SPS annual meeting in Uppsala, Sweden from 14 - 16 August 2009

www.sps2009.com
Our annual meeting for 2009 will be held in Uppsala, Sweden from the 14th -16th of August.

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended. New deadline is June 1st 2009.
You can register and submit your abstract from the meetings website: www.sps2009.com

The deadline for travel grant application has also been extended, and is now set to June 1st 2009, you`ll find the application form at the bottom of this site: travel grant

SPS annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27 - 30 March 2010

www.scangerman.ku.dk
Please mark your calendar for this meeting.
The meeting will take place in Copenhagen, March 27th- 30th 2010. The meeting, will mainly take place at the Panum Institute and 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.

You can register to the meeting from the 1st September 2009, abstract submission will also open this day.

IUPS 2009 Kyoto from 27 July - 1 August 2009

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 is June 1st 2009.

SPS Annual Meeting in Bergen, Norway 12 - 14 August 2011

The SPS annual meeting in 2011 will be held in beautiful Bergen, Norway, so mark the date in your calendar and join us in 2011.

There will be Acta Physiologica Travel grants available to this meeting.

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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Online ISSN: 1748-1716    Print ISSN: 1748-1708
Acta Physiologica
Volume196, Issue1,2009.
Early View (Articles Available Online in Advance of Print)
(Special Issue: THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AMPK 'AMPK IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH - FROM MOLECULE TO MAN'.)
Journal compilation © 2009 Scandinavian Physiological Society

EDITORIAL

Page 1-1
AMP-activated protein kinase in Sickness and Health – From Molecule to Man
J. F. P. Wojtaszewski
Abstract
Published Online: 1 Apr 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01966.x

REVIEWS

Page 3-14
Structure and function of AMP-activated protein kinase
J. S. Oakhill, J. W. Scott, B. E. Kemp
Abstract
Published Online: 20 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01977.x

Page 15-26
The regulation and function of mammalian AMPK-related kinases
N. J. Bright, C. Thornton, D. Carling
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01971.x

Page 27-35
Regulation of glucose transporter 4 traffic by energy deprivation from mitochondrial compromise
A. Klip, J. D. Schertzer, P. J. Bilan, F. Thong, C. Antonescu
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01974.x

Page 37-53
AMP-activated protein kinase: a core signalling pathway in the heart
A. S. Kim, E. J. Miller, L. H. Young
Abstract
Published Online: 23 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01978.x

Page 55-63
AMP-activated protein kinase and cancer
W. Wang, K.-L. Guan
Abstract
Published Online: 25 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01980.x

Page 65-80
LKB1 and AMP-activated protein kinase control of mTOR signalling and growth
R. J. Shaw
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01972.x

Page 81-98
AMP-activated protein kinase in the regulation of hepatic energy metabolism: from physiology to therapeutic perspectives
B. Viollet, B. Guigas, J. Leclerc, S. Hébrard, L. Lantier, R. Mounier, F. Andreelli, M. Foretz
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01970.x

Page 99-113
AMP-activated protein kinase – a sensor of glycogen as well as AMP and ATP?
A. McBride, D. G. Hardie
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01975.x

Page 115-127
AMPK-dependent hormonal regulation of whole-body energy metabolism
N. L. Dzamko, G. R. Steinberg
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01969.x

Page 129-145
Insulin resistance and fuel homeostasis: the role of AMP-activated protein kinase
B. D. Hegarty, N. Turner, G. J. Cooney, E. W. Kraegen
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01968.x

Page 147-154
AMP-activated protein kinase control of fat metabolism in skeletal muscle
D. M. Thomson, W. W. Winder
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01973.x

Page 155-174
AMP-activated protein kinase in contraction regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism: necessary and/or sufficient?
T. E. Jensen, J. F. P. Wojtaszewski, E. A. Richter
Abstract
Published Online: 25 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01979.x

Page 175-190
AMPK activators – potential therapeutics for metabolic and other diseases
G. Zhou, I. K. Sebhat, B. B. Zhang
Abstract
Published Online: 19 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01967.x

Online ISSN: 1748-1716    Print ISSN: 1748-1708
Acta Physiologica
Volume196, Issue2,2009.
Early View (Articles Available Online in Advance of Print)
Journal compilation © 2009 Scandinavian Physiological Society

In this Issue

Page 191-191
The higher they climb: plasma levels of angiogenic and lymphangiogenic factors during ascent to Mount Everest
Joachim Fandrey
Abstract
Published Online: 30 Apr 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01988_1.x

Page 191-191
Late renal medullary effects of transient angiotensin II receptor blockade in immature spontaneously hypertensive rats
Josef Zicha
Abstract
Published Online: 30 Apr 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01988_2.x

REVIEW

Page 193-222
Endothelial dysfunction and vascular disease
P. M. Vanhoutte, H. Shimokawa, E. H. C. Tang, M. Feletou
Abstract
Published Online: 10 Feb 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2009.01964.x

CARDIOVASCULAR

Page 223-229
Involvement of endothelin-1 in habitual exercise-induced increase in arterial compliance
S. Maeda, J. Sugawara, M. Yoshizawa, T. Otsuki, N. Shimojo, S. Jesmin, R. Ajisaka, T. Miyauchi, H. Tanaka
Abstract
Published Online: 4 Oct 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01909.x

RENAL

Page 223-229

Renal medullary effects of transient prehypertensive treatment in young spontaneously hypertensive rats
M. Baumann, B. J. A. Janssen, J. J. Rob Hermans, R. Bartholome, J. F. M. Smits, H. A. J. StruijkerBoudier
Abstract
Published Online: 23 Oct 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01916.x

Page 239-247
Vasopressin-dependent upregulation of aquaporin-2 gene expression in aged rats with glucocorticoid deficiency
T. Saito, T. Saito, K. Kasono, T. Otani, H. Tamemoto, M. Kawakami, S. Sasaki, S. Ishikawa
Abstract
Published Online: 27 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01938.x

RESPIRATORY AND COMPARATIVE

Page 249-257
Ultrastructural differences and histochemical characteristics in swimming muscles between wild and reared Atlantic salmon
K. Anttila, S. Mänttäri
Abstract
Published Online: 6 Oct 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01911.x

Page 259-265
Angiogenic/lymphangiogenic factors and adaptation to extreme altitudes during an expedition to Mount Everest
M. Patitucci, D. Lugrin, G. Pagès
Abstract
Published Online: 22 Oct 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01915.x

Page 267-277
Regulation of alveolar gas conductance by NO in man, as based on studies with NO donors and inhibitors of NO production
M. Guazzi, R. Arena, M. Vicenzi, M. D. Guazzi
Abstract
Published Online: 20 Nov 2008
DOI 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01939.x