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THE WORLD in HER SIGHTS Astronaut and Comparative Physiologist Jessica Meir Talks About Her Adventure Off the Planet Physioscape Art Contest THE PhysiologistJULY 2020 MAGAZINE HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DISRUPTED PHYSIOLOGY LABS AND RESEARCH 16 MEET NEW APS PRESIDENT LINDA SAMUELSON 34 THE WORLD IN HER SIGHTS Astronaut and comparative physiologist Jessica Meir talks about her adventure off the planet PhysioScape Art Contest YOUR 2D ART Express your Research- based and HERE perspective Interpretive and creativity. Artwork Enter our APS inaugural art Members competition Only for the chance to have your physiology- themed art AUG. 31 displayed at APS Submission Deadline headquarters. Submit Your Original Artwork physiology.org/physioscape Wall Art Contest Flyer.indd 1 3/10/2020 4:14:14 PM CONTENTS FEATURES 16 26 22 34 16 26 Idle Labs Flying High The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically disrupted Three physiologists share their adventures physiology labs and research, forcing scientists studying science at high altitudes. to grapple with a common theme: uncertainty. BY HEATHER BOERNER BY DARA CHADWICK 22 34 The World in Her Sights GI Success What’s it like to live and work on the International Meet Linda Samuelson: physiologist, teacher, Space Station? Astronaut and comparative opera fan, cyclist and 93rd president of APS. physiologist Jessica Meir talks about BY MELANIE PADGETT POWERS her adventure off the planet. BY STACY BROOKS AND DENNIS BROWN, PHD JULY 2020 | THE PHYSIOLOGIST MAGAZINE 1 CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS BASELINE 4 No Room for Racism IN REVIEW 8 COVID-19 Talk on Twitter LAB NOTES MENTORING Q&A 14 10 Student Support How to help students struggling in your program. TRANSPORT 40 Career successes and milestones POLICY IQ of APS members. 12 Pandemic Upends Postdoctoral Training OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS POLICY IQ 41 Our list of featured job opportunities. 13 Let Lawmakers Know 9 How the Pandemic Affects Research DATES & DEADLINES 41 Calls for awards and papers and UNDER THE MICROSCOPE conference deadlines. 14 Rapid Fire Q&A Scott D. Kirkton, PhD, shares why he became a scientist, the ironic NEWS FROM THE FIELD thing he was scared of as a kid and 42 Meet Heddwen Brooks, PhD, the how grasshoppers got him out of new editor-in-chief of the American a speeding ticket. Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. Scott D. Kirkton, PhD, is elected 10 incoming chair of the Section Advisory Committee. New section leaders announced. Michigan Physiological Society creates virtual poster session. LAST WORD 44 Resilience: A Route to Restart Science Caroline Appleyard, PhD, FAPS, shares thoughts and lessons learned on 44 dealing effectively with adversity and starting up again. 2 THE PHYSIOLOGIST MAGAZINE | JULY 2020 NEW TEXTBOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY A vailable on Amazon, this book explores the mechanisms that govern the function of nerve, muscle and secretory cells. The laws of diffusion, electricity and mass action are explained and applied to elucidate how cells establish a resting membrane potential, achieve osmotic balance, generate action potentials, initiate secretion and control muscle contraction. Results from a number of historically important experiments are included and discussed. The main text also includes a two-chapter introduction to Python, which is an easy-to-learn modern programming language. 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