early on what your helps with recruiting new lab members. In addition, expectations are of your trainee. Give honest and regular skills such as active listening that are honed while feedback, and not just in areas that need improvement. becoming a better mentor also transfer to other parts of Don’t be afraid to cheerlead their successes to them, our professional and personal lives. My experience has as well as to others! Discuss and debate ethical and been that, when I put the requisite time and energy into responsible conduct of research, and be open about the mentoring, it ends up being among the most rewarding problems of fraud and irreproducible results within and enjoyable parts of my day. science as a whole, and how these may be relevant within your lab.

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The relationship also requires active and open suspend judgment and give them space to figure out participation from the mentee, which will help both their own path. It’s also unrealistic to think that you of you determine whether the path the trainee is on is can serve as a mentor to all. For some individuals, the consistent with his or her skills and goals. Sometimes “fit” or “chemistry” is such that you simply aren’t the you need to have tough, open conversations, and right person to serve as a mentor – and that’s okay. even if the results of your discussion hurt, the process itself does not need to be hurtful. I was fortunate Keep the Long View in Mind to have mentors who were forthcoming about their Although micromanagement is a perfectly viable prior professional and personal life experiences, and approach to having a productive lab, I don’t feel that I emulate that approach. Although I try not to give it’s the best training approach. It’s tempting to take unsolicited advice, my hope is that my mentees will the easy road out and tell our trainees what to do, but learn both from situations I have handled well and from that is only good in the short term. Empowering our mistakes I have made. trainees to make and take responsibility for their own decisions will help them become independent in the I also think it is important as mentors to be transparent long run. We all learn by making mistakes, and a period about the reality associated with a life in academia – the of “chasing butterflies” is often critical for trainees to challenges of research and running a lab, the shortage hone their instincts for what experiments will work and of time, the vagaries of grant funding, and the demands which are unlikely to succeed – for balancing decisions ongoing elsewhere in your life. How can they learn of risk and yield. about lab management if we don’t discuss the budget? We don’t do our trainees any favors by shielding them In addition to the mentoring advice above, I would also from some of the less desirable aspects of the job – they like to share two additional thoughts with you. need to go in with their eyes open. Having said that, I feel the competitive job market and tight NIH grant Persevere budgets have created too much angst and negativity When I first started at the University of Michigan as toward careers in biomedical research, and I continue a young assistant professor, my chairman assigned to stress what a privilege it is to be in that small part Christin Carter-Su, a former winner of the Bodil of society whose job is to create new knowledge and to Schmidt-Neilson award, to be my official departmental train the next generation of scientists – and to note the mentor. In my first meeting with Christy, she asked me, many perks of a life in academia, where you are paid to “What does it take to become a full professor at the be surrounded by bright and interesting people, have University of Michigan?” After stammering something the opportunity to travel the world, and where you about the importance of recruiting, hard work, have tremendous flexibility in your work schedule. creativity, strategic planning, and other stream-of- Be Realistic consciousness, she replied, “Yes to all those, but what it really takes is perseverance.” She warned me that there It would be great if all our trainees became biomedical would be bumps in the road – rejected papers, grants not researchers at major institutions and went on to win funded, lectures gone awry – but that those happened Nobel Prizes, but that obviously sets the bar more than to everyone and shouldn’t be taken personally. Christy a little high. Every trainee has a unique skillset and also told me that how I handled those bumps would be his or her own ambitions, and it’s really important for the difference between success and failure – don’t let trainees to get on a path through life that is right for them get me down, view them as challenges to be met, them. Although it’s not always easy, I try to meet them and learn from them rather than give up. It was great where they are at and where they are headed. This advice that I share with my trainees and which I am takes careful listening and not simply projecting onto happy to share here. them what my hopes and dreams are for their role in my lab. It becomes easier as I get to know them better, In addition to those challenges mentioned above, and I try to take an active interest in what is ongoing you may encounter someone – could be your boss, a in their life. As faculty, we are professional decision- colleague, or perhaps even a trainee – with whom your makers, but, in the case of trainees, it’s important to

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relationship is intractable, despite your best efforts. for developing a relationship and trust. Students and Although this could be an excellent opportunity to fellows also benefit tremendously if you are generous work on your diplomacy, patience, and people skills, with your professional and personal network, since this sometimes this is a situation that you just need to will help them open doors and achieve their goals. persevere through. If serious enough, it may even be necessary to extract yourself from the situation. The I have benefited tremendously from people in my reality is that we often learn just as much or even life who have given freely of their time, energy, and more from negative situations than from positive ones. finances. Although I can’t in many cases pay them back Thus even difficult relationships can be formative and directly, I try to pay the debt forward to the next and positive if you carefully note which behaviors you future generations. If you feel similarly, please mentor choose to emulate. those coming up behind you and also give what you can to financially support their education and research Be Generous opportunities. In these uncertain times at the NIH, One of Dan Lane’s great traits was his generosity. Some philanthropy is becoming more and more integral of my fondest memories from my time in his lab were the to our funding of biomedical research and all stages times spent in his home – the celebrations for trainees of education. ● when they graduated or got jobs, the warm ambience and atmosphere of his Christmas parties, or the time at his Many thanks to my former and current trainees, as kitchen table going through my fellowship application. well as Christy Carter-Su, for their editorial and other I have tried to emulate Dan’s generosity by opening comments. my home to those around me. And, like him, I also try to be generous with my time. Consistency of behavior and ample time spent with mentees are important

Ormond A. MacDougald Biography

Ormond A. MacDougald is the John Lane at Johns Hopkins University and the Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen A. Faulkner Collegiate Professor School of Medicine in Biological Distinguished Mentor and Scientist of Physiology at the University Chemistry. His long-standing Award from the APS. When not in of Michigan. After receiving his research interests have centered the lab, Ormond spends time with BS (Agr) from the University of around adipocyte differentiation his wife and four children, and Guelph, he obtained an MS and PhD and metabolism. Ormond is a loves to putter in his wood shop. from Michigan State University, previous recipient of the Henry and postdoctoral training with Dan Pickering Bowditch Lectureship

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physiology but biomedical science in general at all read our entire editorial, including the methods used for possible levels, from tiny tots having PhUn weeks, data gathering from members and non-members alike. to established researchers whose main concern is Some of the most interesting findings – both positive PhUn-ding. and negative – are as follows.

So what were my reservations? Obviously, the The APS is reliable, well respected, and trustworthy. Presidency represents a considerable time commitment, This is comforting and reflects the solid foundation and my major concern was for the well being of the on which the Society has been built over many years. MGH Program in Membrane Biology (PMB), which It reflects a commitment to the physiological sciences I direct. Some faculty in the PMB are well established that has been part of the tradition of APS for over a with their own funding, but others still in the century, and it reflects the commitment of a dedicated development phase depend on support from my own leadership and staff to membership support, outreach, grants and from the mentorship that they need to grow and education. to independence. Like too many others throughout the country, we have minimal “hard” salary support from The APS is not perceived by the majority as innovative the institution, and I understand perfectly well the or dynamic. This perception goes hand in hand with the stress and anguish currently being felt by soft-money overall trend away from what we would recognize as scientists whose livelihoods depend on constantly traditional physiology over the years. The perception writing and submitting grants to support their work. A is that we have not shaken off the cobwebs that have major question was, therefore, whether I could balance accumulated during the past 125 years of our history; the this presidential position with the ongoing need to factors that combine to make the APS well respected and continue to be productive and generate funding for the trustworthy also contribute to the negative perception lab. Sometimes, in dark moments, I ask myself why I that we are “behind the times.” While we must address left a stable institutional salary funding environment in this concern head on, those of us who know the society Switzerland to take up an almost entirely soft-money more intimately can appreciate the leadership positions position in the U.S. But the many international members the APS has taken in many areas relevant to the of the APS will have no problem in identifying other membership, including publication trends, education serious funding issues that are prevalent in science outreach, science advocacy, and animal welfare. Thus across the globe, with one or two notable exceptions, the idea that APS is stuck in a time warp, like Dickens’ so I always consider myself fortunate to be in such Miss Havisham in her yellowing wedding dress, could an exciting environment here at MGH. In the end, the not be further from the truth. Our job now is to ensure opportunity to work with such a talented and passionate that the Society transmits a more positive modern, group of people dedicated to all aspects of scientific progressive image to the community that more closely endeavor within APS was just too alluring, and so here reflects the reality of its efforts. We are hoping that MYB I am with the questions, what can we do to help our will help us to achieve this important goal. members, and how can we promote our discipline? The APS journals have low impact factors. With APS Takes a Look in the Mirror some notable exceptions such as Physiological Reviews, The first action in trying to help others is often one of Physiology, and Comprehensive Physiology, the impact self-assessment. Last year, the current President, Past- factors associated with APS journals deter many authors President, and I wrote a commentary in Physiology with from submitting their best work to our journals. This the title “APS takes a look in the mirror” (Reckelhoff is true worldwide, but is especially important for our JF, Brown D, Molina PE. APS takes a look in the mirror. European colleagues whose funding, promotion, and Physiology 31: 384-385, 2016). It describes an ongoing tenure are often linked to impact factors of the journals process of self-analysis by the APS, performed in in which they publish. An IF of 5 is often considered conjunction with an outside professional group called the threshold below which a journal is disqualified from Minding Your Business (MYB). This process began last consideration by many potential authors. Unfortunately, year as Jane Reckelhoff was writing her own presidential this includes the majority of APS journals, but it is worth commentary for The Physiologist. Interested parties can noting that this figure is achieved and surpassed by

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45 only the top 6% of all journals. While many of us can David Pollock in his 2014 President’s article. On the make persuasive arguments that impact factors are an whole, we scientists usually tend to gravitate toward artificial and unreliable measure of a journal’s value (the posters and oral sessions that are closely related to our APS and Marty Frank have been leaders in this crusade), area of expertize. But it is often an encounter with the it is a long and hard struggle to have such a message unexpected that leads to the greatest advances and accepted by competitive and ambitious scientists insights. So, as an APS member, you can have the best of who depend on their publication record for virtually both worlds: ample opportunity to attend like-minded all aspects of their professional status. We often hear sessions at EB and by participating in APS-funded that specialized society journals better meet the needs subject-specific conferences throughout the year (more of specific groups of investigators, and indeed some on this later), but also the possibility of engaging in of these journals have increased their impact factors scientific sessions sponsored by the many APS sections considerably by increasing rejection rates or publishing and interest groups, or by other FASEB societies that mostly “fashionable” science; but this occurs at the highlight widely different areas of science. Who knows, expense of alienating large groups of “customers” who this might just catalyze the great leap forward in your are in a good position to capture. Therefore, we at APS research that you have been waiting for all these years! must continue to use innovative approaches to attract the best work into our journals, which are widely viewed Physiology is Alive and Well as excellent and important, highly reputable resources There has been much wringing of hands related to within the scientific community. Thus I challenge all APS the decline of physiology over the years (see the 2014 members to help us meet our goal of pushing up the journal remarks by David Pollock, 87th APS President). Like impact factors to 5 and above in the next assessment cycle. the popular, late American comic Rodney Dangerfield, This can be achieved if we all submit at least some of our it is often said that physiology “don’t get no respect.” In top-quality work to APS journals, and we all cite APS fact, although the word “physiology” has indeed shown articles as much as possible, even when publishing in a tendency to disappear from Department and Division other journals. In addition, regularly publishing in APS names in universities and academic medical centers journals should be a criterion for retention on the editorial in the U.S. and throughout the world, the number board of a given specialty APS journal. Having said of investigators “using” physiology in their studies that, we need to work to make our journals attractive to has probably never been greater; indeed, in the post- established and more junior scientists by using modern genomic era, the need for physiological studies has media tools for disseminating information, decreasing never been more important. How many of the health- manuscript turnaround time, and ensuring that the related promises of large-scale genome sequencing, peer review process is fair, balanced, and constructive. GWAS, and proteomic studies, etc. have floundered All of these initiatives are underway in our invaluable due to a lack of fundamental knowledge of the role of publications department, with the guidance of the channels, transporters, enzymes, structural proteins, Publications Committee. hormones, RNAs of various descriptions, and so forth in cell and organ function? We have a tremendous Why should I join the APS rather than my specialty opportunity here to take advantage of the multitude of society? This question is one that we heard from new opportunities that are being thrown our way. This members and non-members alike, and it is clear that should not be seen as a competition. We need to learn such societies (American Society of Nephrology, how to use the vast amount of archived but unexplored American Heart Association, Society for Neuroscience, data sitting on servers across the globe and promote etc.) are very popular with a growing number of the need for physiological insights that parallel and investigators who feel that they better meet their complement these other extraordinary “big science” specific needs. This is also a time during which funding efforts. For example, in my own studies, we discovered constraints make it financially difficult for a PI and many new splice variants and isoforms of one of my his/her lab members to attend multiple meetings in favourite proteins – the vacuolar ATPase – simply a given year. Yet the APS strongly supports many (well, perhaps not so simply) by interrogating a variety different specialty areas through its publications and of datasets from across the world and without lifting its sections. In addition, Experimental Biology provides a single pipette! We expect this work to provide new an outstanding opportunity to experience other functional information on unexplained physiological areas of endeavor that might lead to important cross- roles of this enzyme in different cells and tissues (now fertilization in research. The need to integrate different we need to lift many pipettes!). specialty fields into our science was emphasized by

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Importantly, a recent in-depth study called “The for the graduate student awards – only 25% of members Health of Physiology” (http://www.physoc.org/health- were aware of most of these awards. Why is this? Well, physiology-0) published by The Physiological Society of for sure the APS website is not the easiest in the world the UK (in which I participated as the APS representative) to navigate. It is complicated by the sheer number of concluded that, in the UK, more research than ever is APS activities that need to be highlighted and that I do being performed in areas that could be classified as not have the space to cover in this commentary. As I “physiology,” but the investigators themselves often look at the APS website while writing this presidential did not self identify as physiologists and were not in address, it is quite easy to miss the “awards” link, which departments with the word physiology in their name. is one of many links in this complex and dense site, and The amount of grant funding allocated to physiology the key words “grants” and “funding” do not appear at per se was, therefore, almost impossible to calculate due all. However, a Google search for “APS Awards” does to the “systems biology” approach now used by many link to the appropriate page, which lists all APS award investigators. In fact, the number of publications from categories. But when one looks at this page, and then the UK in “Physiology” journals remains quite stable, pursues any of the specific links that are encountered, a indicating that our important work continues to thrive mesmerizing array of different fellowships, grants, and and, by inference, receive funding. Encouragingly, the awards appears that is very confusing. In an attempt number of postgraduate students from physiology to rectify this situation, a recent edition of the monthly programs has shown a sharp increase in recent years. APS Newsletter was dedicated to highlighting our It more than doubled from 2002 to 2013 both at the grant and awards programs, and we will continue to Master’s degree and PhD levels (http://www.physoc. expand outreach to members by e-mail also. Please org/health-physiology-0; Fig. 7). As we shall see below, read all e-mails from APS before you delete them, and I believe that APS needs to devote more attention and if they are too long to fit on a single mobile device resources toward postdoctoral fellows to encourage screen, scroll down! You may be missing a relevant the best postgraduates to enter and remain in the funding opportunity. physiological arena. I would like to see a reorganization of our funding Not surprisingly, and as alluded to above, one of the most opportunities to make the choices more user-friendly, difficult tasks we had on this committee was to define and I would like to see a commitment to developing new physiology and physiology-related areas of science. In awards specifically for postdoctoral fellows, who are the end, we came up with a venn-like diagram in which underserved by the system as it now stands. Postdoctoral physiology is considered as a core discipline for many fellows are already quite differentiated, and I believe overlapping basic and medical sciences, including that this group represents our best hope for the future areas such as bioengineering, sports medicine, and growth and success of the Society. Yes, undergraduate translational medicine, as well as more obviously and graduate students are important too, but many related areas such as biochemistry, biophysics, and of them will migrate into medicine, industry, or other molecular/cellular biology. The problem with defining fields. Postdocs have already made a firm decision to at physiology is, of course, that it is indeed so broad. But least try to remain in academia (even if this will not be this is also its strength. Our task at this time is to provide possible for the majority), and I propose that we should a welcoming and integrative society to all who work in establish a new “APS postdoctoral fellowship” category the life sciences. My belief is that we need to focus on to support and encourage them. This award needs to be promoting the science itself (physiology and beyond) substantial in order to make a difference, since the new through our 12 sections and 9 interest groups, rather NIH salary guidelines for first year postdocs is now a than attaching a particular label to an investigator and little over $47K. As pointed out by Jane Reckelhoff in his/her area of expertize. In this way, we may succeed her 2016 presidential message, the average age of APS in broadening the scope and depth of our membership. members is now 53. Many younger members join the Society temporarily, presumably to qualify for funding APS Funding for Physiology opportunities, but are then lost as they move on with The APS has a vigorous program of grants, fellowships, their careers. I believe that postdocs should be a major and travel awards overseen by multiple awards target group for new membership and that we can coordinators. But, incredibly, MYB surveys found that retain them by providing the support of our Society over 50% of APS members were unaware of 20 of the 23 and investing in their future. This goal is similar to that awards that are given out every year – for a total amount also outlined by current President Jane Reckelhoff and of over $1 million. This percentage was even smaller Past-President Patricia Molina in their own presidential

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messages. Indeed, Molina specifically called for an an initiative that is close to the heart of Past-President increase in funding for research, which has already Patricia Molina. been initiated via a major increase in funding for the APS Career Development Awards. The question of more I mentioned above that APS is often seen as “competing” funding for research remains to be discussed, but the for membership and publications with other established philanthropic efforts of our relatively new Development societies that are more focused in their scope. Rather Division are already bearing considerable fruit, with a than trying to go head-to-head with these important large six-figure award in the neurophysiology area to scientific entities, MYB suggested – to wide agreement be announced soon. In addition, an ongoing dialog among APS leadership – that we endeavor to establish will be needed to help guide the APS as it reevaluates more close ties to them. This would be to the advantage the allocation of its resources to best fit the needs and of all of us at a time of increasingly limited resources. wishes of its membership. What better way to kick-start such interactions than by developing joint conference programing? Indeed, APS APS Conferences co-sponsored a workshop with the American Society As pointed out by several previous Presidents in their for Human Genetics at their Fall Vancouver meeting in inaugural commentaries, the APS runs a program 2016, and they will jointly sponsor a session with APS of small conferences, much akin to the well known at EB in Chicago this year. We will be exploring similar Gordon, FASEB, or Keystone meetings. Although possibilities with the leadership of other societies as we this facet of APS activity is a major asset to members move forward and would appreciate any suggestions (and non-members), we hope to expand it in the that APS members might have in this respect. coming years, because, according to the MYB survey, 65% of our members are unaware that APS supports The New APS Strategic Plan conferences other than EB. Our ultimate goal is to have Finally, circling back to the beginning of this article, the APS conferences recognized in the same breath the interaction with MYB is intended to inform the as the others mentioned above, so we need you – our development of a new strategic plan for APS that will members – to come up with outstanding proposals take us forward through the next few years. Our last that can be sponsored by our Society. The amount of planning activity was in 2011, which may not seem a money allocated by APS to these symposia is actually long time ago, but in the current rapidly changing equal to or sometimes greater than that provided biomedical research, publishing, and regulatory by these other organizations, and the dollar amount environment, it seems an age away. The last plan laid does not even include all of the important work done out goals and strategies for increasing the awareness by Linda Allen and her staff in arranging the events. of physiology among educators and the public, Up to $30K is available for speaker support for each attracting and retaining membership, strengthening meeting, pending a positive review by the Conference our publications, enhancing scientific interaction Committee, and up to $2,000 for travel awards. Full and exchange, and overall increasing the visibility details can be found at http://www.the-aps.org/mm/ of physiology in the health and life sciences. In her Conferences/APS-Conferences/Conference-Committee/Plan. 2016 article, Jane Reckelhoff examined these efforts The conferences that are scheduled for this year are in more detail. While we have achieved many of our “Cardiovascular Aging,” Aug. 11-14 in Westminster, goals, some remain elusive, whereas others, including CO; “Physiological Bioenergetics – Mitochondria from our response to the onslaught of federal and local Bench to Bedside,” Aug. 27-30 in San Diego, CA; and regulatory requirements in research, represent moving “Physiology and Pathophysiological Consequences targets. This requires APS to be flexible and nimble as it of Sickle Cell Disease,” Nov. 6-8, Washington, DC. addresses the current and future needs of its members. This is in addition to a major financial input into the It requires us to indeed take a look in the mirror and upcoming IUPS conference “The Rhythms of Life” in respond deftly and decisively to what we see. This will Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Aug. 1-5). We also expanded our not, nor is it supposed to be, a comfortable exercise, outreach by providing support for the African Congress because retaining the status quo is always the easier of Physiological Sciences that was held in Lagos, option. That being said, the leadership of the APS, Nigeria in September 2016, and we are in discussions and the superb directors and staff, are committed and with the Cuban Physiological Society about supporting poised to reevaluate our mission and to shape our the Pan American Congress of Physiological Sciences future strategy so that it best fits and satisfies the needs in Havana in 2019. These events also tie in with our of our members. Based on these considerations, APS efforts to encourage diversity among APS members, leadership will hold a new round of strategic planning

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meetings in which we will strive to think outside of the the permanent staff in various departments of the box, with the help of MYB. The first meeting planned APS organization. In some respects, these interactions for February 2017 in Houston will already have taken are similar to the collaborations that occur between place by the time you read this article. We propose transient elected congressional representatives and to make this entire process transparent and will be more permanent civil servants who are necessary to keep seeking input from our membership as we proceed with our governments running. Our departments include our discussions and recommendations. I am honored a successful educational programs group, a crucial and delighted to be a part of this process and would “watchdog” science policy team, a thriving publications be pleased to hear from you with any suggestions or enterprise, and a marketing and communications comments as we move forward. outreach department all led by talented and experienced individuals and many colleagues who are too numerous In conclusion, the APS is many things to many people, to acknowledge here. All of this activity occurs under the and there is simply not enough space here to allow a watchful eye of the purse-keeper Robert Price (Deputy meaningful discussion of everything that the Society Executive Director, Finance and Administration), who is contributes to physiology and science. Much of the entrusted with keeping the Society in excellent financial work that it achieves is done under the radar and is shape – which it is. And, of course, last but not least, is never seen by the bulk of the membership, although our irreplaceable Executive Director Marty Frank, who it may be felt indirectly. A vast number of committee has admirably piloted the APS ship in conjunction with members from institutions throughout the U.S. and Council and the Presidents for more than 31 years now. the world donate a considerable amount of their time I look forward to my role in guiding the APS vessel over to make the Society better, and they work closely with the next year and to seeing you all at EB in Chicago. ●

Dennis Brown Biography

Dennis Brown is Professor of professor. He moved to the MGH in trafficking that inform the develop- Medicine at Harvard Medical School 1985 to work with Dennis Ausiello ment of strategies to bypass defective and is Director of the Program in in the Renal Unit, and has remained vasopressin signaling in nephrogenic Membrane Biology in the Division there ever since. diabetes insipidus. Most recently, for of Nephrology at the Massachusetts example, his lab reported that the General Hospital. He also serves as the Dennis Brown is a cell biologist/ EGFR inhibitor Erlotinib significant- Associate Director of the MGH Center physiologist who specializes in the ly ameliorates the diuretic action of for Systems Biology. He was born in a use of state-of-the art imaging tech- lithium in a mouse model (Cheung et small fishing town on the east coast niques to follow and dissect physio- al., JASN, 2016). In recent years, he of England, called Grimsby, which logically relevant membrane protein has also had an extensive collabora- was made famous recently by the trafficking events in epithelial and tion with his colleague Sylvie Breton wretched Sacha Baron Cohen movie non-epithelial cells. He is an inter- on transport and trafficking processes “The Brothers Grimsby,” and before nationally recognized authority on in epithelia of the male reproductive that by being the name Disney gave vesicle trafficking and polarity in tract (epididymis) that are essential to the butler in “The Little Mermaid,” epithelial cells, with special focus for male fertility. He has published and by being the title of a tongue-in- on water channels (aquaporins) in over 370 articles in peer-reviewed cheek song “Grimsby” on the 1974 principal cells and vacuolar proton journals. Elton John album Caribou. There pumping ATPase function in inter- is also a Grimsby in Canada, near calated cells of the kidney collecting He has been very active in the Niagara Falls on the southern side duct. His work is aimed at under- scientific publishing domain, starting of lake Ontario. He received his PhD standing basic cell physiology and as an editorial board member for from the University of East Anglia, signaling pathways in order to de- AJP-Renal in 1987-1989, where he Norwich (pronounced Norrich), velop novel therapeutic strategies was an associate editor from 1995 to UK in 1975 and then spent 10 years for kidney disease. In particular, he 1997. He was on the editorial board working under the direction of Lelio has made significant contributions of AJP-Cell from 1990 to 1995 and Orci at the University of Geneva toward our understanding of the cell then was an associate editor from Medical School in Switzerland, where biology of vasopressin (antidiuret- 1996 to 2002, after which he became he eventually became an assistant ic hormone) action and aquaporin 2 Editor-in-Chief of AJP-Cell until July

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2008. He is currently the Editor-in- the University of East Anglia (UK), the Boston research community, and Chief of Physiological Reviews (2009- for his outstanding contributions to he is the Microscopy/Cell Biology 2016). He has previously served on cell biology and physiology. Core Director on three P30 grants the editorial board of the Journal of at MGH (in the areas of Diabetes, Biological Chemistry (2003-2009), the He is the Director of the MGH Office Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Journal of Membrane Biology (2004- for Research Career Development Nutrition) that support this Core. 009), the Journal of the American (ORCD) and has a long track record Over the last decade, he has received Society of Nephrology (1990-1995), of developing young scientists, six NIH Shared Instrumentation and the Journal of Histochemistry both basic researchers and clinical Grants to provide state-of-the-art and Cytochemistry (1991-1995). He investigators. Many of these are in imaging equipment to the MGH was the U.S. Editor for the Springer leadership positions in universities community. Verlag monograph series “Anatomy, in the U.S. and throughout the world. Embryology and Cell Biology” from He was awarded the prestigious Finally, Brown has served on 1996 to 1999 and was on the editorial A. Clifford Barger “Excellence in numerous NIH study sections and was board of Histochemistry and Cell Mentoring” award from Harvard the chair of the NIH KMBD (Kidney Biology from 1991 to 2003. University in 2005 and received Molecular Biology and Development) the HMS Dean’s Award for the Study Section for 3 years from June He has received numerous awards, Advancement of Women in Science 2010 until June 2013. He is currently including the Carl Gottschalk in 2012. He is a member of the MGH on the Scientific Advisory Committee Award for excellence in nephrology Executive Committee on Research of the Mount Desert Island Biological research from the APS Renal (ECOR), the central body for research Laboratory in Maine, and a Lung Section in 1999 and the Hugh governance at MGH. He was course Biology COBRE Center at Dartmouth Davson Award for excellence in director of the joint Harvard/ Medical School, New Hampshire. He cell biology research from the APS MIT Division of Health Sciences is on the advisory committee for the Cell Section in 2011, and he was and Technology (HST) course on NIH Precision Medicine Initiative an Established Investigator of the Pathophysiology of the Kidney from “Rebuilding the Kidney.” American Heart Association from 1999 to 2009 and lectures on the 1987 to 1992. He was the invited kidney in the Leder Human Biology Dennis and his wife of 40 years, plenary lecturer on aquaporins at and Translational Medicine course Andrea (also a PhD), have three the Silver Anniversary meeting of at HMS. In addition, in his capacity grown children: Eleanor, who the American Society of Nephrology as ORCD Director, he organizes and teaches high school honors French (ASN) in 1992. He gave the Robert lectures in a wide array of courses on and Spanish in a Boston suburb; Schrier endowed lecture at the 2008 the Responsible Conduct of Research Christopher, who obtained a PhD ASN meeting, the Suk-Ki Hong and research career development. He from Harvard and now works Endowed Lectureship in Physiology has a particular interest in scientific for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in at the University of Buffalo in 2008, digital imaging and frequently Cambridge (U.S.); and Marielle, who the Dunaway Burnham Endowed presents a lecture on this topic is in the last year of study for her Lectureship at Dartmouth College entitled “Image Manipulation in anthropology DPhil in Cambridge in 2005, and was the Daniel Kline Research: Is a Picture Still Worth (UK). In his spare time, he is an avid Endowed lecturer in Systems 1,000 Words?” photographer, soccer fan, reader of Biology and Physiology at the nonfiction books and biographies, University of Cincinnati in 2009. He has obtained continuous support and a vinyl audiophile. He coached He gave the prestigious Robert Pitts from the NIH since arriving in the high-level town and select team Lecture in Renal Physiology at the U.S. in 1985, and one of his current soccer; his Charles River United 2013 meeting of the International grants on V-ATPase trafficking boys team won three Massachusetts Union of Physiological Sciences received “MERIT” Award status (10 State Championships and two U.S. in Birmingham, UK. In 2011, he years of support) in 2008. He is also Eastern Region I Championships was elected to serve a 3-year term the PI of a recently renewed RO1 on in the mid 1990s. He has supported on the National Council of the aquaporin 2 trafficking and a co- Manchester United for as long as American Physiological Society. investigator on three other RO1s in he can remember, in addition to his Finally, in July 2013, he was the PMB. In addition, he directs a Core hometown team, Grimsby Town. awarded an honorary Doctor of facility that provides sophisticated Sciences degree by his alma mater, microscopy services to MGH and

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Continued from page 65: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Unfortunately, a number of factors, detailed below, meeting. Doing so presents significant challenges have contributed to the Society’s desire to take a hard and may call into question our ability to maintain the look at the Experimental Biology meeting to make EB structure. At the same time, decisions need to be sure that it is still meeting the needs of our members, made whether the five remaining EB societies (APS, non-members interested in the physiological sciences, ASBMB, ASPET, ASIP, and AAA) will continue to meet and our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. together beyond 2020. To determine whether the Society’s annual meeting is meeting your need, the Society will be sending you Of course, the decision by ASN to pull out of the a survey before the Chicago meeting. A Task Force meeting starting in 2018 also provides a unique constituted by the Council, with the assistance of opportunity for the EB meeting. Although we are Robert Hester and Wolfgang Kuebler, chairs of the committed to holding our meeting in San Diego, Joint Program Committee and the Section Advisory Orlando, and San Diego in 2018, 2019, and 2020, Committee, respectively, will use your input to help the respectively, we do not have any commitments beyond APS revise and restructure the annual meeting. 2020. The smaller meeting footprint resulting from ASN’s departure should allow the EB meeting to book One of the factors leading to our decision to take a venues in less-expensive cities. It is important to do hard look at our annual meeting was the decision by so because, increasingly, the cost of hotel rooms has the American Society of Nutrition (ASN) to pull out of skyrocketed, making it difficult for our members and the Experimental Biology meeting despite their prior students to spend a week at the meeting in order to commitments. Their initial plan to meet independently sample all that is offered on the program. In addition from 2016 to 2018 was modified once they recognized to rising costs, Council recognizes that, in a world the financial impact of their decision. Instead, they where time is money, the length of the meeting may decided to break from EB from 2018 to 2020, and be a contributing factor to decreasing attendance. subsequently the EB societies were informed by the ASN Executive Officer that ASN would not be The Council has charged the Task Force to take a rejoining EB in 2021. APS responded, as did ASBMB, hard look at our annual meeting and explore how to to identify ways to provide nutrition scientists with strengthen it. It is a difficult task because, over the a venue to present their work within our respective years, APS has added interest groups and committees societies. In response, the APS created the Nutrition to the program, providing them with opportunities Physiology Interest Group, with representation on the to present sessions at the meeting. For EB 2017, the Joint Program Committee, and an allocation of space scientific program starts officially with the Cannon on the program to organize scientific sessions at Lecture on Saturday, April 22 at 5:30 PM, but, in the meeting. reality, there are sessions starting at 8:00 AM on Saturday. The APS provides full-day programming The recent restructuring of FASEB contributed through the Nobel Prize lecture at the end of the day additional challenges for APS and the EB meeting. As on Wednesday, April 26. was reported earlier, FASEB’s executive director has resigned, and an interim executive director has been Not surprisingly, attendance at our annual meeting reviewing FASEB operations to improve its financial falls off considerably after Tuesday, even though there well-being. As a result of the review, it was decided are generally 600-700 poster presentations and a full that FASEB’s Office of Scientific Meetings and complement of oral scientific sessions on Wednesday. Conferences (OSMC) should be restructured, and its Robert Hester noted that many individuals who have director was released. That has placed considerable their posters scheduled on Wednesday don’t even pressure on the six societies participating in EB 2017, show up to present their work. but even more pressure on the five societies remaining with EB who have been encouraged by FASEB to There are many hurdles to overcome in order to secure another company to manage the EB 2018 restructure the EB meeting: both internally for APS

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and among the participating societies. We want to As noted earlier, to effectively restructure and revise be flexible to new advances in the discipline while our annual meeting, the Task Force needs your input. maintaining sufficient core programming to ensure a Therefore, please respond to the survey that will be successful event; we need to define a balance between distributed in March before the annual meeting in scientific and professional development sessions; we Chicago. Everyone is urged to respond, whether you need to ensure constituent groups – such as those traditionally attend the Experimental Biology meeting represented by the APS Sections – continue to view or not. If you don’t attend the EB meeting, we want the APS annual meeting as their home. It is for that to know why and what you like about the meetings reason that the Council created a Task Force to “blow- that you do attend. If you attend the annual meeting, up” the meeting by taking a really hard look at how we want to know what you think are its strengths and best to create a meeting that meets the needs of as its weaknesses. With your input, it is our hope that many of our members as possible. The APS annual we can eliminate 1 day of the meeting, strengthen meeting is not only a meeting for our established its program offerings, and meet the needs of the investigators but an opportunity to recognize the membership. Thank you in advance for your input as contributions of the students and post-docs who work we strive to take advantage of changing times. ● in our laboratories, and APS provides approximately $1 million in awards to make the recognition possible. Martin Frank

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Report from the Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Honorary Symposium

Jørgen Frøkiær Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) was an eminent two distinguished scientists. Her father was the Nobel renal and comparative physiologist who did Laureate August Krogh, and her mother Marie Krogh pioneering research within a large variety of areas, was a medical doctor who worked closely together which tremendously improved the understanding of with August Krogh to solve important physiological mammalian physiology. In particular, Bodil Schmidt- questions. From early childhood, Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Nielsen contributed to the understanding of the was regularly exposed to her parents’ discussions of physiology of the urinary concentrating mechanism, research. She trained as a dentist and graduated from and she pioneered studies setting new standards for the School of Dentistry in Copenhagen, where she understanding water balance in animals living in also became the first dentist with a doctor of science diverse environments. To honor her many contributions degree in dentistry. In her thesis studies, she focused to physiology, the first Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Honorary on the impact of saliva on the turnover of calcium and Symposium was held in Copenhagen, Denmark phosphate in teeth. From the beginning, Bodil Schmidt- on September 16, 2016. The symposium was made Nielsen became a very dedicated scientist, and she possible by a grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. announced that she “would rather starve as a scientist The symposium was divided into four sessions, each than live a comfortable life as dentist”! focusing on the particular contributions Bodil Schmidt- Nielsen provided to physiology. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen’s contribution to physiology in general and in particular to her visionary, innovative, Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was born in Denmark, and she and original contributions to how the urinary had a remarkable career. Her scientific career may have concentrating mechanism works was the main theme been predetermined. She was the youngest daughter of for The Honorary Symposium. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen

Group picture of attendees at the Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Honorary Symposium held in Copenhagen, Denmark

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served as an inspiration and mentor for many, and she remained active in science almost to the end of her life. She published her last scientific paper in 2011 in Acta Physiologica, Scandinavia, and the paper was entitled “On the Function of the Mammalian Renal Papilla and the Peristalsis of the Surrounding Pelvis.” In this informal personal review, she enthusiastically provided the background for how she developed her ideas about the concentrating mechanism of the mammalian renal papilla. Her interest in how some mammalian kidneys can produce highly concentrated urine goes back to 1947-1948 when she first worked with desert rodents in Arizona. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen and her first husband Knut Schmidt-Nielsen were given the exciting problem of finding out how desert rodents Meeting attendees focusing on the presentation of one of the manage to exist entirely without drinking water. This invited speakers led to a life-long interest in the role of urea for urine concentration, and her last original studies were done who also was one of Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen’s in close collaboration with Mark Knepper at the NIH, students, lectured on the molecular physiology of where they also did pioneering experiments to study urea transporters and highlighted novel treatment the physiological effect of the peristalsis. possibilities for nephrogenic diabetes insipidus using metformin. Robert A. Fenton (Aarhus University, Thus it was appropriate that Mark Knepper gave the Denmark) gave a comprehensive lecture on the first talk at the symposium. The talk was entitled hormonal regulation of the kidney distal tubule and “Following Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen: Urea Transporters, focused in particular on the implications for blood the Renal Pelvis and Renal Water Conservation.” In pressure modulation. his comprehensive lecture, Knepper discussed and emphasized the importance of the combined roles of Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was the American Physiological urea transporters and renal pelvic contractions on the Society’s 48th president, and she became the first renal concentrating mechanism, which Bodil Schmidt- woman president of the Society. Martin Frank Nielsen was the first to propose. The next talk was (Executive Director of the American Physiological given by William H. Dantzler from the University Society) gave a thorough presentation of Bodil of Arizona, who was one of the first students of Schmidt-Nielsen’s unique personality as physiologist Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen. His talk was entitled “Urine and mentor as well as her interest in science policy, Concentrating Process of the Mammalian Renal Inner which gave her a very unique position in the American Medulla,” and Dantzler provided a comprehensive Physiological Society. lecture on the current understanding of the role of the three-dimensional architecture of the thin limbs of Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was intrigued by the fact that Henle’s loop on urine concentration. The next session small mammals were able to survive in hot and dry consisted of three lectures focusing on the molecular desserts. Tobias Wang (Aarhus University) gave a physiology of different transporters and channels for very inspiring lecture on the translation of physiology the urinary concentration and their pathophysiological from rodents and larger animals, including giraffes to implications. Søren Nielsen (Aalborg University, humans, with particular focus on kidney function and Denmark) gave a lecture on the role of renal aquaporins temperature regulation on the savanna and dessert. for urinary concentration, and, among other aspects, Lise Bankir (Inserm, Paris) has had a life-long interest he emphasized the importance gene-knockout studies in kidney function. In her talk, she discussed the have provided for understanding the role of the possible role of aquaporin-3 and ENaC in regulating different renal aquaporins for urine concentration. urea-to-sodium ratio in the urine. Jeff M. Sands (Emory University School of Medicine),

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Martin Frank presenting a talk of the role of Tobias Wang presenting a talk of the Lise Bankir presenting a talk on the role of Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen within the APS comparative nature of Bodil Schmidt- aquaporin-3 and ENaC in regulating urea-to- Nielsen’s research sodium ratio in the urine

The last session consisted of three lectures devoted to of this is also reflected by the American Physiological different aspects of membrane transport. Boye L. Jensen Society’s endowment fund to honor Bodil Schmidt- (University of Southern Denmark) gave an impressive Nielsen by establishing an endowment fund to maintain lecture on the translational aspects of the role of the Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and proteolytic activation of ENaC in hypertension. Then Scientist Award. Stine Falsig Pedersen gave a talk on the increased acid extrusion as an adaptation driving cancer progression. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was very fond of the Danish The final scientific contribution was given by Nanna writer and scientist Piet Hein, who was famous for his MacAulay (University of Copenhagen), who gave a so-called “Gruks.” At the end of his talk, Mark Knepper lecture entitled “Brain Water Transport – Can We Learn appropriately honored Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen with the from Kidney Physiology?” following Gruk:

In addition to her many scientific publications, Bodil ”It may be observed, in a general way, Schmidt-Nielsen was also author of a biography of her parents’ lives in science. The book is entitled August that life would be better, distinctly and Marie Krogh – Lives in Science and is published If more of the people with nothing to by Oxford University Press, and is freely available in say were able to say it succinctly.” ● digital version for APS members. Many of the lectures highlighted the enormous influence Bodil Schmidt- Nielsen had as a mentor for others. The significance

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2016 Donors & Sponsors

We are grateful to those who are passionate about physiology research and education, and demonstrated their commitment to the profession by making a gift to APS this past year. Thank you for your support!

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2016 Founders Circle Members

Honoring the founders of the Society and their role in advancing physiology, The Founders Circle recognizes the Society’s most generous annual donors. Individuals who make gifts of $250 or more to the unrestricted APS annual fund in a given year (January 1 to December 31) become members of The Founders Circle, according them special recognition for their generosity and leadership.

Dennis E. Buetow Rolf Bunger Hannah V. Carey Robert Carter III Niels Juel Christensen John Cuppoletti Mary B Engler Murray Esler Gregory L. Florant Robert E. Forster William Hansel Riitta Hari 2016 Founders Circle James B. Bassingthwaighte Michael S. Hedrick and Julie Glass Members Kim E. Barrett Tina Hines Henry Pickering Bowditch Founder Mordecai P. Blaustein Barbara R Hoshiko Michael Humphreys $5,000 or more Martin Frank Leonard S. Jefferson Jr. David and Elizabeth Gutterman Richard Hoppmann Amira Klip Alan R. Hargens Peter K Lauf and Norma C Adragna Benedict J. Kolber Anonymous Michael G. Levitzky David H. Lewis Kisou Kubota S. Weir Mitchell Founder Carole M. Liedtke Ichiro Kuwahira Varee Phromphetcharat Charles Lang $2,500 to $4,999 Roland N. Pittman Lisa R. Leon Francois M. and Doris E. Abboud Johnny R. Porter Michael P. Lilly Shu and Kuang-Chung Chien Robert L. Post Tetsuo Nakamoto Virendra B. Mahesh Michael B. Reid Gabby and Randa Navar A.P. (Pete) and Melissa Shepherd Syed Saiduddin Margaret Neville Robert Price H. Newell Martin Founder Linda C. Samuelson John Severinghaus Eugene M. Renkin $1,000 to $2,499 Curt and Rita Sigmund Edward Schelegle Judith Bond Celia and John Sladek Thomas J. Schmidt Allen and Theresa Cowley Bayard T. Storey Thomas and Leigh Shaffer Robert W. Gore Jason X-J. Yuan Gerald I. Shulman Donald A. McAfee Erik R. Swenson Lawrence W. Raymond Russell Henry Chittenden Founder Heinrich and Gabriele Taegtmeyer Ann M. Schreihofer $250 to $499 Catherine F.T. Uyehara Yamauchi Charles S. Wingo Dr. and Mrs. David H. Alpers John R. Van Ness R. Clinton Webb John Green Curtis Founder M. Sawkat Anwar Cedric R. Bainton Harel Weinstein $500 to $999 Daughter of Karl H. Beyer, MD, PhD John A. Williams Mary Anne Baker Ralph L. Brinster Irving H. Zucker

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Corporations, Foundations, American Heart Association’s Mead Johnson Nutrition and Other Nonprofits Council on Hypertension and the Coy Laboratory Products, Inc. $50,000 and above Kidney in CV Disease Sable Systems International William Townsend Porter Campbell Soup Company Southern Illinois University Foundation Nike The Hershey Company Vector Biolabs $25,000 to $49,999 $2,500 to $4,999 S&R Foundation Annual Reviews $500 to $999 Data Sciences International, Inc. Danone Research Danone Nutricia Research DMT-USA, Inc. Attoquant Diagnostics Gmbh $10,000 to $24,999 Elsevier University of Arizona Janssen Pharmaceuticals Loyola University Chicago Hemoshear, LLC Novo Nordisk Fonden CANTROL Environmental Systems Miltenyi Biotec Inc. International Union of Physiological Ltd. SCIREQ, Inc. Sciences The Journal of Physiology Thorlabs, Inc. ADInstruments FujiFilm VisualSonics, Inc VWR International, LLC University of Pittsburgh Pfizer Inc. $250 and below $5,000 to $9,999 $1,000 to $2,499 CWE, Inc. Partnership for Clean Competition Association of Chairs of Departments Kent Scientific Corporation Gatorade Sports Science Institute of Physiology One World Lab, Inc. Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc. Beijing Novo Nordisk Pharma Biopotentials Sleep Center LSU Health Science Center Portland Press Ltd AmazonSmile Nature Reviews Nephrology

This list includes gifts made from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. Please contact us at [email protected] if we have inadvertently made any errors.

Endowments: Securing the future of the Society

APS supports numerous awards that foster the professional development of early career, established, and senior physiologists. Many of these awards are supported through endowment gifts from physiologists and friends who have created a lasting legacy through their gifts.

Endowed Awards G. Edgar Folk Senior Physiologists Barbara A. Horwitz and John Beverly Petterson Bishop Award for Award M. Horowitz Outstanding Excellence in Neuroscience G. Edgar and Mary* Folk and Undergraduate Abstract Awards Charles W.* and Beverly P.* Bishop colleagues Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Giles F. Filley Memorial Awards Steven M. Horvath Professional for Excellence in Respiratory Opportunity Awards Gabor Kaley Memorial Lecture and Physiology and Medicine The Family of Steven M. Horvath* Award Giles F. Filley* and family Harriette and David Kaley

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Virendra B. Mahesh Award of Juan Carlos Romero Young Caroline tum Suden Professional Excellence in Endocrinology Investigator Award Opportunity Awards Virendra B. Mahesh Jane F. Reckelhoff Caroline tum Suden*

Lazaro J. Mandel Young Arthur C. Guyton Awards for Fleur L. Strand Professional Investigator Award Excellence in Integrative Physiology Opportunity Award Muriel Mandel Charles J. Rife* Curt R. Strand and colleagues

John F. Perkins Jr. Memorial Award Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Shih-Chun Wang Young Malcolm D. Perkin*, Mrs. John F. Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Investigator Award Perkins Jr.* and friends Award Mamie Kwoh Wang* Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen*

The 1887 Legacy Circle

Commemorating the year of the Society’s founding, The 1887 Legacy Circle honors those who have made a major gift ($25,000 and above) or who have arranged for a bequest or other planned gift to support the work of the Society.

The 1887 Legacy Circle Muriel Mandel Members Malcom D. Perkins* and Mrs. John F. Susan M. Barman Perkins Jr.* Charles W.* and Beverly P.* Bishop Jane F. Reckelhoff Giles F. Filley* and family Charles J. Rife* John E. and Carol Greenleaf Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen* G. Edgar and Mary* Folk Marion J. Siegman Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Curt R. Strand Horowitz Caroline tum Suden* Harriette and David Kaley Mamie Kwoh Wang* Lawrence D.* and Betty J. Longo *deceased Virendra B. Mahesh Please notify us if you have already arranged to make a bequest or other planned gift for the Society since we would like to provide recognition of your intended support. If you are considering a major or planned gift, please contact our Development Officer, John R. Van Ness, at [email protected] or (301) 634-7406 for any questions or assistance you may need. ●

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The 21st Annual Meeting of the Iowa Physiological Society

James A. Lang In the afternoon, two 30-minute research presentations IPS President 2016 followed: one from LiLian Yuan (DMU) entitled “Effect of Stress on Brain-Gut-Microbiome Axis” and then one The 21st Annual Meeting of the Iowa Physiological from Meredith Luttrell (Drake University) entitled Society (IPS) was held on Saturday, October 29 at “Post-Exercise Vasodilation – Role of Histamine, the Olsen Medical Education Center on the campus Age, and Training Status.” A 45-minute break for of Des Moines University (DMU) in Des Moines, poster viewing followed. Then, Kevin Kregel (UI) IA. The meeting was financially supported by the delivered the Research Advocacy presentation entitled parent organization, the American Physiological “Advocacy for Science – Making a Compelling and Society, DMU, and multiple corporate sponsors that Understandable Case,” after which, the audience included Nikon, DSI, ADInstruments, and Elsevier. The Continuing Medical Education Department, notably Vanessa Ross and Christina Billings, at DMU importantly supported the organization and implementation of the meeting. All IPS officers were present at the meeting and included James Lang (President; DMU), Michael Lyons [Past-president; Iowa State University (ISU)], Rasna Sabharwal [President-Elect & Secretary/Treasurer; University of Iowa (UI)], and Francesca Di Sole (Secretary/ Treasurer-Elect; DMU).

In the morning, the meeting began with opening remarks from IPS President James Lang from the Department of Physical Therapy at DMU. After which, a series of six 5-minute student oral presentations commenced, starting with Brianna Tan (UI), Brittany The undergraduate and graduate poster and oral presentation awards winners. On the far right is James Lang, President of IPS. On the far Duong (DMU), Matthew Peters (UI), Samuel Engman left is Mark Chapleau, board member and research mentor (DMU), Runping Wang (UI), and Hannah Spaulding (ISU). A question-and-answer session for the six speakers followed, and the audience was referred to each of their posters for further discussion. After student presentations, Colin Young delivered the keynote research presentation entitled “A View from the Top – Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases in Obesity,” highlighting recent and innovative work performed in his lab at George Washington University. His presentation was followed by a 45-minute break for poster viewing and visiting the sponsor tables. Then, the teaching keynote presentation entitled “Learning is the Last Thing We Do” was delivered by Rick Mills, DVM, LMSW. He introduced a case- applied learning platform that can found at http:// www.whenknowingmatters.com/. Lunch and poster viewing followed. James Lang introducing the research keynote speaker, Colin Young

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divided into two workshop sessions: one led by Mills, After the poster award social and a few closing which further elaborated on his educational software remarks from the president, the business meeting platform and the other led by a panel of discussants. commenced. In attendance were James Lang, Rasna This panel was led by Catharine Young (British Sabharwal (UI), Mark Chapleau (UI), Harold Stauss Embassy), Jackie Brittingham (Simpson College), (UI), Francesca Di Sole (DMU), Ron Torry (Drake), and and Robert Clements (DPM ‘20 student at DMU). Michael Lyons (ISU). Topics of discussions included an Following the workshop sessions, a poster award update on IPS funds, planning for the 2017 annual IPS social commenced and consisted of refreshments/ meeting, the development of an advisory committee appetizers and the announcement of the poster and to provide more senior leadership to the section, the oral student presentation awards. The following were addition of a student representative position, using the winners: social media to promote IPS, and the implementation • 1st place graduate student oral presentation: Brittany of a recently awarded APS Chapter Activity grant. Duong (DMU) Last, Rasna Sabharwal assumed her role as President • 1st place undergraduate student oral presentation: and Francesca Di Sole as Secretary/Treasurer for 2017. Matthew Peters (UI) There are candidates being considered by the IPS board • 1st place graduate poster presentation: Hannah for President-elect, and this will be announced before Spaulding (ISU) the end of the year. • 1st place undergraduate poster presentation: Madison Sturgeon (UI) As the 2016 IPS chapter president, it has been my • 2nd place graduate poster presentation: Tianyi Wei great pleasure to serve in this role and strive to (UI) promote the section and APS as well as interact • 2nd place undergraduate poster presentation: with my colleagues in the region. It is my hope to Sandeep Kowkuntla (UI) continue to support IPS leadership as they endeavor • 3rd place graduate poster presentation: Alex Brodjeski to advance IPS in the region. ● (UI) • 3rd place undergraduate poster presentation: Brianna Tan (UI)

Matthew Peters, winner of the undergraduate student oral A panel of moderators (front of the room from left to right: Jackie presentation, giving his talk Brittingham, Catharine Young, and Robert Clements) having a discussion with students and faculty regarding careers as researchers

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Ohio Physiological Society Meeting 31st Annual Meeting

The 31st annual meeting of the Ohio Physiological (Wright State University) presented in the first session Society (OPS) was hosted by the Department of on topics ranging from pericardial fat accumulation Physiology and Cell Biology at The Ohio State to sodium channel activity in Huntington’s Disease. University Wexner College of Medicine in Columbus, The second session featured talks from Subhra S. OH, on November 19, 2016. This year’s meeting was Nag (Cleveland State University), Breana Cervantes organized by Noah Weisleder, who served as President (Ursuline College), Brian Paleo (Ohio State University), of the OPS. The OPS was founded in 1986 and was and Ameet Chimote (University of Cincinnati) on the the first American Physiological Society (APS) chapter effects of hypoxia, potassium channel function, and in 1995. The OPS was established with the purpose plasma membrane repair. of enhancing and advancing the field of physiology as a coordinated discipline consisting of the many The trainee talks were followed by the poster subdisciplines working at the molecular, cellular, and presentations where faculty judges volunteered to organ system levels of organization in both basic and evaluate over 70 posters. These poster presentations applied areas. This mission was in full view at this were used to select the winners of the Peter Lauf year’s meeting, which brought together more than 130 attendees, with over 70 posters presented by trainees at levels of experience ranging from high school students to postdoctoral fellows. Poster presentations were complemented by platform presentations from trainees and early career faculty. These attendees came to Columbus from 17 different Ohio colleges and universities in all four corners of the state. With such a broad representation, it was a very robust meeting that addressed several aspects of physiology and related fields.

The day began with a series of short talks provided by trainee speakers who were selected from the submitted abstract. Jennifer Petrosino (Ohio State University), Rachel Lane (Findlay University), Holly C. Cappelli Representatives from 17 colleges and universities from around Ohio (Northeast Ohio Medical University), and Eric J. Reid traveled to the 2016 OPS meeting

Over 130 physiologists attended the 2016 Ohio Physiological Society meeting in Columbus, Ohio

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Travel Award to support presentation of their (University of Cincinnati), and Joshua L. Stricker studies at the APS annual meeting. Nosayba Al- (Wright State University). Azzam (University of Akron), Mohamed Elzarka (University of Cincinnati), Kevin McElhanon (Ohio After lunch, the APS-supported Keynote Presentation State University), and T. Alex Ruwe (University of was delivered by Joseph T. Brozinick, who is a Senior Cincinnati) were the recipients this year. Research Research Advisor at Eli Lilly Co. and Chair of the Awards for particularly meritorious presentations APS Endocrine Division. Brozinick is a leader in the were awarded to Taylor Banh (Ohio State University), efforts to identify new disease targets that regulate Holly C. Cappelli (Northeast Ohio Medical metabolism in skeletal muscle by insulin and muscle University), Jae-Hoon Chung (Ohio State University), contraction and how these processes are altered in Raphael J. Crum (University of Dayton), Brian insulin-resistant states such as metabolic syndrome or Hansen (Ohio State University), Sangeetha Kandoi Type 2 diabetes. At Eli Lilly Co., in collaboration with several groups, he leads efforts aimed at discovering disease progression biomarkers and biomarkers for many disease states. He also leads several external collaborations with both academia and industry. His presentation on “The Role of Sphingolipids in Muscle Insulin Resistance: Correlation or Causation?” was well received by all of the attendees and generated significant discussion following his talk.

The late afternoon sessions provided an opportunity for early career faculty and senior postdoctoral fellows to present the research underway in their laboratories. Megan Meuti presented her work on the molecular regulation of insect seasonal physiology. Perwez Alam provided a talk on how Rb1 and Meis2 Award winners and officers for the OPS. Front(left to right): Peter Lauf (Founder), Nosayba Al-Azzam (Travel Award), Holly C. Cappelli genes contribute to inhibition of cellular senescence (Research Award). Back (left to right): Raphael J. Crum (Research and promote cardiac repair. Maegen Ackermann’s talk Award), Joshua L. Stricker (Research Award), T. Alex Ruwe (Travel focused on how intercalated disc obscurins regulate Award), Brian Hansen (Research Award), Mohamed Elzarka (Travel Award), Noah Weisleder (President), Kevin McElhanon (Travel Award), intracellular signaling and effect the development of Dan Halm (Treasurer). Not shown: Jae-Hoon Chung (Research Award), heart failure. James W. McNamara spoke on cardiac Taylor Banh (Research Award), Sangeetha Kandoi (Research Award) myosin binding protein-C regulation of myosin head order. After a short break, Leslie Consitt presented a talk on her studies of insulin-stimulation in the elderly and how they indicate metabolic inflexibility in this population. Kathleen Broomall talked on circadian rhythm indicators as prevention techniques for gestational diabetes. Kristin Stanford discussed her studies on exercise-induced biomarkers of brown adipose tissue activity. The final talk of the session was provided by Li Zuo, who presented on his work on the role of reactive oxygen species and breast cancer cells.

Our meeting concluded with a reception and buffet dinner at the Ross Heart Hospital. The business meeting of the OPS unanimously elected Dan Halm Attendance was excellent throughout the day for trainee, early career as the Treasurer of the OPS for a 3-year term. We were faculty, and keynote lectures particularly grateful to have the founder of the OPS,

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Peter Lauf, join us in Columbus this year and provide to graduate student training and development. By some comments on the history of the OPS and his her direction, this fund continues her commitment appreciation of the efforts of the organizers for this to graduate student training by supporting the year’s meeting. He also helped present the trainee development of students pursuing a career in travel and research awards before the dinner. Support physiology and cell biology. The OPS would like to for these awards and the conference in general was sincerely extend our thanks to all of the sponsors who provided by grants from the APS Chapter Activity contributed to the success of our 2016 meeting. We Grant Program and the OSU Margaret T. Nishikawara expect another exciting meeting next year. ● Merit Scholarship Fund; Nishikawara was dedicated

Joseph T. Brozinick presented the APS Keynote lecture at the 2016 Peter Lauf (left) and Noah Weisleder (right) recognize Brozinick OPS meeting (middle) for his presentation of the APS Keynote lecture

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The Third Annual Meeting of the Greater Washington Chapter of the American Physiological Society

The Third Annual Meeting of the Greater Washington Hypertension-Associated Inflammatory Responses in Chapter of the American Physiological Society Female Dahl Rats.” Presentations were followed by (dmvCAPS) was hosted by the George Washington a collective 10-minute question-and-answer session, University in Washington, DC on October 23, 2016. moderated by Nikki Posnack (Children’s National The meeting hosted 80 attendees, representing 10 Medical Center). institutions: Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC), George Mason University (GMU), The The second session started with Emilia Entcheva George Washington University (GWU), Georgetown (GWU) presenting her biomedical engineering University (GU), Howard University (HU), John’s Hopkins University (JHU), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Uniformed Services University (USU), United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR). Of those attending, 23/80 (29%) were faculty members, 20/80 (25%) were postdoctoral trainees, 22/80 (27%) were graduate students, 11/80 (14%) were undergraduate students, and 4/80 (5%) were research assistants.

After an early morning of registration, breakfast, and coffee, Nikki Posnack (President dmvCAPS; Children’s National Medical Center) welcomed attendees and speakers. Attendees were also greeted by a special guest Marty Frank (Executive Director of The American Physiological Society), who was also in attendance at the annual dmvCAPS meeting. The oral sessions began immediately following the opening 2016 dmvCAPS attendees remarks and included a range of topics from cell physiology, biomedical engineering, cancer biology, and regulatory science.

The first session was kicked off by Dexter Lee (HU), who presented his research on “Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-Alpha’s Regulation of Sodium Transport and Mean Arterial Pressure During Angiotensin II Hypertension.” This presentation was followed by two presentations chosen by the Conference Organizing Committee from submitted abstracts: Sabyasachi Sen (GWU) presented his research, titled “Genetically Modified Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) Improve Glucose Homeostasis in Diet Induced Obese (DIO) Diabetic Mouse Models,” and Amrita Pai (GU) presented her work, titled, “Cytotoxic CD8+ T-Cells Play a Role in Poster presentation award winners

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research on “Massively-Parallel All-Optical Cardiac for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD).” The final Electrophysiology for Drug Screening.” This speaker of the afternoon, Ronald Brown (US FDA), presentation was followed by two more presentations spoke about the “Use of Computational Toxicology chosen from abstracts: Beverley Dancy (NIH) shared in Regulatory Science” and inspired the attendees to her research on “The Mitochondrial Interactome ask many questions. A collective question-and-answer Visualized by Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry,” and session was moderated by Luther Swift (George Aaron Brown (GU) led the audience to their lunchtime Washington University). break with his talk “Aldosterone and ENaC Regulation in Mice With Collecting-Duct-Principal Cell Select A highlight of the afternoon session was the “Minute Knockout of the Mammalian-Target-Of-Rapamycin to Win It.” In this session, each poster presenter was (mTOR).” Presentations were followed by a collective given 60 seconds to tell the audience about his/her question-and-answer session, moderated by Matthew research, why it is important, and convince conference Kay (George Washington University). attendees to visit his/her poster to learn more. The enthusiastic trainees embraced this opportunity and After lunch, Jason Tilan (GU) presented his research, spoke with passion, clarity, and brevity. This session titled “Beyond Hemostasis: Investigating the Role of energized the attendees for the poster session that Platelets in Ewing Sarcoma Metastasis.” Following was immediately followed. the final of the presentations chosen from abstracts, with Cassandra Moshfegh (GWU) talking about the The poster session featured a total of 60 posters, which “Effects of Essential Oil on Fear Memory and the were grouped into three categories: undergraduate/ Immune Response: A Potential Alternative Therapy pre-graduate students, graduate students, and

Poster presentation session

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postdoctoral trainees. Poster judges were extremely enthusiasm regarding the level of research conducted impressed with the work of these junior scientists. A by trainees and the diversity of the institutions total of seven winner and two runner-up awardees represented at the 3rd annual dmvCAPS meeting. were chosen, who received printed awards along Based on a formal follow-up poll, attendees are eager with $100 prizes for winners and $60 for runners- to organize a 4th annual conference in Fall 2017, with up. Winners were announced by dmvCAPS President the goal of increasing interaction and networking Nikki Posnack at the end of the poster session. opportunities between trainees and more senior members of the society. The business meeting followed the awards ceremony and was chaired by Nikki Posnack. Treasurer Sarah dmvCAPS would like to thank the generous sponsors Kuzmiak-Glancy (George Washington University) who helped make this meeting possible. Our discussed the Chapter’s expenses, donations, and sincerest appreciation and gratitude to The American budget for the current year. Secretary Kara Garrott Physiological Society, Data Sciences International, (George Washington University) discussed current Emka Technologies Inc., Zeiss, Nikon, The George membership numbers and updates being made to the Washington University Department of Biomedical registration process and Chapter website. Additional Engineering, The George Washington University discussion was focused on forming and updating Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, and committees to assist with the next dmvCAPS annual Georgetown University Pharmacology Department meeting, sponsorship, and community outreach for their support. ● – including PhUn week. Attendees expressed

“Minute to win it” session, and special guests

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Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology 2016 Leadership Retreat Highlights

The Association of Chairs of Departments of Two workshops were based on topics following up on Physiology (ACDP) held its annual Leadership Retreat those discussed by last year’s attendees. The first was at Riu Palace Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on on “Creating Recommended Curriculum Guidelines December 5-11, 2016. for Undergraduate Physiology Education,” led by Erica Wehrwein (Michigan State Univ.). Participants President T. Richard Nichols (Georgia Institute of participated in round-table discussions on possible Technology) developed a program focused on issues guidelines. Wehrwein is the founder of a new being currently faced by the discipline of physiology Physiology Majors Interest Group within APS and and maintaining the pipeline of students through plans to hold a meeting of interested members in 2017. encouraging undergraduate physiology education. The second workshop was on “Fundamental Concepts for Undergraduate Physiology” led by T. Richard Research talks included the 10th Annual Arthur C. Nichols (Georgia Inst. of Technology) and Dixon Guyton Lectureship given by Monika Fleshner (Univ. Woodbury (Brigham Young Univ.). Again, lively of Colorado) titled “The Neurobiology and Physiology round-table discussions were held to try to develop of Exercise-Induced Stress Robustness.” The new a short list of overriding concepts that should be chair research presentation was by Christopher taught in any undergraduate physiology curriculum. Waters (Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center) on Work continues on that topic, and a report will be “Mechanobiology in Acute Lung Injury.” forthcoming on that final list.

The 2016 ACDP Distinguished Service Award was Another workshop was on “Animal Issues in Research presented to Susan Barman (Michigan State Univ.), Reproducibility” led by Gaylen Edwards (University who gave a talk on “My Journey as an Integrative of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine), which Physiologist,” highlighting many of the APS programs generated an animated discussion among attendees. she has been involved with and continues to champion (see “Barman Honored at Annual ACDP Meeting” on Martin Frank, APS Executive Director, updated p. 97). the group on “Status and Initiatives of the APS,”

ACDP President T. Richard Nichols (left) Charles Wood, incoming President, ACDP Dixon Woodbury presenting his limerick for presents Monika Fleshner (right) with the 2016 the attendees ACDP Arthur Guyton Lectureship Award

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ACDP Council. Back (left to right): Edward Morrison, Michael Sturek, Christopher Hardin, V. Gustavo Blanco, Nick Delamere, D. Buck Hales. Front (left to right): Pieter de Tombe, Kebreten Manaye, T. Richard Nichols, Charles Wood, Janice Urban, Marlene Wilson, Elsa Mangiarua. Not pictured: R. Clinton Webb

specifically focusing on what APS has been undertaking As a fitting end to the Leadership Retreat, Dixon with the rebranding initiative, upcoming strategic Woodbury (Brigham Young Univ.) presented the planning meeting, changes to the Experimental attendees with a limerick: Biology meeting, and transitions coming to FASEB. ACDP Meeting 2016 at Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas Resort Officer elections were held with the following results. Richard Nichols headed up our big show; Janice H. Urban (Rosalind Franklin Univ. of Med. & Helped make our discussion to flow. Sci., Chicago Medical School) was elected President- We answered the “What” elect; Elsa I. Mangiarua (Joan C. Edwards School of for undergraduate – Medicine, Marshall Univ.) was reelected to a second Fundamental concepts they should know. 3-year term as Secretary-Treasurer; and V. Gustavo The highlight of Chris Waters dictation? Blanco (Kansas Univ. Medical Center) and Christopher Visualized pulmonary pulsation! Hardin (University of Missouri) were elected to 3-year Want a rat stressor? terms as Councilors. ask Monika Fleshner, She taught us all physio integration. Michael Sturek (Indiana Univ. School of Medicine) Erica helped us to address was thanked for his service as Past-President. Elsa Curriculum guides with success. I. Mangiarua (Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, From Gaylen Edwards Marshall University) was thanked for her service came clear the watchwords: as Secretary-Treasurer, as well as her willingness Beware of lab animal stress! to serve a second term. Pieter P. de Tombe (Loyola With Sue Barman we all took a stroll, Univ. Chicago Medical School) and Janice H. Urban To learn of neuronal control. (Rosalind Franklin Univ. of Med. & Sci., Chicago Finally, Marty Frank, Medical School) were thanked for their service as with all his swank, Councilors. Expounded APS and its role. We leave now our Cabo Resort President-elect Charles E. Wood (Univ. of Florida For travel to Cabo Airport. College of Medicine) announced the 2017 ACDP Next year we convene, Leadership Retreat will be Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 at Hilton and hope to been seen Rose Hill Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. As details At the sunny Jamaica Seaport. are available, they will be added to the 2017 meeting – Dixon Woodbury webpage at acdponline.org/.

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The Leadership Retreat is open to chairs of departments of physiology or related areas, graduate directors in physiology or related areas, medical/ osteopathic/veterinary physiology course directors, and undergraduate program directors. The meeting will build on this year’s topics and will continue to focus on leadership issues and other areas of broad interest to those audiences. ●

Riu Palace Cabo San Lucas Hotel

Barman Honored at Annual of the brain stem in determining the level and pattern of sympathetic nerve activity. Her research was ACDP Meeting consistently funded by the NIH, including receipt of a MERIT Award. She now does collaborative work with NIH-funded researchers at University of Pittsburgh The highest award given by and Wayne State University. the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology Sue became a member of the APS as a graduate (ACDP), the Distinguished student, and her passion for the discipline has never Service Award, was awarded waned. For at least the past 20 years, she has had a to Susan Barman, Professor presence on a steering committee, standing committee, in the Department of or the Council of the APS, including serving as it 85th Pharmacology & Toxicology president. In many of these roles, she has been an at Michigan State University advocate for promoting activities that benefit trainees President T. Richard Nichols (MSU). T. Richard Nichols (left) presents Susan Barman and junior physiologists. In 2015, she was elected to (Georgia Institute of (right) with the 2016 ACDP the inaugural class as a Fellow of the APS. Distinguished Service Award Technology), President of ACDP, presented the award Her current service to the APS includes membership during the organization’s 2017 Leadership Retreat at on the Finance Committee, the Book Committee, RIU Palace Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Strategic Planning Group for Women in Physiology, Chair of the Beverly Petterson Bishop Neuroscience Barman was selected to receive the ACDP Award Committee, the Editorial Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award for leadership in for Comprehensive Physiology, and the editorial the discipline of physiology, educating the next boards of American Journal of Physiology – Heart and generation of physiologists, outstanding research, and Circulatory, American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, service to national and international organizations, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, and Journal of especially to APS. Neurophysiology. She is Chair of the Membership and Fundraising Committee of the Michigan Physiological Barman earned her PhD in Physiology at Loyola Society, a Chapter of the APS. She is also an author University Medical School in Maywood, IL, and she of the neurophysiology content of Ganong’s Review of did her postdoctoral work at MSU before joining the Medical Physiology. faculty. She rose through the ranks, being named Professor in 1995. Because of her scientific endeavors, her dedicated service to the field of physiology, and her distinguished Her research interest has been on neural control of the service to APS, the ACDP was proud to present its cardiovascular system, with an emphasis on the role 2016 Distinguished Service Award to Susan Barman.

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Chris Kevil Named Vice David A. Brown Named Chancellor for Research at Associate Professor at LSU Health Shreveport Virginia Tech

APS member Chris Kevil has APS member David A. Brown has been named vice chancellor been named Associate Professor for research at Louisiana State of Human Nutrition, Foods, University (LSU) Health Sci- and Exercise in the Virginia ences Center in Shreveport. Tech College of Agriculture and Kevil will represent LSU Health Life Sciences. Brown’s research Shreveport in research matters combines cardiac physiology and on the local, state, and federal mitochondrial biology. He was levels, and will facilitate trans- previously the course director Chris Kevil lational research opportunities David A. Brown for medical physiology at the for the center. Kevil is also the Brody School of Medicine at East Malcolm Feist Chair in Cardiovascular Research Carolina University. Read the full press release at http:// and holds grants from the National Heart, Lung, vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/12/10416-newfacultycalsbrown. and Blood Institute and the American Diabetes Asso- html. ● ciation. For more information, visit http://lsuhscshreve- port.edu/News_Items/chris-kevil-named-vice-chancellor- for-research-. ●

Election Results

The American Physiological Society announces the results of the election of officers for 2017. Jeff Sands of Emory University School of Medicine is the new President-Elect. The three newly elected Councillors taking office on April 6, 2016 are Charles Lang (Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine), Merry Lindsey (University of Mississippi Medical Center), and Ron Lynch (University of Arizona Health Science Center). The Councillors will each serve a 3-year term. ●

Jeff Sands, President- Charles Lang, Councillor Merry Lindsey, Ron Lynch, Councillor Elect Councillor

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Experimental Biology 2017 Distinguished Lectures

Physiology in Claude Bernard Hugh Davson Perspective: The Distinguished Distinguished Walter B. Cannon Lectureship of the Lectureship of Memorial Award APS Teaching of the APS Cell Lecture Physiology Section and Molecular Physiology Section

Michael Welsh Jeffrey D. Karpicke Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Univ. of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille Purdue Univ. HHMI Janelia Research Campus Carver Col. of Med. Retrieval-Based Learning: Simple Emerging Fluorescence Technology Insights into the Pathogenesis of Strategies for Helping Students Learn to Study Cell Architecture and Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Dynamics Sunday, April 23, 2017, 10:30 AM Saturday, April 22, 2017, 5:30 PM Supported by ADInstruments Sunday, April 23, 2017, 2:00 PM Supported by Sucampo

Ernest H. Starling Henry Pickering Carl Ludwig Distinguished Bowditch Award Distinguished Lectureship of Lecture Lectureship of the the APS Water APS Neural Control and Electrolyte and Autonomic Homeostasis Section Regulation Section

Peter Bie Brant Isakson Robin McAllen Univ. of Southern Denmark- Univ. of Virginia Florey Inst. of Neuroscience Odense Coordinating Tissue Function and Metal Health Mechanisms of Sodium Balance Through Heterocellular Mapping the Diversity of Central Communication Autonomic Control Sunday, April 23, 2017, 4:15 PM Sunday, April 23, 2017, 5:45 PM Monday, April 24, 2017, 8:00 AM

Solomon Berson Edward F. Adolph Carl W. Distinguished Distinguished Gottschalk Lectureship of the Lectureship of the Distinguished APS Endocrinology APS Environmental Lectureship of and Metabolism and Exercise the APS Renal Section Physiology Section Section

Wolfgang Langhans W. Larry Kenney Paul Welling ETH Zurich Penn State Univ. University of Maryland GLP-1 in Energy Homeostasis: Skin-Deep Insights into Med. Sch. There is More than Meets the Eye Vascular Aging Protecting Potassium Balance at All Costs: Molecules to Man Monday, April 24, 2017, 10:30 AM Monday, April 24, 2017, 2:00 PM Monday, April 24, 2017, 3:15 PM

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Joseph Erlanger Julius H. Comroe, History of Distinguished Jr. Distinguished Physiology Lecture Lectureship of Lectureship of the the APS Central APS Respiration Nervous System Section Section

Jeff Lichtman Peter D. Wagner Jack Rall Harvard Univ. Univ. of California, San Diego Ohio State Univ. Does Connectomics Make Sense? Lung and Muscle Heterogeneity: The XIIIth International Physiological Consequences for Oxygen Transport Congress in Boston in 1929: American Monday, April 24, 2017, 3:15 PM Limitation Physiology Comes of Age Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 10:30 AM Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 1:00 PM

Robert M. Berne August Krogh Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Distinguished Distinguished Lectureship of the Lectureship of the Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular APS Comparative APS Gastrointestinal Section and Evolutionary and Liver Physiology Physiology Section Section

Benjamin D. Levine Warren Burggren John L. Wallace Texas Health Presbyterian Univ. of North Texas Antibe Therapeutics and Hospital Dallas Developmental Plasticity, Epigenetics Univ. of Calgary Astronauts, Athletes, and Aging. and Evolution: A Comparative Why the GI Tract Does Not Digest A TripTik Guide to the Cardiovascular Physiologist’s Od(d)yssey Itself: A Davenport-Inspired Journey Adaptation to Physical Activity Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 3:15 PM Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 3:15 PM Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 2:00 PM Supported by Novo Nordisk Foundation

APS Nobel Prize Award Lecture Louis Ignarro UCLA Sch. of Med. The Road to Stockholm: A Nobel Mission Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 4:45 PM

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Upcoming EB Symposia

Mark your calendars for professional development symposia at Experimental Biology 2017! Check the symposia web sites for more information.

Curricular Innovation in Sex and Gender Based Medical Saturday, April 22, 2017, Physiology Education 8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Medical Education Refresher Course sponsored by the Education Committee) Organizers: Karie Scrogin, Jennifer Sasser the-aps.org/refresher- Location: Convention Center, Room W190A sexandgender

Get an update on curricular innovation in sex- and gender-based Pharmacology, University of Arizona); Sex Differences in Fetal medical physiology education content from leading experts in Programming: Consequences for Multiple Generations (Kent the field: Where We Are, and Where We Need to Go in Sex/ Thornburg, Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University); Gender Difference Medical Education (Marjorie Jenkins, Educating the Educators: Examples From Sex and Gender Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences); Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease (Virginia Miller, Surgery, and Gender Differences in Pain Perception (Todd Vanderah, Mayo Clinic)

Sunday, 2017 Mentoring Symposium: Choosing the Right Lab and April 23, 2017, Personnel for Your Career 10:30 AM-12:30 PM (Sponsored by the Women in Physiology Committee) Organizers: Karen L. Edelblum, Brandi Wynne the-aps.org/choosing-a-lab- Convention Center, Room W192A and-personnel

Every new graduate student, postdoc, or faculty member must interviewing postdoc candidates. Last, despite the best effort of make difficult decisions regarding the people we choose to both the applicant and the investigator, not every candidate or work with. These choices will affect not only productivity and prospective mentor will be the perfect match. Our final speaker chances for success, but also our sense of well-being. Thus these will discuss the best exit strategies to employ when it is time to decisions are among the most important we make. As a trainee, sever the mentee/mentor relationship. This will be discussed you will choose which mentor to work with to complete your from both the perspective of the mentor in letting trainees move studies, and, as an investigator, you will choose which trainees on to a different position, as well as the position of the trainee, to employ in your laboratory. There are many factors associated whose needs may not be fulfilled by their current mentor. A with identifying an ideal mentor/mentee relationship, whether panel discussion will take place following the last seminar. The you are the applicant looking for a position or the investigator goal of this symposium is to provide you with the tools to help hiring to fill a position. The Women in Physiology Symposium for make these important decisions of your career. Presentations 2017 will focus on the key aspects of this complicated decision- include: Selecting a Good Mentor and Lab for an Academic making process. To address this, we will discuss the crucial Postdoc (Karen Sweazea, Arizona State University); Selecting points that newly minted PhD students will want to consider a Good Lab for a Postdoctoral or Research Experience in when choosing a lab to facilitate success as a postdoctoral fellow, Industry (Bryan Clay, Pfizer Inc.); Selecting a Postdoc for Your whether they follow career paths in academia or in industry. For Laboratory (R. Clinton Webb, Medical College of Georgia at a new faculty member, the decision of whom to hire as a postdoc Augusta University); How to Let Go and Make Go (Marshall is just as critical for the success of a fledgling lab; therefore, “Chip” Montrose, University of Cincinnati). we will also discuss important factors to be considered when

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2017 Career Symposium: The Many Facets of a Monday, April 24, 2017, “Teaching Career” 10:30 AM-12:30 PM (Sponsored by the Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee) Organizers: Clintoria R. Williams, Josef Brandauer the-aps.org/teachingcareer Convention Center, Room W192C

This symposium is targeting scientists pursing an academic that panelists will address include: How to determine whether career that includes teaching. Teaching has become a desired a teaching career is the right choice? How to prepare for a and required component of many academic careers. Teaching teaching career at any level? How to find the right fit in regard to requirements and expectations vary significantly between institution and department? How to balance teaching-research institutions and even departments. In order for job candidates life? How to determine the value of teaching in the evaluation to reach an informed decision regarding the institution that process for promotion? Presentations include: How to Dissect is the best fit for their career goals, an understanding of these a Job Announcement: Dirty Little Secrets (Erica Wehrwein, requirements and expectations is needed. The specific goals of Michigan State University); Educating the Teacher-Scholar for this symposium are for participates to be able to 1) identify clues Successful Teaching (Carissa Krane, University of Dayton); within job announcements that will provide hints about teaching Teaching-Research Balance in the Changing Classroom expectations, 2) learn about teaching expectations at various (Dexter Lee, Howard University); Perspectives from a Liberal institution types (regional, research intensive, liberal arts, and Arts College (Lara DeRuisseau, LeMoyne College); Educating historically black colleges and universities), and 3) provide the Educator in Medical School (David Harris, University of insight into strategies for “successful teaching” from instructors Central Florida). at various career stages and institution types. Specific questions

Wednesday, 2017 Trainee Symposium: Kick Start Your Funding: Looking April 26, 2017, Beyond NIH and NSF 10:30 AM-12:30 PM (Sponsored by the Trainee Advisory Committee) Organizers: Jennifer Steiner, Kristi Streeter the-aps.org/kick-start- Convention Center, Room W192C your-funding

Funding for scientific research is becoming progressively harder with how other funding mechanisms (i.e., NIH) work. To to obtain, and competition continues to grow. Despite the provide such information, we have invited speakers who have increased challenge to gain federal funding (i.e., NIH), many successfully obtained funding (Dr. Leon, military) as well as universities and other institutions require their applicants to representatives from companies or private foundations that have funding when applying for faculty positions, regardless either have grant programs or regularly fund product research. of their career stage. As such, an enormous amount of pressure We will also have a representative to discuss fund-raising is placed on trainees to obtain funding before looking for a opportunities via crowd-funding websites. This symposium will position as an independent scientist. In addition, early career be conducted in the typical format of 25-minute presentations investigators who have already transitioned to independent followed by 5 minutes of questions, with additional interactions positions also experience similar pressures and difficulties in to be encouraged following all four speakers’ presentations. The obtaining funding. In recognition of the funding crisis as well presentations are: Seeking Funding Outside the Norm: Unique as the increasingly competitive job market for trainees and Opportunities Within Military Research Programs (Lisa Leon, early career investigators, the goal of this symposium is to U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, provide information on funding sources outside of the NIH Thermal Mountain Medicine Division); Successfully Securing and NSF. We will have four speakers, with each representing Funding and Collaborating with Industry (Eugene Shek, Lilly less tradition funding mechanisms including 1) industry, 2) China Research and Development Co., Ltd.); Cancer Funding private foundations, 3) crowd-funding, and 4) military funding. from a Private Foundation (Charles Saxe, The American Cancer Each speaker will identify how to find funding within their Society); Crowd Funding Your Science (Melissa Wilson Sayres, genre, provide information and tips for writing successful Arizona State University). grant proposals, and compare and contrast their organization

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Experimental Biology 2017 April 22–26, 2017, Chicago, IL PHYSIOLOGY PLATFORM SESSIONS

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Room W375A 5:30 PM–6:30 PM APS Lecture Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Memorial Award Lecture Welsh W190A 8:00 AM–12:00 PM 2:15 PM–5:15 PM Education Committee Refresher WEH Section Award Session Course WEH Trainee Award Finalists and Curricular Innovation in Sex and Data Diuresis Gender Based Medical Physiology Education Scrogin/Sasser W196B 9:30 AM–11:30 AM 1:00 PM–3:00 PM 6:00 PM–8:00 PM MCS Symp MCS Symp MCS Poster Discussion amd President’s Symp: (Not) Lost in Depression and its Effects on Reception Translation: Bridging the Gaps Microvascular Function and Vascular Jackson Between Microcirculatory Basic Adaptation Science and Clinical Science Chantler/Olfert Chillian W196C 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ETG Group Special Session Pre-EB Meeting of the ETG Group Young Investigators Symp W196A 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Techniques Workshop Program Workshop Choosing the Right Diet for Your Animal Model Lund/Ney W190B 3:15 PM–5:15 PM Techniques Workshop Program Workshop Using Ultrasound to Teach Cardiovascular Physiology and Anatomy Silverthorn/Guttmann W192B 1:00 PM–3:00 PM 3:15 PM–5:15 PM 3:30 PM–5:30 PM AFMR Symp AFMR Symp Microcirculatory Society (MCS) Small GTPases: Basic Science to New Insights into Insulin Resistance- Symp Translational Research Molecular Mechanisms and Investigating Microvascular Zhao/Birukova Therapeutic Implications Physiology and Pathophysiology Prabhakar/Hawkins Using Novel Techniques Stokes/Gavins W193 3:00 PM–5:00 PM NCAR Section Award Session DATA NCARnation

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Saturday, April 22, 2017, cont.

Room W194B 1:00 PM–5:15 PM Physiological Genomics Group Special Session Fourth Annual Physiological Genomics Group Conference W192C 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Science Policy Committee Symp Why Scientific Rigor Matters and Ways to Improve It Sutliff W192A 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Communications Committee Symp New Models of Science Communication: Increasing Reproducibility and Transparency Crecelius/Serrador

Sunday, April 23, 2017 Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 3:15-5:15 PM W375A ACSM Symp President’s Symp Series Integrative Physiol Symp Series A Roadmap for the Future of Sex Differences in Physiology and Hypoglycemia: Neural Pathways of Exercise Science: Key Research Pathophysiology the Glucose Counter-Regulatory Directions Prieto Response, Hypoglycemia Bouchard Unawareness and Its Treatment Verberne

5:45 PM–6:45 PM Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lecture Isakson W190A GIL Section Special Session 10:30 AM–11:30 AM 3:15 PM–4:15 PM John Forte Session of the GIL Teaching Section Bernard Lecture WEH Section Lecture Session Karpicke WEH New Investigator Award Lecture 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Cell Section Davson Lecture 4:15 PM–5:15 PM Lippincott-Schwartz WEH Section Lecture WEH Section Starling Lecture Bie W196B CV Section FT EEP Section Symp 3:15 PM–4:15 PM Sex Differences in Obesity and Cerebral Function of Permanent MCS Landis Award Lecture Cardiovascular Disease Residents of High Altitude: Belin de Chantemele/Loria Problems and Solutions 4:30 PM–5:30 PM West/Simonson MCS Business Meeting Chillian W196C NCAR Section Symp NCAR Section Young Investigator CV Section FT Cardiac Sensory Afferents: The Awards Immune Cells Involved in Cornerstone for Autonomic Reflex Young/Sabharwal Cardiovascular Disease Processing in Health and Disease Mitchell/Madhur Shivkumar/Wang

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Sunday, April 23, 2017, cont.

W196A Nutrition Group Symp Resp Section Symp Resp Section FT From Cancer-Causing Villain to Ventilatory Control and Function Epigenetic Regulation of Lung Health-Promoting Hero: Taking Following Perinatal Insults Development, Injury, and Repair a U-turn on Dietary Nitrite and Bailey/Revill Rogers/Tipple Nitrate? Keen/Hast W190B EEP Section Symp CV Section FT E&M Section Symp SIRT1 in Muscle Health and Disease Vascular-Mediated Mechanisms of Stressing the Beta Cell: The Good Ljubicic Cognition and the Role of Exercise and The Bad Baynard Corbett W192B CV Section Symp Physiol in Industry Committee NCAR Section FT Mathematical Modeling of Cardiac Symp Ion Channel Modulation: Excitability and Arrhythmias Nitric Oxide Pathway Modulation Contributions to Autonomic Hund/Ripplinger for Therapeutic Intervention and Dysfunction in Cardiovascular and Exercise Enhancement Metabolic Diseases Mattson Chen/Toney W193 Teaching Section Symp Muscle Biology Group Symp ETG Group Symp Inclusive Practices for Diverse The Role of Ribosome Biogenesis MicroRNAs in Kidney and Epithelial Student Populations in Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy Transport Physiology, Development Johnson McCarthy and Disease Loffing/Cai W194B Renal Section FT Renal Section Symp PG Group Symp Renal Section Young Investigator Mining Protein-Protein Interactions Single Cell Analysis and Genomic Award FT to Study Renal Transporter Approaches Pochynyuk Regulation Coller Chen/Brown W192C WEH Section FT PG Group Award Session Cell Section FT Stress and Physiological Responses Trainee Highlights in Physiological Cellular Mechanisms of Stress and Throughout Life Genomics Inflammation Pollock/Taylor Bomberger/White W192A TransPhys Group FT Women in Physiol Committee CEPS Section Trainee-Driven FT Translation Physiology Showcase: Symp Focus on Sex differences in Obesity Choosing the Right Lab and and Blood Pressure, Developmental Personnel for Your Career Programming, and Women’s Health Edelblum/Wynne

Monday, April 24, 2016 Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 3:15-5:15 PM W375A President’s Symp Series Integrative Physiol Symp Series Women’s Health Research Engineering for Health: Integrating Brooks Engineering and Physiology to Combat Disease Yosten W190A 8:00 AM–9:00 AM E&M Section Berson Lecture 2:00 PM–3:00 PM NCAR Section Ludwig Lecture Langhans EEP Section Adolph Lecture McAllen Kenney

9:00 AM–10:00 AM 3:15 PM–4:15 PM NCAR Section Ludwig MiniSymp Renal Section Gottschalk Lecture Welling

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Monday, April 24, 2017, cont.

Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 3:15-5:15 PM W196B CV Section Symp CV Section Symp 3:15 PM–4:15 PM Vascular Autophagy and Endothelial Adipose Tissue and the CNS Section Erlanger Lecture Cell Nitric Oxide Generation Cardiovascular System: Interactions Lichtman Symons/Gutterman with Sleep and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors 4:15 PM–5:15 PM Covassin/Gollasch CNS Section Erlanger MiniSymp

W196C WEH Section FT WEH Section FT Teaching Section Symp Hypertension and Sodium Neural and Hormonal Modulation Examining the Changing Landscape Homeostasis-Developing Concepts of Fluid Balance and Ion of Course Delivery and Student Sandberg/Gohar Homeostasis in Health and Disease Learning Gao/Schiller Halpin/Gopalan W196A E&M Section FT Resp Section FT Resp Section Symp Brown Fat versus Skeletal Muscle Respiratory Control: Beyond the The Emerging Role of Lipids in as Metabolic Targets: Activation Diaphragm Lung Physiology and Disease of Thermogenesis or Glucose Fuller/Turner Kuebler/Letsiou Oxidation Symonds W190B Hypoxia Group FT CV Section FT E&M Section Symp Phyisological Adaptation to Carl J. Wiggers Award FT Sleep, Circadian Clocks and Hypoxia and High Altitudes Heusch/Meininger Metabolism Iturriaga Van Cauter/Samson W192B CV Section Symp CEP Section Symp CV Section Symp Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-Like Consequences of Physiological Emerging Concepts in the Local Proteins in Cardiovascular Stressors on the Development and Regulation of Blood Flow Physiology and Disease Function of the Cardiovascular Freed/Duncker Weisleder/Wang System Gillis W193 Teaching Section FT NCAR Section FT WEH Section FT Innovation in Teaching: Abstract Circumventricular Organs: New Animal Models and Their Driven A Blood-Brain Interface for Utility for WEH Research Osborne Modulation of Cardiovascular and Palygin/Pochynyuk Immune Function and Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Yao W194B GIL Section Symp GIL Section FT Cell Section Symp Posttranscriptional Regulation of Cytoskeletal Proteins in GI and Transport Proteins and Cellular Intestinal Homeostasis: Stem Cells Liver Diseases Signaling in Choroid Plexus to Cancer Snider/Toivola Epithelia Hamilton/Chatterji Blazer-Yost/Praetorius W192C Renal Section FT Careers Committee Symp PG Group FT Advances in Renal Physiology I The Many Facets of a Teaching Novel Genetic Risk Factors and Ortiz Career Early-Pregnancy Mechanisms Williams/Brandauer Contributing to Preeclampsia Grobe/Young W192A Pubs Committee Symp ETG Group FT Hypoxia Group Symp Publishing 101: How to Get Your Steve Hebert Lecture FT Intermittent Hypoxia: Molecular, Work Published and Avoid Ethical Moeller Integrative, and Clinical Minefields Implications Sigmund/Scheman Svatikova/Schreihofer

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 3:15-5:15 PM W375A President’s Symp Series Integrative Physio Symp Series Developmental Programming of Exercise Intolerance in Metabolic, Diseases Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Alexander Diseases: Did We Forget the Brain? Brassard/Bailey 5:45 PM–7:30 PM APS Business Meeting W190A PG Group and ASHG Symp 10:30 AM–11:30 AM 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Atttaching Physiology to Resp Section Comroe Lecture CV Section Berne Lecture the Genome: Spotlight on Wagner Levine Cardiovascular Genetics 3:15 PM–4:15 PM Lettre/Joe GIL Section Davenport Lecture Wallace W196B Resp Section Symp CV Section Symp 3:15 PM–4:15 PM Embracing the Heterogeneity of Mechanisms of Stiffening in Large CEP Section Krogh Lecture Lung Injury: A Bedside to Bench to and Small Vessels: From the Supported by Novo Nordisk Bedside Perspective Cytoskeleton to the Extracellular Foundation Dudek/Shaver Matrix Burggren Martinez-Lemus W196C NCAR Section Symp WEH Section Symp Resp Section FT Brain Secrets Revealed by Sodium Homeostasis in Metabolic Central Neuromodulation in the Optogenetics/Chemogenetics Syndrome: Sorting out New and Control of Breathing Approaches Old Players Garcia/Mitchell Rahmouni/De Kloet Ecelbarger/Tiwari W196A CV Section FT CNS Section FT CNS Section Symp Novel Insights in Vascular New Insights Into the Role of Role of CNS Osmosensory Pathophysiology Hypothalamic Peptides in the Networks in the Regulation of Isakson/Bagher Control of Appetite and Energy Cardiovascular Function in Health Balance and Disease Blevins Stern/Pires da Silva W190B EEP Section Symp CV Section FT History Group Symp Exercise Training versus Kaley Lecture FT: The Twenty Years of Physiological Metformin for the Treatment of Complications of Diabetes and the Genomics Cardiometabolic Diseases Role of Inflammation: Mechanisms Mattson Schrage/Jenkins and Therapeutic Opportunities Schmidt W192B CEP Section Symp EEP Section FT E&M Section Symp Developmental Programming of Impact of Dairy Based Nutritional Central GLP-1 Receptors in the Vertebrate Health and Disease by Interventions on Cardiometabolic Regulation of Energy Homeostasis Hypoxia Health Langhans Galli Alexander/Miller W193 CNS Section FT NCAR Section FT EEP Section FT Neuroglial Interactions in Health Epigenetic Modifications and The Integrated Physiological and Disease Autonomic Regulation Response to Heat Stress in Gulbransen Sriramula Vulnerable Populations Sawka W194B GIL Section FT Cell Section FT Cell Section Symp Autophagy: Driver of Microbiome Mechanisms and Influences on Cell Multi-omics to Study the Composition and Intestinal Signaling Cellular Pathophysiology of Homeostasis Worrell Neurodegenerative Diseases Theiss Pimplikar/Tsai

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017, cont.

Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 3:15-5:15 PM W192C Renal Section FT Renal Section Symp Sex Group Symp Advances in Renal Physiology II Regulation of Glomeruli Sex Differences in Diabetes, Inscho Physiological Function: Podocytes Obesity and Blood Pressure and Beyond Control Ilatovskaya/Reiser Brooks W192A Cell Section FT Muscle Biology Group FT ETG Group FT Ion Channels and Transporters in The Hot Zone: Skeletal Muscle Hans Ussing Lecture FT Health and Disease Changes Caused by Hyperthermia Klein Hamilton/Rodrigues and Heat Stress Selsby Location TBD 1:00 PM-3:00 PM 1:00 PM–2:00 PM 2014 Tang Prize in History of Physiology Group Biopharmaceutical Science Lecture Charpentier

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 2:30-4:30 PM W375A Integrative Physiol Symp 4:45 PM–5:45 PM Series APS Nobel Prize Award The Impact of Exosomes on Lecture Muscle Atrophy, Hypertrophy Ignarro and Myogenesis Wang/Mitch W190A CV Section FT CV Section FT WEH Section Symp Mitochondrial Physiology in Inflammation and Immunity Hydration and Vasopressin Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Disease Beyond the Kidney Calvert/Elrod Halade/Thorp Armstrong W196B Physoc/APS Symp CV Section Symp WEH Section Symp The Modulation of Aging MiRNA Regulation of Mechanisms of Hypertension Through Altered Proteostasis the Mitochondrion in Risk Miller Cardiovascular Disease De Miguel/Abais-Battad Hollander/Thapa W196C Resp Section FT EEP Section Symp TransPhys Group Symp Organelle Dysfunction in Blood Doping: Physiology, Leptin Beyond Appetite Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Pharmacology and Detection Regulation Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Challenges Singh/Cohen Reticulum, Lysosomes and Bowers Beyond Shimoda/Ryan W196A Muscle Biology Group FT Physoc Symp TransPhys Group Symp Satellite Cells: External and Sexual Dimorphism, Plasticity Vasodilation in Human Systemic Influences and Genomic Diversity of the Microvessels: From Bed to Brooks/Dupont-Versteegden Paraventricular Nucleus Bench and Back Samson/Yosten Kleinbongard/Ait-Aissa W190B Resp Section Symp CEP Section FT EEP Section Symp Mechanisms Preserving Comparative Perspectives Patent Foramen Ovale: The Breathing Stability on Hypoxia Signaling and Hole Story of Environmental Watters/Braegelmann Tolerance and Exercise Physiology Scott Halliwill/Lovering

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017, cont.

Room 8:00-10:00 AM 10:30 AM-12:30 PM 2:30-4:30 PM W192B Cell Section Symp CV Section FT E&M Section Symp Glial Cell Development, Cardiovascular Control after Fighting the Fat: Lifestyle Migration, and Spinal Cord Injury Approaches to Protect Against Pathophysiology Phillips/West Adipose Tissue and Liver Gagnon/Sontheimer Dysfunction Wright W193 CNS Section Symp NCAR Section FT EEP Symp Non-motor Dysfunctions in Neural Control of the Heart: Novel Imaging Technologies in Parkinson’s Disease New Tools, New Mechanisms Reproductive Physiology Travagli Chapleau Yamaleyeva/Lindsey W194B GIL Section Symp Renal Section Symp Cell Section Flex Session Environmental, New Insights into the Omics Approaches to Microenvironmental and Regulation of Renal Blood Understanding Muscle Biology Nanoenvironmental Factors Flow in Health and Disease Burniston/Chen Which Drive Liver Disease Polichnowski/Williams Pathogenesis and Progression Pritchard W192C E&M Section FT Trainee Committee Symp Pan-American Symp Central and Peripheral Kick Start Your Funding: TBD Mechanisms Regulating Looking Beyond NIH and NSF Body Weight and Glucose Steiner/Streeter Homeostasis Zsombok W192A EEP Section FT TransPhys Group Symp ETG Group FT Exploiting Environmental Peptides and Metabolites in New Insights into Renal Stressors to Improve Health Cardiovascular Disease Transport: Application of and Performance de Castro Brás/Halade Genetic Models Minson/Romero Rieg/Fenton

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2017 Bodil M. Schmidt- 2017 A. Clifford Barger Nielsen Distinguished Mentor Underrepresented Minority and Scientists Awardee Mentorship Awardee

The Women in Physiology Com- The Porter Physiology Develop- mittee is pleased to announce ment and Minority Affairs Com- that Kurt Albertine (Universi- mittee is pleased to announce ty of Utah) is the 2017 Bodil M. that Caroline Appleyard (Ponce Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Health Sciences University) is Mentor and Scientist Award the inaugural A. Clifford Barg- recipient. For more information, er Underrepresented Minority please visit www.the-aps.org/ Mentorship Award recipient. For schmidtnielsen. ● more information, please visit Kurt Albertine Caroline Appleyard www.the-aps.org/barger. ●

Inspire the Next Generation of Physiologists Physiology Understanding Week (PhUn Week) is November 6-10, 2017

Start Planning your Event Now! Deadline: October 1st • The theme for PhUn Week is Exercise & Health. • APS provides resources to support and plan your event. • APS Members and teachers partner NOW for preliminary planning as the school year begins! • Online submission request form for PhUn Week Event planners is now open.

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National Research Mentoring Network Professional Development Offerings

2. NRMN Grantwriting Uncovered: Maximizing Strategies, Help, Opportunities, Experiences (GUMSHOE) • 3-day kick-off • ”Flipped classroom” approach where homework and lectures are done at home and the in-person meetings are highly interactive • Coaching of trainees, group meetings, grant review The National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) • Open to postdoctoral/residency trainees and Junior aims to enhance the diversity of the NIH-funded faculty research workforce. NRMN’s program models • Grant Writing Experience Requirements: None to emphasize the benefits and challenges of diversity, minimal grant writing experience required inclusivity, and culture within mentoring relationships, • Duration: 8 months and more broadly the research workforce. To do so, NRMN offers evidence-based mentorship and Options for those currently working on a grant proposal: professional development programming (Figure 1) 1. NRMN Grant Writers Coaching Group such as MyNRMN. • 2-day intensive workshop involving peer and coach MyNRMN is a powerful social networking platform reviews for students and researchers across the biomedical, • One-to-one coaching sessions behavioral, social, and clinical sciences to connect • Follow-up online weekly or bi-weekly group coaching with one another for anything from general questions sessions to support progress on the grant application about research and professional development as • Option 1: F32, K- or R-series Focus a scientist to scheduling more formal mentorship • Open to postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty appointments one-on-one or as a group. Sign up today • Grantwriting Experience Requirements: Those at goo.gl/bx6wXf. ready to write at program start; preparing new or resubmission of a NIH F32, K- or R-series NRMN offers several coaching groups for grant • Duration: 3-4 months proposal writing. Options for those who will be • Option 2: R01-A1 (Resubmission) Focus working on a grant proposal in the next year: • Who can apply? Junior faculty • Grantwriting Experience Requirements: Those ready 1. NRMN Steps Towards Academic Research to write at program start; preparing a resubmission Fellowship Program (NRMN STAR) of an NIH R01. • 35 in-person and online sessions over the course of • Duration: 3-4 months a year 2. NRMN Proposal Preparation Program (NRMN-P3) • Content begins with writing skills and grant proposal basics, such as developing a research question • 2-day kickoff with didactic sessions and group review • Open to postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty of trainees’ specific aims and biosketches • Grantwriting Experience Requirements: None to • 7 online sessions for coach and peer review of trainees’ minimal grantwriting experience required proposals in progress • Duration: 12 months • 1-day wrap up that includes a practice study section of trainees’ advanced drafts

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• Who can apply? Postdoctoral fellows transitioning into a faculty position and Junior faculty • Grantwriting Experience Requirements: Ready to write at program start; preparing new or resubmission of a NIH K-or R- series proposal • Duration: 4 months

Visit www.NRMNet.net for details and to apply. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] or contact the APS Education Office at [email protected]. ●

Figure 1. NRMN Offerings by Career Stage as of 9/2016

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

400+ awards As part of our mission to foster education, scientific research totaling and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences, $1.2 million! APS hands out more than 400 awards in the field of physiology each year totaling more than $1.2 million. Deadlines are fast approaching for a number of our awards including those for our annual Experimental Biology Meeting.

• Student/Trainee Awards • Section Awards • Society Awards • Teacher Awards

For more information and to apply, please visit the-aps.org/awards

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APS Undergraduate Sessions at EB 2017

APS Undergraduate Orientation Session All undergraduate students are invited to attend. Saturday, April 22 3:30-5:30 PM Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Regency Ballroom CDE

Come and network with other undergraduate researchers; hear great suggestions on how to get the most out of EB; get hints to make presenting your poster easier; meet the APS President and Executive Director; and meet members from the Careers, Education, and Trainee Advisory Committees.

For more information, go to www.the-aps.org/ugorient Undergraduate students get tips on presenting their posters and navigating through the EB meeting or contact Allison Hood, Project Assistant, Diversity & Higher Education Programs ([email protected]).

APS Undergraduate Poster Session Undergraduate students: Sign up to present your poster (Click the web link below to find the sign up sheet) APS Members: Come see the Future of Physiology! Sunday, April 23 4:00*-5:30 PM McCormick Place *Undergrad students should arrive at 3:30 PM to meet with graduate departments and programs

Over 150 undergraduate students will be presenting their research on a wide range of topics. Don’t miss Undergraduate students presenting their research findings to this opportunity to support undergraduate students APS members and encourage them to pursue a career in biomedical research. It’s also a great time to look for your next graduate student!

Meet the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Abstract Awardees and be among the first to discover which of those students wins the David S. Bruce Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award.

Watch the video submissions from the 2017 APS Physiology Video Contest: “Function Follows Form” and learn which among those were selected as the award winners.

For more information, go to www.the-aps.org/ugposter or contact Allison Hood, Project Assistant, Diversity & Higher Education Programs ([email protected]).

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APS Undergraduate Orientation and Poster Sessions

Graduate Program Recruitment Opportunity Graduate programs: Don’t miss the opportunity to recruit undergraduate students for your next graduate student cohort. Where you will find: • Over 125 undergraduate students presenting posters • All first authors on research abstracts for EB • Most considering a research career • Many considering graduate school

The APS Education Committee invites graduate Graduate departments and programs talk with undergraduate physiology departments to recruit graduate students students about advance degree opportunities at their institutions at this event.

Recruiters benefits: • Dedicated 30 minutes at beginning of session to interact with students before session begins (3:30-4:00 PM; food served) • Table space for distributing graduate school information (6-ft. table) • Inclusion on signage at poster session (if you purchase table by March 1) • Listing in special session program with contact information • Access to list of undergraduate students from the session who are interested in graduate school Cost: $250/table To sign up, go to www.the-aps.org/ugposter or contact Allison Hood, Project Assistant, Diversity & Higher Education Programs ([email protected], 301-634-7233). ●

APSAPS PhysiologyPhysiology VideoVideo ContestContest

Deadline for voting for Viewer’s Choice: April 22, 2017 Check out the entries for the 2017 APS Video Contest and vote for your favorite video! The video with the most “views” as of April 22 will win the Viewer’s Choice Award ($250). For links to the 2017 Viewer’s Choice videos, see the-aps.org/video (under Resources).

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APS Journals to Move to New Hosting Platform

The APS family of To be sure that the new journal websites reflect editor, journals will be moving author, and reader preferences, APS has sent a survey to the Atypon Literatum to more than 1,500 researchers and editorial board platform (https://www.atypon.com) for the hosting of members. We will incorporate this feedback into the journal content. The journals will launch on the new design and functionality of the platform. platform at the beginning of 2018. There will be much activity behind the scenes in 2017 as the migration of The decision to develop a new collaboration with a content takes place throughout the year. APS journals content host is one that has not been made lightly; it – with over 160,000 articles dating back to 1898 – have is a process in which the APS has been engaged cross- been hosted by HighWire Press for over 20 years. departmentally for the better part of 2016. The decision process included a rigorous Request for Proposal sent Atypon’s Literatum platform will enable APS to to four high-quality vendors, whose platforms and manage the publishing process with a high level of associated services were well matched to the needs flexibility and accuracy. It will offer our authors, of APS publications. Atypon is the platform of choice readers, and library patrons state-of-the-art features of many science and medical journals, including New and functionality such as: England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet (Elsevier), as • a redesigned and upgraded user experience well as the publications of the American Chemical • responsive design (optimized for any screen size) Society, Endocrine Society, and American Public • easy login as an APS member, if desired Health Association. (For a full list, see https://www. • streaming audio/video embedded in the article atypon.com/clients/featured-clients.) The APS press • enhanced and openly viewable article-level usage release can be read at http://www.the-aps.org/mm/hp/ statistics Audiences/Public-Press/2017/6.html. • ease of upgrade for future additional features • many other features designed to streamline the We will keep the APS membership posted on our author and reader experience. progress with the migration of our journal content and share the milestones along the way. ●

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Current Calls for Papers

Physiological Genomics American Journal • Browning and Beiging of Adipose • Genetics of Metabolic Syndrome of Physiology – Cell Tissue, Its Role in the Regulation Physiology • Single Cell Analysis of Energy Homeostasis and as a Submission deadline: • Cell and Molecular Physiology Potential Target for Alleviating May 31, 2017 of the Blood-Brain Barrier and Metabolic Diseases Choroid Plexus Submission deadline: Journal of Neurophysiology Submission deadline: September 30, 2017 • Mechanisms of Effects on Sleep • Working Memory: Neural June 30, 2017 Disruption on Adipocyte/Obesity Mechanisms • Cellular Pathophysiology of Metabolism and Their Relation to Submission deadline: Neurodegenerative Diseases Other Metabolic Disease December 31, 2017 Submission deadline: June 30, 2017 Submission deadline: • 50 Years of Microneurography: • Gasotransmitters September 30, 2017 Insights into Neural Mechanisms Submission deadline: • Metabolism and Signaling in Humans June 30, 2017 Functions of Amino Acids in Submissions deadline: the Regulation of Cell/Tissue December 31, 2017 • Molecular Pathways in Cell Signaling Function in Health and Disease • Control of Coordinated Submission deadline: Submission deadline: Movements June 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 Submission deadline: • Role of Adipose Tissue December 31, 2017 • Single Cell Physiology Submission deadline: Nutrient/Vitamin Metabolism • Where Are You Going? The June 30, 2017 in Physiological and Altered Neurobiology of Navigation. Metabolic Settings • Stem Cell Niche and Submission deadline: Submission deadline: Differentiation June 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 Submission deadline: • The Mouse Visual System June 30, 2017 • Endocannabinoids and Submission deadline: Cannabinoid Receptors as July 1, 2017 American Journal of Regulators of Endocrine • Central Pattern Generators Physiology – Endocrinology Functions and Tissue Metabolism Submission deadline: and Metabolism Submission deadline: July 1, 2017 September 30, 2017 • Role of Gut Microbiota and • Role of Myokines and Gut-Brain and Gut-Liver Axes Advances in Physiology Adipokines and Other Cross- in Physiological Regulation of Education Talk Mechanisms of Regulation Inflammation, Energy Balance, • Historical Perspectives and of Endocrine and Metabolic and Metabolism Living Histories Functions Submission deadline: Submission deadline: September 30, 2017 September 30, 2017 • Role of Fetal Programming and • Mitochondria Dysfunction in Epigenetic Regulation on the Aging and Metabolic Diseases Development of Endocrine and Submission deadline: Metabolic Alterations September 30, 2017 Submission deadline: September 30, 2017

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American Journal American Journal of • Oxygen Signaling of Physiology – Physiology – Lung Cellular Submission deadline: Gastrointestinal and Liver and Molecular Physiology December 31, 2017 Physiology • Electronic Cigarettes: Not All American Journal of • Gut-Brain Interactions and Brain Good News? Submission deadline: Physiology – Renal Imaging Physiology • Physiology of Gastrointestinal, October 1, 2017 Hepatic, and Pancreatic Cancer • Ion Channels and Transporters in • Imaging Techniques in Renal • Metabolomics and Physiological Lung Function and Disease (Patho)physiology Research Systems • Age-Related Dysfunction in Lung Submission deadline: • Systems Biology in Barrier Function in Health and June 30, 2017 Gastrointestinal Physiology and Disease • Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases Mediators in Kidney American Journal of Submission deadline: American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, June 30, 2017 Physiology – Heart and Integrative and • Mechanism and Treatment of Comparative Physiology Circulatory Physiology Renal Fibrosis and Treatment • Mechanisms of Exercise-Induced • AJP-Regu New Investigator Submission deadline: Amelioration of Cardiovascular Review Award June 30, 2017 Disease Submission deadline: • Renal Hemodynamics Submission deadline: June 30, 2017 Submission deadline: July 1, 2017 • G Protein-Coupled Receptor June 30, 2017 • Mining Natural Products for Signaling in Metabolic Disease • Gender and Hormones in Lower Cardiovascular Benefits Submission deadline: Urinary Tract Function Submission deadline: December 31, 2017 Submission deadline: July 1, 2017 • Hypertensive Disorders of June 30, 2017 • Heart Failure – Novel Therapeutic Pregnancy: Effects on Mother and • Transport Proteins as Regulators Pathways Emerging from Basic Baby of Blood Pressure Homeostasis Science Submission deadline: Submission deadline: Submission deadline: December 1, 2016 June 30, 2017 February 15, 2017 • Exploiting Environmental • Endothelin in Renal Physiology • Advances in Cardiovascular Factors to Improve Health and and Disease Geroscience Performance Submission deadline: Submission deadline: Submission deadline: June 30, 2017 May 1, 2017 March 31, 2017 • Model Systems for the Study of Integrative Physiology: The Rebirth of Translational Biology Submission deadline: May 1, 2017

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FASEB Launches Model Organism Database

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental ”This project puts information that has generally been Biology (FASEB) has created an online tool to help inaccessible at the fingertips of the entire research researchers find suppliers of organisms ranging from community,” explains JR Haywood, an APS member algae to mice, fruit flies, and maize. who previously served as FASEB President and now is the Chair of FASEB’s Shared Research Resources FASEB’s new Database of U.S. Providers of Research Subcommittee. Organisms (www.FASEB.org/SearchCollectionsAndProviders) makes it possible to search for stock centers, living According to Haywood, “Collections are a critical collections, and commercial providers. As of its launch component of research infrastructure, and we hope in December 2016, the database contained more this database will increase awareness.” ● than 120 entries that included academic, nonprofit, government, and commercial sources. In addition to searches by type of organism, a feature that permits queries by genus and species was being beta tested.

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Spanish Military Brings Research Mice to Canary Islands

The Spanish military has stepped in to transport a transport bans pose. Canary Island researchers told shipment of 29 transgenic mice that had been stranded ScienceInsider that as many as 30 projects on the island in Madrid for 2 months, reports ScienceInsider (http:// could be affected. Lack of access to transgenic mice www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/spanish-military- would mean that these researchers are “competing flies-lab-animals-canary-islands-after-airlines-refuse-take- at a disadvantage” with those elsewhere, Castro them-board). The mice, originally from Charles River Hernández told ScienceInsider. Laboratories, were on their way to the University of La Laguna in the Canary Islands when a blanket refusal The military flight for the mice, which was negotiated by two major airlines to transport research animals between the University La Laguna and the Spanish left them stuck on the mainland. military, does not constitute a permanent solution. The university and Spanish civil aviation authority are Animal rights groups have been pressuring commercial therefore conducting talks with several commercial airlines to stop transporting research animals with carriers. a primary focus on dogs and nonhuman primates. Currently, Air France is the only major airline that still In 2014, the American Physiological Society issued transports non-human primates for research. a policy statement affirming the importance of air transport of research animals. It is posted at http:// Javier Castro Hernández, the postdoc who ordered www.the-aps.org/AnimalTransport. ● the mice, raised the alarm about the threat these

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Congress Passes Flurry of Last-Minute Legislation

In the final days of the 114th Congress, lawmakers Cancer Moonshot, starting with $352 million in FY passed three bills that will have an impact on the 2017. The legislation recommends annual increases scientific community: a continuing resolution to for the NIH budget as a whole for the 3-year period provide funding for federal programs through April of authorization, which would bring the budget to and authorizing legislation for both the National $36.5 billion in FY 2020. These budget increases are Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science recommendations that must be implemented through Foundation (NSF). Details are provided below. the annual appropriations process. The NIH was funded at $32.3 billion in FY 2016. The Cures Act also: FY 2017 Funding • Establishes the “Next Generation Researchers After the November elections, Congress faced a Initiative” to advance the careers of new researchers December 9th deadline to finalize spending bills for • Requires the NIH Director to develop an agency- fiscal year (FY) 2017. However, in response to a request wide strategic plan from the incoming Trump administration, Congress • Outlines several measures aimed at reducing extended the continuing resolution (CR) until April regulatory and administrative burden 28, 2017 rather than passing these bills. The CR keeps • Expands the authorized use of “Other Transactions most programs at their current FY 2016 funding levels. Authority,” thereby allowing greater use of One of the few exceptions is the NIH, which will get transactions other than contracts, grants, or some additional funds in accordance with the 21st cooperative agreements. Century Cures Act, described below. NSF Reauthorization NIH Reauthorization The American Innovation and Competitiveness Act or Members of Congress had been working on a bill to AICA (S. 3084) was one of the last bills approved by the reauthorize both the NIH and the Food and Drug 114th Congress. The AICA reauthorizes NSF programs Administration (FDA) for more than 2 years. The and voices support for NSF’s merit review criteria. result was the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34), a bill It also includes provisions to reduce regulatory and that establishes new policy priorities and provides administrative burden, and provides permanent an infusion of funding for a few specific programs at authority for the Experimental Program to Stimulate the NIH. These increases are part of a new Innovation Cooperative Research (EPSCoR) program. However, Fund that will provide NIH a total of $4.79 billion unlike a typical reauthorization, the bill is silent on over the next 10 years to support the Precision what future NSF funding levels should be. ● Medicine Initiative, the BRAIN Initiative, and the

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Lucky Choices: The Story of My Life in Sciences

Jens Christian Skou cellular membranes, and more specifically how cells maintain their critically important low intracellular Copenhagen, Denmark: UPress, 2016, 255 p., kr.299.95 Na concentration (and high K) in the face of the (hardback), $31.99 (kindle) opposite situation in the extracellular milieu. Skou ISBN: 9788793060357 does an excellent job of laying out the history of the development of our current state of knowledge, and There exists a passion for comprehension. . . . Without this along the way describes the cast of scientists who passion there would be never be mathematics or natural played major roles in its development as well as his sciences. interactions with them. Skou’s identification of an – Albert Einstein ATPase activity in crab nerve membranes that was activated by the simultaneous presence of Na and K This book is a delightful read. During the last 80 ions, and its inhibition by ouabain, previously shown years or so, physiologists and biophysicists have by Schatzmann to inhibit Na and K fluxes in red led the way in providing an understanding of how blood cells, provided the key connection between ion biomembranes function and how central to all of the transport and enzymatic activity. These experiments major activities and life of the cell are the proteins were the outcome of a very important summer embedded in the membrane that surrounds them. The spent in Woods Hole, MA, studying acetylcholine- cells of higher eukaryotes depend on the maintenance esterase from squid giant axons, meeting established of large gradients of Na and K ions across their plasma scientists, and reading. An overlooked piece of work membrane for volume control, for the regulation of on membrane ATPases came to Skou’s attention, and, other cation concentrations, and at higher levels of subsequently, the lack of giant squids and abundance organization for maintaining excitability, for nutrient of crabs in Aarhus led to the critical experiments. uptake in the intestine, and for fluid and electrolyte Such serendipity is at the heart of every good story! homeostasis by the kidneys. All of these physiological This generated an entirely new field of investigation, functions center around the actions and properties of namely how a membrane protein couples the the Na-K-ATPase or sodium pump. This volume is the hydrolysis of ATP to the work of transporting ions memoir of Jens Christian Skou, who is credited with against their electrochemical potential gradients. The first identifying this protein in cell membranes and basic principles, worked out by many investigators associating it with its central importance in the active over subsequent years, apply equally to the transport transport of the most abundant monovalent cations, of Na and K, Ca, protons, and K, as well as Cu and Na and K. This discovery, marked by the award in 1997 probably other metals. This family of active transport of one-half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Skou, proteins, the P-type ATPases, has since become a provides just one of the points of interest to readers. major topic of study for physiologists and the subject The book describes Skou’s personal life, from his of many conferences, research programs, and theses. birth in 1918, his development from an enquiring and The Na pump, first characterized by Skou in 1957, can curious medical student and then physician interested now be studied at atomic resolution in structures first in anesthesia, to becoming a Nobel laureate and the solved in Aarhus, Denmark and Tokyo, Japan. founder of a field. The voice we hear throughout the memoir is a modest and humane individual, pleased Skou’s scientific growth was greatly influenced by but somewhat bemused by his fame and recognition. many international friends and colleagues, and indeed It is completely understandable that Skou is not only competitors, whose contributions are generously held in great respect by his younger Danish colleagues acknowledged. It seems as if almost everyone who but also in great affection. is a familiar name in the field of ion transport puts in an appearance in these pages. Skou’s comment The story that this volume contains is in many about his emotions on hearing of the Nobel Award are ways the story of our growing understanding of interesting and worth quoting: “Though I had opened

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up a new field of research, I did not subsequently make explicitly stated, but clearly evident, are his pride and any decisive contribution to the further understanding pleasure in describing the significant contributions of that field, and therefore doubted that I deserved the the next generation of young (and by now, not so prize even when awarded it.” He doesn’t stop there young) Danish physiologists and biophysicists have and in, I am sure what will be to the satisfaction of made to the field of ATPases. Added to this is his wise many scientists who know this field well, singled out counsel at the University of Aarhus, which he has seen Ian Glynn (whose rigorous dissection of the many grow and thrive during the times he describes as his modes of ion transport mediated by the Na pump “University responsibilities.” The memoir starts with provided a basis for coupling transport to enzyme a preamble that was originally delivered to graduating activity) and Robin Post (whose cleverly designed medical students and appropriately closes with an experiments and beautiful logic placed the central epilogue (by Dr. Bente Vilsen) on recent findings of roles of phosphorylated intermediates and occluded the involvement of Na-K-ATPase mutations in several cations at the center of our pictures of pump action) neurological diseases. for their contributions, having provided the most important information for the understanding of the Jens Christian Skou emerges as a humanitarian scientist pump mechanism. In fact he says, “I would have liked and physician who has been a truly influential presence to have shared the Nobel Prize with them.” in physiology and biophysics. He has been driven by curiosity and the desire to do good. As someone who is Skou’s memoir is not limited to the, albeit fascinating, familiar with this field and some of the scientists who scientific arena. Embedded in the intellectual activities have played a role in the story, I highly recommend Jen are the many other dimensions that have made Christian Skou’s Lucky Choices for experts, students, or the man. The important role that his wife, Ellen- anyone who loves science. ● Margrethe, and their daughters have played in his life are described, as is the delight experienced at meeting Jack H. Kaplan, PhD, FRS Benjamin Goldberg Professor & Head like-minded scientists, intent on finding out the truth University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois of things, during his foreign travels. Although not

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Assistant Professor: Skidmore College invites ap- tingent upon an acceptable background check result. plications for a full-time, 2-year faculty replacement Creative thought matters. position in health and exercise sciences for the aca- demic years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. We are partic- Assistant Professor: California State University, Sac- ularly interested in candidates from underrepresent- ramento, is seeking an Assistant Professor (tenure ed backgrounds who can contribute to the diversity track) within the Department of Kinesiology and and excellence of our academic community and have Health Science who is prepared to teach undergradu- experience teaching and mentoring a diverse student ate- and graduate-level courses in motor control and/ body. Qualifications: a PhD is preferred (ABD consid- or motor learning, participate in curriculum devel- ered); prior teaching experience is desired. The suc- opment in the Exercise Science concentration, advise cessful candidate will be able to teach several courses undergraduate and graduate students, develop a suc- from among the following: human nutrition, exercise cessful research and scholarly record, participate in testing and prescription, introduction to exercise sci- both internal and external professional service activi- ence, exercise physiology, and introduction to public ties, and demonstrate collegiality in all aspects of fac- health. Collaborative research opportunities will be ulty engagement. A doctorate in Motor Control, Neu- available and encouraged. Additional responsibili- romuscular Physiology, or related field is required; ties may include advising senior thesis projects. The with ABD, candidates considered if doctoral degree successful candidate will join an energetic and col- will be completed by August 2017. Preference will be legial department that is passionate about teaching given to candidates with a record of effective univer- and deeply engaged with research. For full consid- sity teaching, postdoctoral experience in a laboratory eration, please submit online your faculty profile, specializing in motor control and exercise, a record of curriculum vitae, a brief description of teaching peer-reviewed publications, and external grant activ- experience, and graduate transcripts. Additionally, ity in neuromuscular physiology of exercise and/or the application system will prompt you to submit exercise effects on the central nervous system, with three e-mail addresses for letters of recommendation focus in human performance, disease prevention, re- addressed to Dr. T. H. Reynolds, Chair, Health and habilitation, aging/learning, or memory, experience Exercise Sciences. All referees will be e-mailed once working with diverse student populations, ability to you’ve completed the application process. Skidmore work with graduate students through thesis super- is a liberal arts institution of approximately 2,450 vision, and knowledge of assessment/accreditation students, with 22% students of color and 259 full- (ACSM) of exercise science programs. See websites time faculty members, located in upstate New York. http://www.csus.edu/hr/jobs/index.html or http://csuca- Enthusiasm for teaching a diverse population of reers.calstate.edu/ for further information. Please di- students is essential. Review of applications begins rect questions only to Dr. Rodney Imamura, Search March 2017 and will continue until the position is Committee Chair, at (916) 278-7477; or e-mail rimamu- filled. To learn more about and apply for this posi- [email protected]. AA/EEO. Clery Act Statistics available. tion please visit us online at: https://careers.skidmore. Mandated reporter requirements. Background check edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57618. Skidmore required (including criminal). College is committed to being an inclusive campus community and, as an equal-opportunity employer, Assistant Professor: The Department of Physiolo- does not discriminate in its hiring or employment gy at Midwestern University-Glendale (http://www. practices on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, midwestern.edu/programs_and_admission/az_osteopath- gender, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or ic_medicine/physiology.html) invites applications for mental disability, military or veteran status, mari- a tenure-track faculty position in physiology at the tal status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or rank of Assistant Professor. The successful appli- expression, genetic information, predisposition or cant will participate in a team-teaching approach to carrier status, domestic violence victim status, famil- meet the needs of various healthcare graduate pro- ial status, dating violence, or stalking, or any other grams that exist on our campus. Experience teaching category protected by applicable federal, state or lo- cardiovascular, endocrine, or renal physiology is cal laws. Employment at Skidmore College is con- highly desired. Candidates whose research areas

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complement current research strengths are encour- origin, disability, or veterans status, in accord with aged to apply. Start-up funds and laboratory space 41 C.F.R. 60-1.4(a), 250.5(a), 300.5(a), and 741.5(a). are available for the applicant to establish and main- We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform tain a successful research program. Individuals must pre-employment substance abuse testing. have a PhD degree in physiology or a related field. Previous research experience at the postdoctoral lev- Assistant Professor: The Department of Biology at el is required, and prior teaching experience is pre- the University of Colorado Colorado Springs invites ferred. Preferential consideration will be given to applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor applications received by February 1, 2017. About the to start in August of 2017. Applicants must have a department: The Physiology department is composed PhD (postdoctoral research experience preferred), a of seven full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty strong commitment to teaching, and a fundable re- who share the common goal of providing a strong search agenda focusing on human subjects that can foundation in physiology education to the health be integrated into a new Sports Medicine and Per- science students at Midwestern University. The fac- formance Center (planned to open in 2019). Teach- ulty have diverse research interests, which include ing load (3-2) will be comprised of core lecture and genistein and intestinal function in diabetes and cys- lab classes within the biology and exercise science tic fibrosis, diabetes and exercise training, molecular degree programs. Special consideration will be giv- mechanisms of vocal learning in songbirds, caveolins en to individuals who can bridge at least two areas and insulin signaling, neurophysiology and evolu- of emphasis within the department, including anat- tion of vocal control, water balance in desert arthro- omy, physiology, biomechanics, genetics, or cell/ pods, and the effects of oxygen on animal physiology molecular biology. This emphasis must serve to in- and evolution. Faculty research is complemented by crease the department’s research capacity in exer- a staff of three research technicians. About the univer- cise science-related fields. The department does not sity: Midwestern University consists of campuses in have animal facilities. The University enrolls ~12,000 Illinois and Arizona. Midwestern University’s Glen- students, with ~750 undergraduate Biology majors. dale Campus is a 20-minute drive north of down- The Biology Department is dedicated to outstand- town Phoenix, where nearby you’ll find everything ing teaching and research at the undergraduate and from major league sports, fine arts, and fine dining Master’s levels (www.uccs.edu/~biology). Applicants to nature preserves, hiking, camping, and quiet spots must submit 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) where you’ll enjoy taking a break to keep your life in teaching philosophy, 4) research agenda, 5) three balance. How to apply: Applicants should apply online representative publications, 6) names and contact at www.midwestern.edu. In the Quick Links section, information of five professional references willing select “Employment at MWU,” then “Employment to provide a confidential letter of recommendation, at MWU” again off to the right of the screen, then and 7) unofficial transcripts for consideration. Addi- “click here” toward the center of the page. You may tional information and online application are avail- search for the job posting by specifying “Physiology” able at https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?- as the search term and “Arizona” for the location. job=07680&lang=en&sns_id=mailto#.WD9WT0X1yjo. Your online application should include a cover letter, mailto (job number 07680). Preference will be given curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy to those who submit these materials by February (1-2 pages), and a statement of current and future 5, 2017. Specific questions may be directed to the research goals (1-2 pages). Please include the names search committee at [email protected]. UCCS is ded- and contact information of at least three professional icated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for references. Please submit your application materials our faculty, staff, students, and visitors. To achieve as a single PDF file. For more information about this this goal, we conduct background investigations for position, contact Michael Quinlan, PhD, at mquinl@ prospective employees. The University of Colorado midwestern.edu. Midwestern University is an Equal Colorado Springs fosters equity in employment by Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that promoting diversity and assuring inclusiveness. does not discriminate against an employee or appli- cant based on race, color, religion, gender, national

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Assistant Professor: The Kinesiology Department including electrical, optical and other imaging tech- of St. Ambrose University seeks an energetic fac- niques, to monitor and modulate neural activity and ulty member for a full-time, tenure-track position structural dynamics; large-scale recording approach- to teach within the Exercise Science and Human es in animals or humans and neural encoding. 2) The- Performance and Fitness majors beginning August ories of brain function, cellular and/or large-scale 2017. Qualified applicants will possess a Doctoral models of neural circuit structure and function. 3) degree in Exercise Science or closely related field Systems biology approaches to cell signaling in neu- (ABD considered), the ability to contribute broadly rons and glia and/or developmental neurobiology, within the Exercise Science and Human Performance or large-scale studies of neural structure. A key mis- and Fitness curriculum, an exceptional commitment sion of the BRNI is to develop novel techniques and to student learning, and strong communication and technologies to increase understanding of CNS func- interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate will have tion, failure, treatment, and plasticity, and to pursue expertise to teach classes in Exercise Physiology or high-throughput study of brain mechanisms. We are Kinesiology and contribute to related areas. Respon- pursuing a major initiative to understand and modu- sibilities of this position include teaching, advising, late human brain function. Appointees for Assistant and mentoring students, serving on department and Professor are expected to hold a PhD in the position’s university committees, and implementing a scholar- field of expertise (stated above) or a closely related ship agenda involving undergraduate students. Op- field and/or MD degrees at the time of appointment, portunities also exist to teach within a developing and develop a competitive, externally funded re- Master’s program in exercise physiology. St. Am- search program with both independent and collabo- brose University is an independent, comprehensive, rative research projects. Appointees at Associate and and Catholic diocesan university firmly grounded Full Professor are expected to have a well established, in the liberal arts. An institution of 3,200 graduate extramurally funded and collaborative research pro- and undergraduate students, the University’s Core gram of national and international reputation. Appli- Values include Catholicity, integrity, the liberal arts, cations from teams of scientists will be considered. life-long learning, and diversity. See www.sau.edu Appointees are expected to contribute to the teaching for further information. Review of applications will and service missions of their home department and begin immediately and continue until the position the neuroscience program. Highly competitive start- is filled. Please apply online at https://www.sau.edu/ up packages and salaries, and modern research space human_resources/jobs and attach a cover letter, brief are available to ensure establishment and expansion teaching statement/philosophy, curriculum vita, of significant research programs. The WVU BRNI is and contact information for 3-5 professional refer- comprised of highly collaborative faculty and is pur- ences. EOE. suing a major initiative, merging new technology de- velopment and neuroscience through team science. Assistant/Associate/Full Professor: The West Virgin- We encourage applicants with bold ideas, will offer ia University Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences sufficient resources and time to launch trendsetting Institute (BRNI; http://neuroscience.wvu.edu/) in col- programs, and will reward entrepreneurship. WVU laboration with the Departments of Chemical and supports excellent core facilities and was recently el- Biomedical Engineering (2 positions), Mathematics, evated to the highest Carnegie Classification (R1) of Physics and Astronomy, Physiology and Pharmacol- research universities. Morgantown is rated as one of ogy, and Neurobiology and Anatomy, is recruiting the best small towns in the U.S., with affordable hous- six faculty in quantitative neuroscience. We will em- ing, excellent schools, a picturesque countryside, phasize large-scale experimental and computational and many outdoor activities. Interested individuals approaches to the missions of our research centers in should indicate which department(s) and expertise sensory neuroscience, stroke, addiction, and cogni- areas best fit their training, and should be qualified tive neuroscience, and emerging focus areas of neural to mentor graduate students in those departments development and neurodegeneration. We are search- and from the neuroscience program. Submit complete ing for faculty with expertise within the following curriculum vitae, a brief description of research inter- areas: 1) non-invasive or invasive technologies, ests, and the names and addresses (including e-mail)

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of three references to http://employmentservices.hr.wvu. molecular imaging, 2) cardiovascular imaging tech- edu/faculty-portal and search Keyword 04312. Senior nologies and analyses, and 3) translational cardio- faculty may provide references upon request. Only vascular imaging. Applicants will have full access to electronic application submissions will be consid- resources available through the Yale Translational Re- ered. Review of applications will begin immediately search Imaging Center, including small- and large-an- and continue until the positions are filled. For more imal surgical suite, fluoroscopy suite, 3D ultrasound, information, please contact George Spirou, PhD, 64-slice SPECT/CT, micro-SPECT/CT, micro-CT, and at [email protected], or Erica Stewart, MBA, at optical imaging, along with other institutional re- [email protected] with questions. WVU is sources, including PET/CT and MRI. Participation an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer-Minority/ in ongoing NIH-funded projects. Applications will Female/Disability/Veteran. WVU Health Sciences be encouraged from clinical, engineering, and basic Center is a tobacco-free campus. West Virginia Univer- science departments, with particular attention to the sity is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for recruitment of minority, disabled, and disadvantaged gender equity. candidates. Candidate fellows must hold either a MD and/or PhD. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or Postdoctoral Fellowship: A Postdoctoral Research hold green card. Please contact Albert Sinusas, MD Fellow position is available in the Department of for more information. Office: 203-785-5005; e-mail: Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont [email protected]. Larner College of Medicine in the Cipolla Lab. The Cipolla Lab studies cerebral hemodynamics and vas- Postdoctoral Fellowship: A Postdoctoral Research cular function during ischemic stroke with a focus Fellow position is available in the Tufts Medical Cen- on translational aspects, including reperfusion injury ter Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, in the and collaterals. A variety of in vivo and in vitro ex- Blanton laboratory. The Blanton laboratory studies perimental approaches are used to study brain blood basic signaling mechanisms underlying the patho- flow, cerebrovascular reactivity, vascular remodeling, physiology of pathological cardiac remodeling, as and how these impact stroke outcome. Qualified can- well as mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in heart didates will hold a PhD, MD/PhD, or equivalent in failure. Our laboratory employs a variety of in vitro, physiology, pharmacology, neuroscience, or a related cell culture, and in vivo techniques, including sig- field and be highly motivated for a career in science. naling studies, cardiac myocyte culture, resistance This position is funded by the NIH, and a competitive vessel myography, and invasive hemodynamic mea- salary will be offered. Prior experience in cerebral he- surements. Candidates will hold a PhD, MD/PhD, modynamics and/or animal models of stroke or cere- or equivalent in biology, have excellent writing and brovascular disease is desirable. Please send cover communications skills, and have a commitment to a letter, CV, and list of 3 references with contact infor- career in cardiovascular science. Prior experience in mation by e-mail to Marilyn J. Cipolla, PhD (e-mail: molecular biology and animal physiology is desirable. [email protected]). Women and minorities are Please send cover letter, CV, and references by email encouraged to apply. to Robert Blanton ([email protected]) and cc Debbie Slater ([email protected]). We Postdoctoral Fellowship: Postdoctoral research fel- encourage women and underrepresented minorities lowship available July 2017 on NIH-funded T32 train- to apply. ing grant focused on providing multi-disciplinary multi-modality training in molecular and translation- Postdoctoral Fellowship: Two postdoctoral research al cardiovascular imaging for highly qualified fellows opportunities are available with the 711th Air Force holding either a MD and/or PhD in preparation for Research Lab-Human Performance Wing (AFRL- academic careers as independent investigators in the HPW), located in Dayton, OH. U.S. Citizenship is highly clinically relevant field of cardiovascular im- REQUIRED. This opportunity supports the Air Force aging. Postdoctoral fellowship training will be 2-3 Research Lab’s research efforts in advancing our un- years in duration. There are three primary research derstanding of the biological mechanisms of human focuses in the postdoctoral training: 1) cardiovascular performance. The overarching scientific question

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that drives our research is the following: “How do visit www.orau.org/Maryland and select “Search Open individuals adapt and what are the biological mech- Projects,” then keyword search project. ID number: anisms that facilitate adaptation?” This research ex- AFRL-1144278543. For any questions, please e-mail plores how environmental conditions (stress, exer- [email protected] or call 410-306-9200. cise, diet, electroceuticals) interact with biological mechanisms to modulate physiological functions. Postdoctoral Fellowship: Postdoctoral position is We utilize a variety of techniques (e.g., immunohis- immediately available in the laboratory of Dr. Ayako tochemistry, neurobehavioral assays, brain stimula- Makino at the University of Arizona. Area of research tion, behavioral genetics models, sequencing, bioin- focuses on the vascular complication in diabetes, in formatics) to advance our understanding in this area. particular cell-cell communication, mitochondrial The integration of these methods allows us to tackle function, and calcium handling in the endoplasmic re- challenging problems that require multiple skill sets, ticulum in endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Suc- various disciplines, and creative approaches. The cessful candidate must have a PhD in the biomedical primary projects include 1) the biological signatures sciences, MD or equivalent degree. A strong record of of performance and 2) the biological mechanisms of productivity in cardiovascular physiology [dissection brain modulation. The first of these projects is fo- of arterioles from mice, isometric tension measure- cused on the identification of novel biological signa- ment, evaluation of cardiac function (i.e., LVSP, RVSP, tures that are predictive of stress resilience/suscepti- EF), and cell isolation] is required. The postdoctor- bility and adaptability. The second project is focused al fellow’s responsibilities will include conducting on the identification of the neurobiological pathways physiological and molecular biological experiments by which non-invasive electroceuticals (e.g., transcra- using dissected vessels from mouse and vascular cells nial direct current stimulation; tDCS) affect the brain freshly isolated from the tissue, analyzing research and impact behavior. One of the exciting parts about data using different computer software, generation this work is that brain stimulation is able to induce of preliminary data for grant applications, writing adaptation factors that result in enhanced synaptic drafts of manuscripts, coordinating with other inves- plasticity, giving us an experimental model to test lo- tigators for lab research, maintaining the function of cal adaptation mechanisms within the brain that are lab equipment, and managing the lab research record critical for human performance. Both projects involve (including methodological approaches and animal rodent models and can involve translational research protocols). Interested applicants should send a CV, a in human subjects. This position will support current letter of interest, and the names and contact informa- efforts and will also be involved with the design of tion for three references through http://uacareers.com/ new experiments to advance the research mission of postings/15844 (posting number: P20317). Review of the Air Force Research Laboratory. Applicants are ex- applicants is ongoing, and the position will remain pected to have a strong background in physiology and open until filled. The University of Arizona is an research experience in endocrinology; neuroscience Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. and/or molecular biology is preferred. Characteristic duties and responsibilities are listed below. Primary Postdoctoral Fellowship: A postdoctoral fellow po- responsibilities: 1) design and lead the execution of sition is available in the area of Spinal Cord Injury research studies; 2) propose new research ideas to in the laboratory of Dr. Lique Coolen at the Uni- advance ongoing research projects; 3) complete wet versity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. lab experiments and acquire new techniques and The goal of the federally funded research project is skills to support research team efforts (e.g., RNAseq, to develop strategies for restoring deficits in sexual synaptoneurosome isolations, exosome characteri- and bladder function following chronic spinal cord zations); 4) analyze data, prepare figures, and write injury in rodent paradigms. Studies utilize neuro- manuscripts, proposals, protocols, and presentations. anatomical, pharmacological, and chemogenetic Additional responsibilities: 1) assist with current ongo- approaches in combination with electrophysiolog- ing research efforts (animal/human studies, wet lab ical nerve and muscle recordings. Candidates (PhD procedures); 2) conduct literature reviews; 3) teach or MD) must have solid experience with contem- lab techniques and procedures to others. To apply, porary techniques, preferably with emphasis in

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neuroscience, physiology, immunology, or vascular Postdoctoral Studies. Applicants should send a cover biology. Expertise with rodent surgery, neuroanato- letter including a brief statement of research interests my, or physiological recordings is preferred. Suitable and career goals, curriculum vitae, and the names of candidates must also have excellent organization- three references to Dr. Lique Coolen at lcoolen@umc. al and communication skills, be enthusiastic about edu. All postdoctoral appointments are designated as their work, and be highly motivated to succeed. The security-sensitive positions. The University of Missis- selected candidates will receive training in a highly sippi Medical Center is an Equal Employment Oppor- collaborative environment and state-ofthe-art­ facil- tunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. ● ities. Salaries are competitive, and additional train- ing opportunities are available through the Office for

Meetings and Conferences

Experimental Biology 2017 April 22–26, 2017 • Chicago, Illinois

APS Conference: Cardiovascular Aging, New Frontiers and Old Friends August 11–14, 2017 • Westminster, Colorado

APS Conference: Physiological Bioenergetics: Mitochondria from Bench to Bedside August 27–30, 2017 • San Diego, California

APS Conference: Physiological and Pathophysiological Consequences of Sickle Cell Disease November 6–8, 2017 • Washington, DC

APS is also participating in the following meeting IUPS 38th World Congress: Rhythms of Life August 1–5, 2017 • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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2017 August 1-5 IUPS 38th World Congress: Rhythms of Life, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Information: Internet: http://iups2017.com/ April 1-4 28th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, August 11-14 Metabolism and Function and the 13th International Conference on Quantification of Brain Function with APS Conference: Cardiovascular Aging, New Frontiers PET, Berlin, Germany. Information: Internet: http://www. and Old Friends, Westminster, CO. Information: brain2017.net Internet: http://www.the-aps.org/cvaging

April 22-26 August 27-30 2017 Experimental Biology, Chicago, IL. Information: APS Conference: Physiological Bioenergetics: Internet: http://apsebmeeting.org/ Mitochondria from Bench to Bedside, San Diego, CA. Information: Internet: http://www.the-aps.org/ bioenergetics; #Bioenergetics17 May 13-14 50 Years of Comparative Biochemistry: The Legacy of November 6-8 Peter Hochachka, Winnipeg, Canada. Information: Internet: https://www.csz-sczca/storage/app/media/PWH APS Conference: Physiological and Pathophysiological %20Symposium%20Webpage%20second%20 Consequences of Sickle Cell Disease, Washington, DC. announcement.pdf Information: Internet: http://www.the-aps.org/sicklecell; #SickleCell17 May 27-June 1 International Neuromodulation Society 13th World 2018 Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland. Information: internet: http://www.neuromodulation.com/ins-congress April 21-25 June 27-29 Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA. Measuring Animal Welfare and Applying Scientific Advances - Why is it still so difficult? Surrey, United October Kingdom. Information: Internet: http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ The 17th International Biochemistry of Exercise symposium2017 Conference (IEBC), Beijing, China. Information: Organized by the Chinese Association of Exercise July 8-13 Physiology and Biochemistry International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) 2017 Congress, Berlin, Germany. Information: Internet: http://www.isth2017.org

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