SPS annual meeting in Uppsala, Sweden 2009

Our annual meeting for 2009 will be held in Uppsala, Sweden from the 14th -16th of August.

The program will include symposia, plenary lectures, oral sessions and poster sessions. The organizer wish to facilitate the possibility of insight into the various aspects of physiology.

We can now announce the following plenary lectures and symposia:

Plenary Lectures
New Insights into Glucose Homeostasis – the role of SGLTs
Ernest M. Wright (UCLA)

The incretin hormones: Physiology and pathophysiology
Jens Juul Holst (Copenhagen)

Neurotransmitter signaling to oligodendrocytes and their precursors in health and disease.
David Atwell (London) 

Comparative cardiovascular physiology with focus on canine models.
Adrian Boswood (London)

Congress Symposia
Glia – Neuron communication in the brain
Organizers: Linda Hildegard Bergersen and Eric Hanse

Neuropeptides and pain physiology
Organizers: Thomas Hökfelt and Lars Edvinsson

Neuronal networks
Organizers: Klas Kullander and Bryndis Birnir

Cardiovascular research: canine models.
Organizers: Clarence Kvart and Katja Höglund

Control of Ca2+ in the heart
Ole Sejersted and Ivar Sjaastad,

Renal sodium handling in the etiology of arterial hypertension.
Organizers: Erik Persson and Peter Hansell

ENaC – nephritic syndrome and hypertension
Organizers: Börje Haraldson and Helle Prætorius

Adipose tissue, more than insulation?
Organizers: Johanna Henriksnäs and Leif Jansson

Signalling in glucose-regulating hormone release
Organizers: Erik Gylfe and Anders Tengholm

Neurohumoral control of intestinal secretion
Organizers: Gunnar Flemström and Olof Nylander

Regsitration and call fro abstracts is now open from the meetings website www.sps2009.com

You can apply for Acta Physiologica travel grant to this meeting, deadline May 1st 2009.

SPS annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark 2010

Please mark your calendar for ScanGerman 2010 -the joint meeting of the Scandinavian and German physiological societies, which will take place inCopenhagen, March 27th- 30th 2010.The meeting, which will mainly take place at the Panum Institute, will include plenary lectures, symposia, oral sessions, and poster sessions, and a festive social program. The meeting is organized jointly by the two societies, with additional inputs from FEPS and theBritish Physiological Society, who will arrange and sponsor some sessions. Travel grants from the Scandinavian Physiological Society will be made available.
The meeting homepage will be up and running within the next few months – the website address will be posted in the next SPS Newsletter. Please keep an eye on it for updates on important dates, abstract submission, registration, program, travel, accommodation, etc. A call for suggestions for plenary lectures and symposia will be sent to all society members early 2009.

Get involved!

IUPS 2009 Kyoto
www.iups.org
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my great pleasure and honor to extend this invitation to take part in the coming XXXVI th International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), to be held in the beautiful and historic city of Kyoto, Japan from July 27 to August1, 2009.
Since it has been forty years since the XXII IUPS was held in Tokyo, Japan, we are understandably thrilled and elated to be able to host this prestigious meeting once more in our country. In considering a suitable theme for the congress, we arrived at "Function of Life: Elements and Integration." We believe we are now in the midst of developments leading to a new era in physiological research, fueled by the recent revolutionary progress in biological sciences. We have witnessed sequencing of the human genomeand dramatically rapid progress in computer technology and bioinformatics, as well as the structural biology of various proteins including membrane receptors and channels.
We are clearly on the threshold, and a bold new future awaits us. Yet even as information technology has increased the volume and speed of information flow astronomically, it is still no substitute for face-to-face communication. We will gather in Kyoto to share and pursue knowledge.
YASUSHI MIYASHITA
President, The Organizing Committee of the IUPS 2009
Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine,The University of Tokyo

You can apply for Acta Physiologica travel grants to this meeting. Deadline for this June 1st 2009.

Other meetings and symposia of interest

• 88th Annual meeting of the German Physiological Society
• Ion Channel Symposium 2009, Copenhagen Denmark
  
  

SNF - Stiftelsen Nordisk Fysiologi
Stiftelsen Nordisk Fysiologi (SNF) was established by the Scandinavian Physiological Society (SPS) in 1994/95, as a separate foundation aimed at supporting activities that will benefit the physiological sciences in the Nordic countries.
During the last 10 years, SNF has focused on financing the so-called Acta Physiologica Scandinavica International Symposia, now Acta Physiologica International Symposia (AP Symposia). These are arranged in the Nordic countries by strong local groups with the aim of bringing top international and Nordic scientists, within selected fields of physiology, together. Typically, some 20-40 scientists are invited. Read more.

Special Interest Group
SPS promotes the physiological sciences in the Nordic countries by supporting interaction within special interest groups. A special interest group (SIG) is a group of SPS members who interact scientifically through meetings, workshops, seminars and courses as well as short laboratory visits. The general purposse of a SIG is to improve personal contacts between members scientists working in Nordic laboratories.
You can read more about how to apply at our website.

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Table of content -
Acta Physiologica, Volume 195, Issue 2, 2009.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121615110/issueOnline ISSN: 1748-1716
Print ISSN: 1748-1708

Journal compilation © 2009 Scandinavian Physiological Society

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Pages: 203-203
Insulin as ischaemic preconditioning-mimetic
Coert J. Zuurbier http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121615112/abstract

Published Online:  5 Jan 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01950_1.x

Pages: 203-203
Do resistin-induced changes in tissue blood perfusion play a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes?
Xi Rong Guo
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121615111/abstract

Published Online:  5 Jan 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01950_2.x

Pages: 205-230
Cellular oxygen sensing, signalling and how to survive translational arrest in hypoxia
M. Fähling http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121392763/abstract

Published Online:  1 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01894.x

Pages: 231-245
The role of caveolin-1 in cardiovascular regulation
A. Rahman, K. Swärd http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121421599/abstract

Published Online: 25 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01907.x

Pages: 247-258
Purinergic activation of a leak potassium current in freshly dissociated myocytes from mouse thoracic aorta
S. Hayoz, R. Bychkov, K. Serir, M. Docquier, J.-L. Bény http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120747146/abstract

Published Online:  8 Jul 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01884.x

Pages: 259-272
Protein kinase A modulates A-type potassium currents of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) white muscle fibres
C. A. Coutts, L. N. Balt, D. W. Ali http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121377224/abstract

Published Online: 12 Aug 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01889.x

Pages: 273-282
Pretreatment with insulin before ischaemia reduces infarct size in Langendorff-perfused rat hearts
B. N. Fuglesteg, C. Tiron, A. K. Jonassen, O. D. Mjøs, K. Ytrehus http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121411631/abstract

Published Online: 17 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01901.x

Pages: 283-288
Resistin increases islet blood flow and decreases subcutaneous adipose tissue blood flow in anaesthetized rats
T. Danielsson, L. Fredriksson, L. Jansson, J. Henriksnäs http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121382151/abstract

Published Online: 19 Aug 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01891.x

Pages: 289-300
Stroke volume decreases during mild dynamic and static exercise in supine humans
M. Elstad, I. H. Nådland, K. Toska, L. Walløe http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121359233/abstract

Published Online: 31 Jul 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01887.x

Pages: 301-301
Corrigendum

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121615113/abstract

Published Online:  5 Jan 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01951.x

Acta Physiologica Volume 195, Issue 3, 2009.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121673027/issue Online ISSN: 1748-1716
Print ISSN: 1748-1708

Journal compilation © 2009 Scandinavian Physiological Society

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Pages: 303-303
At least three levels of physiological control mechanisms ensure that arterial blood pressure is maintained in erect humans
Lars Walløe http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121673029/abstract

Published Online: 30 Jan 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01958_1.x

Pages: 303-303
Swinging into action: the role of angular motion to increase peripheral arterial blood pressure
Thomas J. Barstow http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121673028/abstract

Published Online: 30 Jan 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01958_2.x

Pages: 305-319
Oxygen-dependent ion transport in erythrocytes
A. Bogdanova, M. Berenbrink, M. Nikinmaa http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121487126/abstract

Published Online: 25 Oct 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01934.x

Pages: 321-338
Connective tissue growth factor and cardiac fibrosis
A. Daniels, M. van Bilsen, R. Goldschmeding, G. J. van der Vusse, F. A. van Nieuwenhoven http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121540126/abstract

Published Online: 27 Nov 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01936.x

Pages: 339-348
Cardiac autonomic function and baroreflex changes following 4 weeks of resistance versus aerobic training in individuals with pre-hypertension
S. R. Collier, J. A. Kanaley, R. Carhart Jr, V. Frechette, M. M. Tobin, N. Bennett, A. N. Luckenbaugh, B. Fernhall http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121397448/abstract

Published Online:  4 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01897.x

Pages: 349-355
Chronic inhibition of standing behaviour alters baroreceptor reflex function in rats
H. Waki, K. Katahira, M. Yamasaki, S. Katsuda, T. Shimizu, M. Maeda http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121411635/abstract

Published Online: 17 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01903.x

Pages: 357-366
The role of the α-adrenergic receptor in the leg vasoconstrictor response to orthostatic stress
M. Kooijman, G. A. Rongen, P. Smits, H. J. M. van Kuppevelt, M. T. E. Hopman http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121411642/abstract

Published Online: 17 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01904.x

Pages: 367-374
Does limb angular motion raise limb arterial pressure?
D. D. Sheriff, T. M. Mullin, B. J. Wong, M. Ladouceur http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121447943/abstract

Published Online: 10 Oct 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01912.x

Pages: 375-383
Imidazoline-induced amplification of glucose- and carbachol-stimulated insulin release includes a marked suppression of islet nitric oxide generation in the mouse
S. Meidute-Abaraviciene, H. Mosen, I. Lundquist, A. Salehi http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121392765/abstract

Published Online:  1 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01896.x

Pages: 385-395
An enhanced level of motor cortical excitability during the control of human standing
C. D. Tokuno, W. Taube, A. G. Cresswell http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121397641/abstract

Published Online:  4 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01898.x

Pages: 397-404
Influence of sympathetic and AT1-receptor blockade on angiotensin II and adrenergic agonist-induced renal vasoconstrictions in spontaneously hypertensive rats
M. H. Abdulla, M. A. Sattar, Md A. H.  Khan, N. A. Abdullah, E. J. Johns http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121392764/abstract

Published Online:  1 Sep 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01895.x

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