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Saturday, April 22, 2024

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• Curricular Innovation in Sex and Gender Based Medical Physiology Education
  Education Committee — Chair: Karie Scrogin
  
  

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Pre-EB Meeting of the Epithelial Transport Group Young Investigators Symposium
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair:
  
  

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• President's Symposium: (Not) Lost in Translation: Bridging the Gaps Between Microcirculatory Basic Science and Clinical Science
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: William M Chilian
  
  

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Why Scientific Rigor Matters and Ways to Improve It
  Science Policy Committee — Chair: Roy L Sutliff
  
  
• Choosing the Right Diet for Your Animal Model (Cosponsored by American Society for Nutrition and Supported by Research Diets, Inc.)
  Techniques Workshop Program — Chair: Kay Lund
  
  
• Depression and its effects on microvascular function and vascular adaptation
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Paul Chantler
  
  
• Small GTPases: Basic Science to Translational Research
  American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) — Chair: Yutong Zhao
  
  

1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

• Fourth Annual Physiological Genomics Group Conference
  Physiological Genomics Group — Chair:
  
  

2:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• WEH Trainee Award Finalists and Data Diuresis (Supported by Data Sciences International, Inc., Portland Press and the Juan Carlos Romero Fund)
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair:
  
  

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Creative Science Communications through Improv
  Communications Committee — Chair: Barb E. Goodman
  
  
• DATA NCARnation
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Amanda Ross
  
  

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• New Insights into Insulin Resistance-Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications
  American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) — Chair: Sharma Prabhakar
  
  
• Using Ultrasound to Teach Cardiovascular Physiology and Anatomy (Cosponsored by American Association of Anatomists)
  Techniques Workshop Program — Chair: Dee Silverthorn
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

• Investigating Microvascular Physiology and Pathophysiology using Novel Techniques
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Karen Y Stokes
  
  

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

• Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Memorial Award Lecture (Supported by Sucampo AG)
  APS — Chair:
  
  

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

• MCS POSTER RECEPTION
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Dwayne Jackson
  
  

Sunday, April 23, 2024

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• A Roadmap for the Future of Exercise Science: Key Research Directions
  American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) — Chair: Claude Bouchard
  
  
• Cardiac sensory afferents: The cornerstone for autonomic reflex processing in health and disease
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Kalyanam Shivkumar
  
  
• From Cancer-Causing Villain to Health-Promoting Hero: Taking a U-turn on Dietary Nitrite and Nitrate? (Cosponsored by American Society for Nutrition)
  Nutrition Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Carl Keen
  
  
• Inclusive Practices for Diverse Student Populations
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: Kathryn M.S. Johnson
  
  
• John Forte GIL Section Distinguished Abstract Plenary Session
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Jennifer K. Uno
  
  
• Mathematical Modeling of Cardiac Excitability and Arrhythmias
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Thomas Hund
  
  
• Renal Section Young Investigator Award Featured Topic
  Renal Section — Chair: Oleh Pochynyuk
  
  
• SIRT1 in muscle health and disease
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Vladimir Ljubicic
  
  
• Sex Differences in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Eric J. Belin de Chantemele
  
  
• Stress and physiological responses throughout life
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Jennifer Pollock
  
  
• Translation Physiology Showcase: Focus on Sex differences in Obesity and Blood Pressure, Developmental Programming, and Women's Health
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Paul J. Marvar
  
  

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section Supported by ADInstruments
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair:
  
  

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• APS President's Symposium Series: Research Advances in Sex/Gender and Developmental Programming of Chronic Diseases. Sex Differences in Physiology and Pathophysiology
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: Minolfa C. Prieto
  
  
• Cerebral function of permanent residents of high altitude: problems and solutions
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Erica Heinrich
  
  
• Mining protein-protein interactions to study renal transporter regulation
  Renal Section — Chair: Guangping Chen
  
  
• NCAR Young Investigator Awards
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Colin Young
  
  
• Nitric Oxide Pathway Modulation for Therapeutic Intervention and Exercise Enhancement
  Physiologists in Industry Committee — Chair: John Mattson
  
  
• The role of ribosome biogenesis in skeletal muscle hypertrophy
  Muscle Biology Group — Chair: John J. McCarthy
  
  
• Trainee Highlights in Physiological Genomics
  Physiological Genomics Group — Chair: Michael Flister
  
  
• Vascular-mediated mechanisms of cognition and the role of exercise
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Tracy Baynard
  
  
• Ventilatory control and function following perinatal insults
  Respiration Section — Chair: E. Fiona Bailey
  
  
• Women in Physiology Committee Symposium 2017: Choosing the right lab and personnel for your career
  Women in Physiology Committee — Chair: Karen L Edelblum
  
  

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Tang Prize Award
  Tang Foundation — Chair:
  
  

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair:
  
  

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

• MCS Landis Award Lecture
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair:
  
  
• WEH New Investigator Award Lecture Supported by Data Sciences International
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair:
  
  

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• CEPS Trainee-Driven Featured Topic
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Cornelia E. Fanter
  
  
• Cellular Mechanisms of Stress and Inflammation
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Jennifer Bomberger
  
  
• Epigenetic Regulation of Lung Development, Injury, and Repair
  Respiration Section — Chair: Lynette Kay Rogers
  
  
• Hypoglycemia: Neural Pathways of the Glucose Counter-Regulatory Response, Hypoglycemia Unawareness and its Treatment
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Tony J. Verberne
  
  
• Immune Cells Involved in Cardiovascular Disease (Supported by Clinical Science)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Brett Mitchell
  
  
• Ion Channel Modulation: Contributions to Autonomic Dysfunction in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Qinghui Chen
  
  
• MicroRNAs in Kidney and Epithelial Transport Physiology, Development and Disease
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Johannes Loffing
  
  
• Single Cell Analysis and Genomic Approaches
  Physiological Genomics Group — Chair: Hilary Coller
  
  
• Stressing the Beta Cell: The Good and The Bad
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: John Corbett
  
  

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair:
  
  

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

• MCS BUSINESS MEETING
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: William Chillian
  
  

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

• Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lecture
  APS — Chair:
  
  

Monday, April 24, 2024

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair:
  
  

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• Advances in Renal Physiology I
  Renal Section — Chair: Pablo Ortiz
  
  
• Brown fat vs skeletal muscle as metabolic targets: activation of thermogenesis or glucose oxidation
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Michael Symonds
  
  
• Hypertension and Sodium Homeostasis-Developing Concepts
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Kathryn Sandberg
  
  
• Innovation in Teaching
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: David Lee Osborne
  
  
• PhysIological adaptation to hypoxia and high altitudes
  Hypoxia Group — Chair: Rodrigo Iturriaga
  
  
• Post-transcriptional regulation of intestinal homeostasis: stem cells to cancer (Cosponsored by AJP: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Kathryn (Kate) Hamilton
  
  
• Publishing 101: How to Get Your Work Published and Avoid Ethical Minefields
  Publications Committee — Chair: Curt D Sigmund
  
  
• Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-Like Proteins in Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Noah Weisleder
  
  
• Vascular autophagy and endothelial cell nitric oxide generation
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: J David Symons
  
  

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• Sympathetic Nerves and Inflammation: The Pro and the Anti
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Robin McAllen
  
  

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• Solomon Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Joeseph T. Brozinick
  
  

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• Neural and Hormonal Modulation of Fluid Balance and Ion Homeostasis in Health and Disease
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Juan Gao
  
  
• APS President's Symposium Series: Research Advances in Sex/Gender and Developmental Programming of Chronic Diseases. Women's Health Research
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: Suttira (Joy) Intapad
  
  
• Adipose Tissue and the Cardiovascular System: Interactions with Sleep and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Naima Covassin
  
  
• Cardioprotection: The Carl J. Wiggers Award Featured Topic
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Gerd Heusch
  
  
• Cell Biology of Digestive Diseases
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Natasha T Snider
  
  
• Circumventricular Organs: a blood-brain interface for modulation of cardiovascular and immune function and fluid and electrolyte balance
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Song Yao
  
  
• Consequences of physiological stressors on the development and function of the cardiovascular system
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Todd Gillis
  
  
• Respiratory Control: Beyond the Diaphragm
  Respiration Section — Chair: David D Fuller
  
  
• Steve Hebert Lecture Featured Topic
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Ina M. Schiessl
  
  
• The Many Facets of a Teaching Career
  Careers in Physiology Committee — Chair: Clintoria R. Williams
  
  

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair:
  
  

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

• Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section
  Renal Section — Chair: Paul Welling
  
  
• Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
  CNS Section — Chair:
  
  

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• New animal models and their utility for WEH research
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Andrey Sorokin
  
  
• Emerging Concepts in the Local Regulation of Blood Flow
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Julie Freed
  
  
• Engineering for Health: Integrating Engineering and Physiology to Combat Disease
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Gina L.C. Yosten
  
  
• Examining the changing landscape of course delivery and student learning.
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: Patricia A. Halpin
  
  
• Intermittent hypoxia: Molecular, integrative, and clinical implications
  Hypoxia Group — Chair: Anna Svatikova
  
  
• Novel genetic risk factors and early-pregnancy mechanisms contributing to preeclampsia
  Physiological Genomics Group — Chair: Justin L Grobe
  
  
• Sleep, Circadian Clocks and Metabolism
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Eve Van Cauter
  
  
• The Emerging Role of Lipids in Lung Physiology and Disease
  Respiration Section — Chair: Wolfgang M. Kuebler
  
  
• Transport Proteins and Cellular Signaling in Choroid Plexus Epithelia
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Bonnie Blazer-Yost
  
  

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• CNS Erlanger Minisymposium
  CNS Section — Chair:
  
  

Tuesday, April 25, 2024

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• Advances in Renal Physiology II
  Renal Section — Chair: Edward Inscho
  
  
• Atttaching Physiology to the Genome: Spotlight on Cardiovascular Genetics
  American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) — Chair: Erica Davis
  
  
• Autophagy: driver of microbiome composition and intestinal homeostasis
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Arianne L Theiss
  
  
• Brain Secrets Revealed by Optogenetics/Chemogenetics Approaches
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Kamal Rahmouni
  
  
• Developmental Programming of Vertebrate Health and Disease by Hypoxia
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Gina Galli
  
  
• Embracing the heterogeneity of lung injury: a bedside to bench to bedside perspective
  Respiration Section — Chair: Steven Dudek
  
  
• Exercise training versus metformin for the treatment of cardiometabolic diseases
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: William G Schrage
  
  
• Ion Channels and Transporters in Health and Disease
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Kirk Hamilton
  
  
• Neuroglial interactions in health and disease
  CNS Section — Chair: Brian Gulbransen
  
  
• Novel insights in vascular pathophysiology
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Brant Isakson
  
  

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
  Respiration Section — Chair:
  
  

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• New Insights Into the Role of Hypothalamic Peptides in the Control of Appetite and Energy Balance
  CNS Section — Chair: James Blevins
  
  
• Regulation of glomeruli physiological function: podocytes and beyond
  Renal Section — Chair: Daria Ilatovskaya
  
  
• APS President's Symposium Series: Research Advances in Sex/Gender and Developmental Programming of Chronic Diseases. Developmental Programming of Diseases
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: Barbara Alexander
  
  
• Impact of Dairy Based Nutritional Interventions on Cardiometabolic Health
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Lacy Alexander
  
  
• Kaley Lecture Featured Topic: The Complications of Diabetes and the Role of Inflammation: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Ann Marie Schmidt
  
  
• Mechanisms and Influences on Cell Signaling
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Roger T. Worrell
  
  
• Mechanisms of Stiffening in Large and Small Vessels: From the Cytoskeleton to the Extracellular Matrix
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Luis Martinez-Lemus
  
  
• Sex, Stress and Epigenetic Contributions in Autonomic Regulation
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Srinivas Sriramula
  
  
• Sodium Homeostasis in Metabolic Syndrome: Sorting out New and Old Players
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Carolyn Ecelbarger
  
  
• The Hot Zone: Skeletal Muscle Changes Caused by Hyperthermia and Heat Stress
  Muscle Biology Group — Chair: Josh Selsby
  
  

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• History of Physiology Lecture
  History of Physiology Group — Chair:
  
  

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair:
  
  

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

• August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section Supported by Novo Nordisk Fonden
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair:
  
  
• Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair:
  
  

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• Role of CNS osmosensory networks in the regulation of cardiovascular function in health and disease.
  CNS Section — Chair: Javier E Stern
  
  
• Central GLP-1 receptors in the regulation of energy homeostasis
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Wolfgang Langhans
  
  
• Central neuromodulation in the control of breathing
  Respiration Section — Chair: Alfredo J Garcia
  
  
• Exercise Intolerance in Metabolic, Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Diseases: Did We Forget the Brain?
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Patrice Brassard
  
  
• Hans Ussing Lecture Featured Topic
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Janet Klein
  
  
• Multi-omics to Study the Cellular Pathophysiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Cosponsored by AJP - Cell Physiology)
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Sanjay Pimplikar
  
  
• Sex differences in diabetes, obesity and blood pressure control
  Sex/Gender Research Interest Group — Chair: Georgios Kararigas
  
  
• The integrated physiological response to heat stress in vulnerable populations.
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Michael Sawka
  
  
• Twenty Years of Physiological Genomics
  History of Physiology Group — Chair: Michael R. Garrett
  
  

5:45 PM - 7:30 PM

• APS Business Meeting
  APS — Chair:
  
  

Wednesday, April 26, 2024

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• Central and peripheral mechanisms regulating body weight and glucose homeostasis
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Andrea Zsombok
  
  
• Environmental, microenvironmental and nanoenvironmental factors which drive liver disease pathogenesis and progression (Cosponsored by AJP: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Michele T Pritchard
  
  
• Exploiting environmental stressors to improve health and performance
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Christopher T. Minson
  
  
• Glial Cell Development, Migration, and Pathophysiology
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Kenneth Gagnon
  
  
• Mechanisms preserving breathing stability
  Respiration Section — Chair: Jyoti Watters
  
  
• Mitochondrial Physiology in Cardiovascular Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: John W. Calvert
  
  
• Non-motor dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease
  CNS Section — Chair: R Alberto Travagli
  
  
• Organelle Dysfunction in Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Lysosomes and Beyond
  Respiration Section — Chair: Larissa Shimoda
  
  
• Satellite Cells: External and systemic influences
  Muscle Biology Group — Chair: Naomi Brooks
  
  
• The Impact of Exosomes on Muscle Atrophy, Hypertrophy and Myogenesis
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Xiaonan H Wang
  
  
• The Modulation of Aging through Altered Proteostasis (Joint Symposium of Physoc and APS)
  The Physiological Society-UK (PHYSOC) — Chair: Benjamin Miller
  
  

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• Blood Doping: Physiology, Pharmacology and Detection Challenges (Cosponsored by Journal of Applied Physiol)
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Larry Bowers
  
  
• Cardiovascular Control after Neurological Injury (Supported by Vancouver Coastal Hlth. Res. Inst.)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Aaron A Phillips
  
  
• Comparative perspectives on hypoxia signaling and tolerance
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Graham Scott
  
  
• Inflammation and immunity and heart disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Ganesh Halade
  
  
• Kick Start your funding: Looking beyond NIH and NSF
  Trainee Advisory Committee — Chair: Jennifer Steiner
  
  
• MiRNA Regulation of the Mitochondrion in Cardiovascular Disease (Sponsored by AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: John Hollander
  
  
• Neural Control of the Heart: New Tools, New Mechanisms
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Mark W. Chapleau
  
  
• New insights into the regulation of renal blood flow in health and disease
  Renal Section — Chair: Aaron Polichnowski
  
  
• Peptides and Metabolites in Cardiovascular Disease
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Lisandra E. de Castro Brás
  
  
• Sexual Dimorphism, Plasticity and Genomic Diversity of the Paraventricular Nucleus
  The Physiological Society-UK (PHYSOC) — Chair: Gina L.C. Yosten
  
  

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

• Fighting the Fat: Lifestyle Approaches to Protect Against Adipose Tissue and Liver Dysfunction
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: David Wright
  
  
• Hydration and Vasopressin Beyond the Kidney (Supported by Danone Research)
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Stavros Kavouras
  
  
• Leptin beyond appetite regulation
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Prachi Singh
  
  
• Mechanisms of Hypertension Risk
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Carmen De Miguel
  
  
• New Insights into Epithelial Transport: Application of Genetic Models
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Timo Rieg
  
  
• Novel Imaging Technologies in Reproductive Physiology (Supported by FujiFilm VisualSonics, Inc.)
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Liliya M. Yamaleyeva
  
  
• Omics approaches to understanding muscle biology
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Jatin George Burniston
  
  
• Patent Foramen Ovale: The Hole Story Environmental and Exercise Physiology
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Andrew Lovering
  
  
• Vasodilation in human microvessels: from bed to bench and back
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Petra Kleinbongard
  
  

2:30 PM - 4:40 PM

• New Concepts of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
  Pan-American Societies (SFiB) — Chair: Maria Jose Campagnole-Santos
  
  

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

• APS Nobel Prize Award Lecture
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: