APS Schedule by Day

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Saturday, April 21, 2024

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• 2018 Refresher Course on GI Physiology: Not Just the Gut Anymore (Supported by APS Strategic Partner ADInstruments)
  Education Committee — Chair: Jennifer M Sasser
  
  

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• ETG Pre-Meeting
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair:
  
  

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

• MCS President's Symposium: Biomedical Engineering Approches for Studying the Microcirculation
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Shayn Peirce-Cottler
  
  

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

• Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Preclinical Animal Research Design
  Animal Care and Experimentation Committee — Chair: Daniel Michele
  
  
• Bench to Bedside Approaches to Human Disease
  American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) — Chair: Cherry Wongtrakool
  
  

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Cerebromicrovascular Mechanisms in Cognitive Impairment: From Aging to Neurodegeneration
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Zoltan Ungvari
  
  
• Sex and Age as Biological Variables in Physiology Research
  Techniques Workshop Program — Chair: Gina Yosten
  
  

1:00 PM - 5:15 PM

• 5th Annual Physiological Genomics Conference
  Physiological Omics Group — Chair:
  
  

2:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• WEH Trainee Award Finalists and Data Diuresis
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Paul M. O'Conner
  
  

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

• The Mevalonate Pathway: A Fundamental Player in Human Disease
  American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR) — Chair: Amir Zeki
  
  
• Communications Committee Symposium: Social Media for the Professional Scientist
  Communications Committee — Chair: Barbara Goodman
  
  

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Data NCARNation
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Amanda J. Miller
  
  

3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

• Transformative Technologies Enabling Ecological Assessment of Human and Wildlife Physiology
  Techniques Workshop Program — Chair: Kathryn Sandberg
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

• Emerging Topics in Microvascular Research
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Phoebe Stapleton
  
  

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

• MCS Poster Discussion and Reception
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair:
  
  

Sunday, April 22, 2024

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

• 2018 Mentoring Symposium: Recognizing and Responding to Implicit Bias in Science I
  Women in Physiology Committee — Chair: Denise Al Alam and Kendra Wallace
  
  
• Do it Again: How to Achieve Rigorously Reproducible Research I
  Trainee Advisory Committee — Chair: Ryan Downey
  
  
• Hallmarks of Ground Rules for Productive Collaborations in Science. Divining and Establishing Collaborations
  Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee — Chair: Josef Brandauer
  
  

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Addressing Higher Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy in the Teaching and Learning of Physiology
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: Hugh Clements-Jewery
  
  
• Building Epithelial Organs In Vitro to Study Physiology and Pathogenesis of Disease
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Rikke Nørregaard
  
  
• Inflammation and Sodium Reabsorption
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Dexter L. Lee
  
  
• Ischemic and Hypoxic Conditioning: Potential for Protection of Vital Organs
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Caroline A. Rickards
  
  
• Maintenance and Remodeling of the Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease
  Muscle Biology Group — Chair: Vladimir Ljubicic
  
  
• NCAR Young Investigator Awards
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Eileen Hasser
  
  
• Of Mice and Men: What Have We Really Learned about the Regulation of Coronary Vascular Function in Health and Disease?
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Shane Phillips
  
  
• Physiological Genomics Trainee Highlights
  Physiological Omics Group — Chair:
  
  
• Renal Section Young Investigator Award Featured Topic: Novel Roles for Renal GPCRs
  Renal Section — Chair: Jennifer Pluznick
  
  
• Role of the Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease (Supported by Journal of Clinical Science)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Emmanuel Buys
  
  
• Too Hot to Handle: Controversies in Exertional Heat Stroke Prevention and Treatment
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Orlando Laitano
  
  
• Translational Physiology Showcase: Bench to Bedside and In Between
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Colin Young
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• From Gene to Function of Complex Traits: Analysis of Genes Identified in Human GWAS and Animal Models
  Physiological Omics Group — Chair: Leah Solberg Woods
  
  
• Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Cardiovascular Physiology
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Meena S. Madhur
  
  
• APS President's Symposium Series I. Exosomes: The New Frontier. Cell Biology of Exosomes
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: Lorraine O'Driscoll
  
  
• American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology Editors Symposium
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Irving Zucker
  
  
• Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section Trainee-Driven Featured Topic
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Dane Crossley
  
  
• ENaC Proteins as Mechanosensors in Endothelial and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
  Renal Section — Chair: Heather Drummond
  
  
• Exploring Novel Mechanisms to Improve Exercise Tolerance in Health and Disease
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Ryan A Harris
  
  
• Non-Canonical Functions of the Lung in Immunity and Hemostasis
  Respiration Section — Chair: Wolfgang M Kuebler
  
  
• Organoids: Modelling Cell Physiology and Disease in 3D
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Neil A Bradbury
  
  
• Redox Biology: A Unifying Theme in the Etiology of Human Diseases
  Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) — Chair: Adam Case
  
  
• Sex Differences in Central Circuits
  CNS Section — Chair: Richard Wainford
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• Cell Plasticity and Repair and Disease Mechanisms in the Stomach, Liver and Intestine (Cosponsored by AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Anne Elizabeth Zemper
  
  

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

• CANCELED: Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Paul Quinton
  
  
• Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Teaching of Physiology Section Supported by ADInstruments
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: Jenny L. McFarland
  
  
• Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Communication and Miscommunication in Lung Injury and Repair
  Respiration Section — Chair: Michael Koval
  
  
• Epigenetic Memory of Environmental Exposure: A Physiological Perspective
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Alexander Murashov
  
  
• Intersection of Central Pain and Reward Circuitry in CNS Disorders
  CNS Section — Chair: Scott Edwards
  
  
• John Forte GIL Plenary Session (Cosponsored by AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Jennifer K Uno
  
  
• Kaley Award Featured Topic: Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction and Impaired Cognitive Function
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Richard Roman
  
  
• Microglia as Effectors of Respiratory Plasticity in Health and Disease
  Respiration Section — Chair: Richard Kinkead
  
  
• Psychological Stress Disorders: Novel Concepts and Mechanisms
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Rasna Sabharwal
  
  

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

• APS Undergraduate Poster Session
  Education Committee — Chair: Jeff Osborn
  
  

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

• WEH New Investigator Award Lecture
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Analia S. Loria
  
  

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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

Monday, April 23, 2024

3:30 AM - 5:00 PM

• NCAR Hot Topics in Autonomic Regulation
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Keisa W. Mathis
  
  

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

• 2018 Mentoring Symposium: Recognizing and Responding to Implicit Bias in Science II
  Women in Physiology Committee — Chair: Denise Al Alam and Kendra Wallace
  
  
• Do it Again: How to Achieve Rigorously Reproducible Research II
  Trainee Advisory Committee — Chair: Ryan Downey
  
  
• Hallmarks of Ground Rules for Productive Collaborations in Science. Maintaining Momentum in Collaborations
  Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee — Chair: Josef Brandauer
  
  

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Regulation of Blood Flow in Health and Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Vahagn Ohanyan
  
  
• Adaptations in Physiology Education
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: David Osborne
  
  
• Bioartificial Organs: Using Donor and Synthetic Scaffolds
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard
  
  
• Gut-Brain Interactions and Control of Feeding Behavior
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Lauren Stein
  
  
• Impact of Sex-Specific Size of the Normal and Failing Left Ventricle: Studies in Humans and Mice
  Sex/Gender Research Interest Group — Chair: Peter L.M. Kerkhof
  
  
• Ion Channels and Transporters in Health and Disease
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Roger Worrell
  
  
• New Concepts in JGA Physiology
  Renal Section — Chair: Janos Peti-Peterdi
  
  
• Non-Coding RNA Regulation of Inflammation in Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Respiratory Diseases
  Physiological Omics Group — Chair: Alison Kriegel
  
  
• Novel Insights on Sympathetic Activation in Kidney Disease: From Animal Models to Clinical Trials
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Jeanie Park
  
  
• Novel Physiologic-Based Approaches to Treating Sleep Apnea
  Hypoxia Group — Chair: Jerome Dempsey
  
  
• Publishing 101: How to Get Your Work Published and Avoid Ethical Minefields
  Publications Committee — Chair: Curt Sigmund
  
  
• The Physiology of Personalized Nutrition
  Nutrition Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Brynn Voy
  
  

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: David Paterson
  
  
• Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: David Poole
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• APS President's Symposium Series II. Exosomes: The New Frontier. Pathophysiology of Exosomes
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: Clotilde Théry
  
  
• Advances in Renal Physiology I
  Renal Section — Chair: Pablo Ortiz
  
  
• Biophysical and Metabolic Regulation of Stem Cells
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Jalees Rehman
  
  
• Biosensors Advancing Health and Disease Research
  Physiologists in Industry Committee — Chair: Brandon Bucher
  
  
• Cardiovascular Section - Young Investigator Symposium
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Styliani Goulopoulou
  
  
• Hans Ussing Lecture of the Epithelial Transport Group
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Yasutada Akiba
  
  
• Identification of Novel Drug Targets for the Modulation of Gastrointestinal Motility (Cosponsored by AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Karen Uray
  
  
• The Physiological Challenges of Escaping Extreme Environments: DIsabled Subs and Stratospheric Bailouts
  History of Physiology Group — Chair: Kathy Ryan
  
  
• The Role of REDD1 in the Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Metabolism
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Francois Favier
  
  

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

• Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section
  Renal Section — Chair: Lisa M. Satlin
  
  
• Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Central Nervous System Section
  CNS Section — Chair: Wolfram Schultz
  
  
• Solomon Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Erik A. Richter
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Altering Phenotype without Genotype
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Jenny Sones
  
  
• Brown Adipose Tissue and Cardiovascular Function: Insulin Resistance, Vascular Tone, and Cardioprotective Effects
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Kristin Stanford
  
  
• Comparative Perspectives on Maximal O₂ and CO₂ Transport in Animals
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Michael Hedrick
  
  
• Impact of Diet on Blood Pressure Regulation
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Andrew S. Greene
  
  
• Molecular, Cellular and Systems-Level Mechanisms driving Ventilation and CO2 Sensitivity during Acute and Chronic Hypercapnia
  Respiration Section — Chair: Matthew Robert Hodges
  
  
• Protective Mechanisms in the Vasculature: Wiggers Award Session
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Curt D. Sigmund
  
  
• Synergizing Teaching and Scholarship
  Teaching of Physiology Section — Chair: David M. Harris
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

• MCS Landis Award Lecture and Business Meeting
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: David Gutterman
  
  

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

• Henry Pickering Bowditch Award
  APS — Chair: Yatrik M. Shah
  
  

Tuesday, April 24, 2024

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

• 2018 Mentoring Symposium: Recognizing and Responding to Implicit Bias in Science III
  Women in Physiology Committee — Chair: Denise Al Alam and Kendra Wallace
  
  
• Do it Again: How to Achieve Rigorously Reproducible Research III
  Trainee Advisory Committee — Chair: Ryan Downey
  
  
• Hallmarks of Ground Rules for Productive Collaborations in Science. Preventing and Managing Conflict.
  Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee — Chair: Josef Brandauer
  
  

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Endothelial Cell Contraction or Retraction (Insights into Barrier Function and Permeability)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Clinton Webb
  
  
• Advances in Renal Physiology II
  Renal Section — Chair: Edward Inscho
  
  
• Getting Blood to Where it Needs to Go: Emerging Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow in Health and Disease
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Steven A. Romero
  
  
• Interrogating Neuronal Circuits Mediating Body Fluid Homeostasis
  CNS Section — Chair: Eric Krause
  
  
• Mechanisms underlying Skeletal Muscle Adaptation in Health and Disease
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Charles Lang
  
  
• Molecular Mechanisms for Salt-Induced Cardiovascular Disease
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Annet Kirabo
  
  
• Neuro-Immune Interactions in Inflammatory Homeostasis
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Paul Marvar
  
  
• Neuroplasticity of Airway Reflexes
  Respiration Section — Chair: Donald C. Bolser
  
  
• Novel Discoveries in Vascular Physiology
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Scott Earley
  
  
• The Effects of Environmental Challenges on Performance and Metabolism
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Cassondra Williams
  
  
• Tissue-Distributed Control of Sex Differences in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: John M. Stafford
  
  

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• History of Physiology Group Lecture
  History of Physiology Group — Chair: Peter B. Raven
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• APS President's Symposium Series III. Exosomes: The New Frontier. Exosomes in Diagnostics and Therapeutics
  President's Symposium Series — Chair: Jennifer C. Jones
  
  
• Cell Plasticity: Calcium, cAMP and Beyond
  Respiration Section — Chair: Dolly Mehta
  
  
• Epithelial Mechano-Sensitivity in Health and Disease
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Arthur Beyder
  
  
• GI and Liver Physiology and Disease (Cosponsored by AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Mark Frey
  
  
• Molecular Transducers of the Physiological Adaptations to Exercise and Aging
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Douglas R Seals
  
  
• Origins of Cardiovascular Disease: Does Metabolic Disease Always Come First?
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Frank T. Spradley
  
  
• Physiological Adaptations to Hypoxia: From Mountain Top to Ocean Bottom.
  Hypoxia Group — Chair: Michael B. Harris
  
  
• Steroid Receptor Signaling in Cardiovascular Health and Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Milton Hamblin
  
  
• Structure and Function of Renal Epithelial Cilia
  Renal Section — Chair: P. Darwin Bell
  
  
• Sympathetic Neurovascular Transduction in Humans: Are We There Yet?
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: J. Kevin Shoemaker
  
  
• The Vasculome: An Integrated Exploration of Vascular Reactivity, Lineage, and Specialization
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Zorina Galis
  
  

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

• August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section (Supported by Novo Nordisk Fonden)
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Stanley S. Hillman
  
  
• Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Jerrold R. Turner
  
  
• Julius H. Comroe, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
  Respiration Section — Chair: Hubert Forster
  
  
• Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Jason Yuan
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Adaptations in Fluid Balance and Blood Pressure Regulation during Pregnancy
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Kate M. Denton
  
  
• Battle of the Reflexes: Chemo- versus Baroreflexes during Physiological Stressors, Aging and Cardiovascular Disease
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: J. Mikhail Kellawan
  
  
• Cell Signaling: Proteins, Pathways, and Mechanisms
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Kirk Hamilton
  
  
• Exercise and Skeletal Muscle as Key Regulators of Whole Body Aging
  Muscle Biology Group — Chair: Malcolm J Jackson
  
  
• Hebert Lecture of the Epithelial Transport Group
  Epithelial Transport Group — Chair: Arohan R. Subramanya
  
  
• Respiratory and Limb Skeletal Muscle Weakness in Disease and Aging: Mechanisms and Treatments
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Scott Bowen
  
  

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

• APS Business Meeting
  APS — Chair:
  
  

Wednesday, April 25, 2024

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Role and Importance of Mitophagy in Skeletal Muscle in Health and Disease
  Muscle Biology Group — Chair: Michèle Beaudry
  
  
• Bile Acids in the Small Intestine and Colon, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Opportunities (Cosponsored by AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology)
  GI and Liver Physiology Section — Chair: Stephen J Keely
  
  
• Brain - Gut Microbiota Interactions in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Control
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: John Collister
  
  
• Chemotherapy Induced Vascular Toxicity: Do Small Things Matter? (Cosponsored by AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Andreas Beyer
  
  
• Comparative Models of Disease
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Matthew Pamenter
  
  
• Epithelial Crosstalk and Innate Immunity
  The Physiological Society-UK (PHYSOC) — Chair: James Peter Garnett
  
  
• Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Metabolic Diseases
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Sue C. Bodine
  
  
• Novel Approaches and Techniques in Water and Electrolyte Research
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Caroline J. Smith
  
  
• Post-Translational Modifications in Cardiovascular Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Iain Scott
  
  
• The Influence of State on Cardiorespiratory Control Mechanisms
  Respiration Section — Chair: Kevin James Cummings
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• Mechanotransduction in Cardiovascular Function
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Charles Thodeti
  
  
• Cardiac Metabolism Moving Center Stage: New Insights Enabling Metabolic Modulation Therapy
  Endocrinology and Metabolism Section — Chair: Adam R Wende
  
  
• DAMPs and Inflammasomes: A Clear and Present Danger (jointly sponsored by APS and Physoc)
  The Physiological Society-UK (PHYSOC) — Chair: Raheela Khan
  
  
• EEP Awardee Featured Topic
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Benjamin Miller
  
  
• Immune Modulation of Blood Pressure and Vice Versa
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Michael J. Ryan
  
  
• Pan-American Symposium
  Pan-American Societies (SFiB) — Chair: Maria Jose Campagnole-Santos
  
  
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  Respiration Section — Chair: Nikki Jernigan
  
  
• Stress, Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Blood Pressure Regulation
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Michelle L. Gumz
  
  
• The Gut-Brain Axis
  CNS Section — Chair: Annelyn Torres-Reveron
  
  

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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