Cardiovascular

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Saturday, April 21, 2024

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 - 3:00 PM

• Cerebromicrovascular Mechanisms in Cognitive Impairment: From Aging to Neurodegeneration
  Microcirculatory Society (MCS) — Chair: Zoltan Ungvari
  
  

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

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Too Hot to Handle: Controversies in Exertional Heat Stroke Prevention and Treatment
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Orlando Laitano
  
  
• Role of the Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease (Supported by Journal of Clinical Science)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Emmanuel Buys
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Translational Physiology Showcase: Bench to Bedside and In Between
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Colin Young
  
  
• Ischemic and Hypoxic Conditioning: Potential for Protection of Vital Organs
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: Caroline A. Rickards
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• Exploring Novel Mechanisms to Improve Exercise Tolerance in Health and Disease
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Ryan A Harris
  
  
• Organoids: Modelling Cell Physiology and Disease in 3D
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Neil A Bradbury
  
  
• Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Cardiovascular Physiology
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Meena S. Madhur
  
  
• 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
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Kaley Award Featured Topic: Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction and Impaired Cognitive Function
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Richard Roman
  
  

Monday, April 23, 2024

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Ion Channels and Transporters in Health and Disease
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Roger Worrell
  
  
• Regulation of Blood Flow in Health and Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Vahagn Ohanyan
  
  
• Novel Physiologic-Based Approaches to Treating Sleep Apnea
  Hypoxia Group — Chair: Jerome Dempsey
  
  
• Novel Insights on Sympathetic Activation in Kidney Disease: From Animal Models to Clinical Trials
  Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section — Chair: Jeanie Park
  
  
• 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
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• Biophysical and Metabolic Regulation of Stem Cells
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Jalees Rehman
  
  
• Cardiovascular Section - Young Investigator Symposium
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Styliani Goulopoulou
  
  

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Altering Phenotype without Genotype
  Translational Physiology Interest Group — Chair: Jenny Sones
  
  
• Comparative Perspectives on Maximal O₂ and CO₂ Transport in Animals
  Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section — Chair: Michael Hedrick
  
  
• Protective Mechanisms in the Vasculature: Wiggers Award Session
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Curt D. Sigmund
  
  
• Brown Adipose Tissue and Cardiovascular Function: Insulin Resistance, Vascular Tone, and Cardioprotective Effects
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Kristin Stanford
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2024

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• Endothelial Cell Contraction or Retraction (Insights into Barrier Function and Permeability)
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Clinton Webb
  
  
• Novel Discoveries in Vascular Physiology
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Scott Earley
  
  
• Molecular Mechanisms for Salt-Induced Cardiovascular Disease
  Cell and Molecular Physiology Section — Chair: Annet Kirabo
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Tissue-Distributed Control of Sex Differences in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
  Integrative Physiology Symposium Series — Chair: John M. Stafford
  
  

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

• Molecular Transducers of the Physiological Adaptations to Exercise and Aging
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Douglas R Seals
  
  
• The Vasculome: An Integrated Exploration of Vascular Reactivity, Lineage, and Specialization
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Zorina Galis
  
  
• Steroid Receptor Signaling in Cardiovascular Health and Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Milton Hamblin
  
  
• 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
  
  

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

• Respiratory and Limb Skeletal Muscle Weakness in Disease and Aging: Mechanisms and Treatments
  Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section — Chair: Scott Bowen
  
  

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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

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
  
  

Wednesday, April 25, 2024

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

• The Influence of State on Cardiorespiratory Control Mechanisms
  Respiration Section — Chair: Kevin James Cummings
  
  
• Post-Translational Modifications in Cardiovascular Disease
  Cardiovascular Section — Chair: Iain Scott
  
  
• 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
  
  

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
  
  
• Stress, Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Blood Pressure Regulation
  Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section — Chair: Michelle L. Gumz
  
  
• DAMPs and Inflammasomes: A Clear and Present Danger (jointly sponsored by APS and Physoc)
  The Physiological Society-UK (PHYSOC) — Chair: Raheela Khan