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EQUIPMENT CERTIFIED FOR HUMAN CONNECTION UK • GERMANY • USA • BRAZIL • CHILE • INDIA • JAPAN • CHINA • MALAYSIA • NEW ZEALAND • AUSTRALIA LabTutor4PhysiologyAd280x200.indd 1 25/1/10 12:10:49 PM PHYSIOLOGY NEWS Editorial 3 The Society’s dog. ‘Rudolf Magnus Meetings gave me to Charles Sherrington, who Towards an understanding of the enteroendocrine system 4 gave me to Henry Dale, who gave Sensory processing: from transduction to behaviour me to The Physiological Society in Frank Sengpiel, Richard Apps, Bridget Lumb 5 October 1942’ An introductory workshop on human and clinical physiological techniques Stuart Goodall, Angela Atalla, Mary Morrell 6 Published quarterly by The Physiological Society Techniques Contributions and queries Hierarchical clustering of multidimensional data Senior Production Editor Patricia de Winter 8 Jill Berriman Letter from America Editorial Administrator To study motion, how closely must you live with it? Maev Fitzpatrick Joanna Offord 12 The Physiological Society Publications Office Science News and Views PO Box 502, Cambridge CB1 0AL, UK Leptin receptor regulation – links to obesity? Lynda Williams, Tel: +44 (0)1223 400180 Ruben Nogueiras 14 Fax: +44 (0)1223 246858 Does activity in the lateral cerebellum reflect predictive Email: [email protected] control of visually guided movements? Nadia Cerminara 16 Website: www.physoc.org Prometheus’ giblets Buel Rodgers 19 Magazine Editorial Board Bloodless revolution Caroline Pond 21 Editor Exercise-induced lipid mobilization in humans: the role of Austin Elliott catecholamines revisited Max Lafontan, Vladimir Stich 24 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Work against gravity: in search of the molecular switch for Members mechano-regulated muscle plasticity Martin Flück 28 Angus Brown Noticeboard 30 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Letters to the Editor 30 Patricia de Winter Memorable physiologists University College London, London, UK John Zachary Young – invitation to the dance Fabio DeSio, Sarah Hall Andrew Packard 32 Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK From the archives Austin Elliott 35 Unbelievable! 36 Munir Hussain University of Bradford, Bradford, UK Society of Biology Mark Downs 37 Society John Lee Should The Physiological Society accredit university courses? Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, UK Mike Collis 38 Thelma Lovick Reports University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Royal Society Seminar – Science collaboration in a multi-polar Samantha Passey world Liz Bell 39 Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, UK Royal Society Policy Lab – The future in your brain Liz Bell 40 Foreign Correspondents Gareth Roberts Science Council Lecture Liz Bell 40 John Hanrahan Science for Humanity McGill University, Montreal, Canada Thailand water project: using scientific knowledge to alleviate John Morley poverty Anu Devi, C Uy 42 University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia Ask a physiologist! 43 Education Fiona Randall Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Physiology core curriculum Richard Dyball 44 Japan In vivo pharmacology and physiology techniques: acting to © 2010 The Physiological Society increase awareness and understanding Richard Apps 45 ISSN 1476-7996 (Print) A year in industry Laura Corns 46 ISSN 2041-6512 (Online) Cardiff University Physiological Society Stuart Hanmer, James Selvey 47 The Physiological Society is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee: No 323575. The resounding success of a new undergraduate initiative Registered office: PO Box 11319, London WC1X WQ. Ania Szmuksta 48 Registered Charity: No 211585. Exercise physiology sixth form workshop Jayne Hastings 49 Printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd Young Physiologists’ Symposium Steve Thomson 50 Affiliate news Industrial experience – a stepping-stone on the pathway to career success? Sam Passey 51 The Society’s journals Experimental Physiology 52 The Journal of Physiology 54 New Council Member 55 Obituaries Cover image: The original drawing of the John Spence Gillespie Ian McGrath 56 Advancing the science of life rabbit in Life of Mammals by JZ Young, p.34. PHYSIOLOGY NEWS Action points Guidelines for contributors In this issue Grants These guidelines are intended to assist Welcome to the first Physiology News The Society offers funding through authors in writing their contributions of a new decade. the following grant schemes: and to reduce the subsequent editing process. 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