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Sunday October 19 (All Day)
WORKSHOP
- How to get your work published in English-language biomedical journals and trends in Western biomedical publishing.
Monday October 20 AM
PLENARY LECTURE
Principles of Systems Biology from a Physiologist’s Perspective
Denis Noble, Department of Physiology, Balliol College, UK
SYMPOSIUM
| Symposium 01: Calcium Signalling | |
| Chairs: | Zhuan Zhou, Peking University, China Douglas L Jones, University of Western Ontario, Canada |
Fundamental aspects of excitation – contraction coupling
Heping Cheng, Peking University, China
Calcium signaling in endothelial cells
Asrar B. Malik，The University of Illinois, USA
Signal transduction mechanisms underlying cardiac disease
Qingping Feng, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Cardiac calcium signalling in muscular dystrophy
David Allen, University of Sydney, Australia
Intracellular Ca2+ release: physiology & pathology
OH Petersen, University of Liverpool, UK
| Symposium 02: Plasticity of the Cardiopulmonary –Digestive Axis | |
| Chairs: | James W Hicks , University of California, USA Tobias Wang , University of Aarhus, Denmark |
Physiological Challenges of Associated with “Feast and Famine”: An Evolutionary Perspective and the Role of Systems Biology
James W Hicks, University of California, USA
Specific Dynamic Action and Growth Performance in Fish
Shi-Jian Fu, Chongqing Normal University, China
The Impact of Prolonged Fasting and Aestivation on Gastrointestinal Morphology and Function in Amphibians
Craig Franklin, The University of Queensland, Australia
Gastrointestinal Response to Long-Term Fasting in Mammalian Hibernators
Hannah V Carey, University of Wisconsin, USA
Phenotypic Plasticity of the Cardiopulmonary System during Digestion
Tobias Wang, University of Aarhus, Denmark
| Symposium 03: Novel aspects of aging and stress | |
| Chairs: | Ying-Tung Lau , Chang Gung University Taipei, Chinese Taipei Paul Greenhaff , University of Nottingham UK |
Muscle adaptation to immobilisation and rehabilitation in humans
Paul Greenhaff, University of Nottingham, UK
Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Oxidative Stress and Altered Gene Expression in Human Aging
Yau-Huei Wei, National Yang-Ming University Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Mitochondrial oxidative stress in brain stem death
Sam YH Chan, National Sun Yat-sen University, Chinese Taipei
Human muscle protein balance in ageing and disease
Michael Rennie, University of Nottingham, UK
Global muscle transcriptional adaptation to stress in humans
Jamie Timmons, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK
Monday October 20 PM
| Symposium 04: Plasticity in sensory network formation and sensory gating | |
| Chairs: | YS Chan, University of Hong Kong, China Dora E Angelaki, Washington University St Louis, USA |
Axon navigation in the primary olfactory system
Brian Key, University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia
Development of direction selective circuitry in the mouse retina
Shigang He, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Developmental refinement of spatial representation
Ying-Shing Chan, University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Functional link between visual and vestibular selectivity
Dora E Angelaki, Washington University St Louis, USA
Corticofugal control of acoustic information
Jufang He, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
| Symposium 05: Physiology at the Extremes | |
| Chairs: | Mary Morrell, Imperial London, UK Jerry Dempsey, University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA |
Respiratory muscles during extreme exercise
Jerome Dempsey, University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA
Fatigue of respiratory muscles in elite exercise
Lee Romer, Brunel University London, UK
Cardiorespiratory and blood volume changes in high altitude residents
Roger Hainsworth, University of Leeds, UK
Breathing during sleep in the failing heart
Mary Morrell, Imperial University London UK
Respiratory muscles during voluntary and involuntary tasks
Simon Gandevia, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute Sydney, Australia
| Symposium 06: Signalling with Gas: Gasotransmitter in perspective | |
| Chairs: | Rui Wang, Lakehead University,Canada Chao-Shu Tang, Beijing University, China |
Hydrogen sulfide and pancreatic function
Rui Wang, Lakehead University, Canada
Carbon monoxide and Cerebral Circulation
JH Jaggar, University of Tennese, USA
Nitric oxide and EDHF
CR Triggle, University of Calgary, Canada
The role of hydrogen sulfide in pulmonary hypertension
Chaoshu Tang, Peking University, China
Hydrogen sulfide: from the smell of the past to the mediator of the future?
Philip K Moore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tuesday October 21 AM
PLENARY LECTURE
Mechanotransduction and endothelial cell homeostasis: the wisdom of the cell
Shu Chien, Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, USA
Physiology at the high altitude
Ming Fan, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Beijing, China
SYMPOSIUM
| Symposium 07: Progenitor cells in endocrine systems | |
| Chairs: | Chen Chen, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research Melbourne, Australia Iain Robinson , MRC London, UK |
Identification and differentiation of adult pituitary progenitor cells
Paul Thomas, University of Adelaide, Australia
Plasticity in the growth hormone and prolactin axes
Iain Robinson, MRC London, UK
Timing is everything: PROP1, POU1F1 and the progenitor pool
Sally Camper, Dept. Human Genetics, University of Michigan
G protein signaling in the regulation of asymmetric cell division
Huashun Li, West China Women's & Children's Hospital Sichuan University, China
Functional parameters of differentiated adult pituitary progenitor cells
Chen Chen, University of Queensland, Australia
| Symposium 08: Mechanotransduction and Mechanobiology | |
| Chairs: | Jeng-Jiann Chiu, National Health Research Institutes, Chinese Taipei Nanping Wang, Peking University, China |
Mechanical Stress Induces Stem Cell Differentiation in Cardiovascular System
Qingbo Xu, King's College London, UK
Emerging Roles of Kruppel-like Factors in Mechanotransduction
Nanping Wang, Peking University Health Science Center, China
The Atheroprotective Role of Nitric Oxide in Endothelial Cells Under Flow
Danny Ling Wang, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
Shear Stress Regulation of Lipid Heomostasis in Vascular Endothelial Cells
Yi Zhu, Peking University Health Science Center, China
Shear Stress Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Cell-Smooth Muscle Cell Interactions
Jengjiann Chiu, National Health Research Institutes, Chinese Taipei
| Symposium 09: Oxidative stress and angiotensin signaling in the control of cardiovascular function | |
| Chairs: | Irving H Zucker, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA Barbara Casadei, Oxford University, UK |
Vascular Regulation by Oxidant Signaling
Michael Wolin, New York Medical College, USA
NADPH Oxidase signalling in the heart: NO and radical stress
Barbara Casadei, Oxford University, UK
Gender oxidative stress and angiotensin signaling
Rhian Touyz, University of Ottawa, Canada
Central Oxidative Stress and the Regulation of Angiotensin Induced Sympatho-Excitation in Heart Failure
Irving H Zucker, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Angiotensin II NADPH oxidase and MAPKs in central cardiovascular regulation
Julie Chan, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
Tuesday 21 October PM
| Symposium 10: Oxygen sensing: function and dysfunction | |
| Chairs: | Prem Kumar, University of Birmingham, UK Harold D. Schultz, USA |
Role of the carotid body in systemic chemosensing
Prem Kumar, University of Birmingham, UK
HIF - mechanisms and consequences
Peter Ratcliffe, University of Oxford, UK
Oxygen sensing through production of hydrogen sulphide
Wei-Fang Rong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Carotid body oxygen sensing and potassium channel function
Nanduri Prabakhar, University of Chicago, USA
Chemoreflex dysfunction in heart failure: Cellular Mechanism
Harold D.Schultz, The University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
| Symposium 11: Acupuncture and homeostasis | |
| Chairs: | Jisheng Han, Peking University Health Science Center, China Zhiqi Zhao, Fudan Univesity, China |
Homeostasis as the essence of acupuncture therapy
Jisheng Han, Peking University Health Science Center, China
Acupuncture and chronic pain
Zhiqi Zhao, Fudan Univesity, China
Acupuncture and the regulation of cardiovascular system
Longhurst JC, University of California Irvine, USA
Acupuncture activates endogenous resilience to inflammatory pain
Lixing Lao, University of Maryland, USA
| Symposium 12: Histamine actions in the Brain | |
| Chairs: | Jian-Jun Wang, Nanjing University, China Mayank B Dutia, University of Edinburgh, UK |
Histaminergic receptors and their function: possible clinical targets
Paul Chazot, University of Durham, UK
Histamine actions in the vestibular system: H3 receptors in motion sickness and balance disorders
Mayank B Dutia, University of Edinburgh, UK
The role of carnosine-histidine-histamine pathway in the CNS
Zhong Chen, Zhejiang University, China
Histaminergic role in sleep-wake regulation by orexin prostaglandin and adenosine
Zhi-Li Huang, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, China
Evidence for histamine as a neurotransmitter in the cardiac sympathetic nervous system
Xiaoxing Luo, The Fourth Military Medical University of China Xi'an, China
Wednesday October 22 AM
SYMPOSIUM
| Symposium 13: Ion channels and cardiovascular disease | |
| Chairs: | Jamie Vandenberg, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Sydney, Australia David J Beech, University of Leeds, UK |
K+ channel mutations and Atrial Fibrillation
JI Vandenberg, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Sydney, Australia
Structural basis of drug block of HERG K+ channels
John Mitcheson, University of Leicester, UK
Calcium channels in cardiac hypertrophy
Shiqiang Wang, Peking University, China
Non-selective cation channels in schemic stroke
J. Marc Simard, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Calcium channels in vascular adaptation
David J Beech, University of Leeds, UK
| Symposium 14: Glucose and lipid metabolism and the metabolic syndrome | |
| Chairs: | Lingyun Wu, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Youfei Guan, Peking University Health Science Center, China |
Nulear Receptors and metabolic syndrome
Youfei Guan, Peking University Health Science Center, China
Nuclear receptors and albuminuria
Carol A Pollock, University of Sydney, Australia
Insulin resistance and methylglyoxal
Lingyun Wu, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Insulin resistance and hypertension
Jacques de Champlain, University de Montreal, Canada
Role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in atherosclerotic lesion development
Richard C. Austin, McMaster University, Canada
Wednesday 22 October PM
| Symposium 15: Plasticity of Motor Systems in the Spinal Cord | |
| Chairs: | John D Steeves, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Gary C. Sieck, Mayo Clinic, USA |
Role of neurotrophins in recovery of phrenic motor function following spinal cord injury
Gary C Sieck, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, USA
Plasticity of Motor Systems in the Spinal Cord
David Fuller, University of Florida, USA
Plasticity of descending motor pathways to phrenic motor neurons following spinal cord injury
Anne Kastner, Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille 3, France
Strategies to promote axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury
Xiao-Ming Xu, Indiana University Indianapolis USA and Shanghai Jiaotung University, China
Break off for neural regeneration
John D Steeves, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
| Symposium 16: Cardiovascular disease: Physiology genetics and metabolism | |
| Chairs: | Mingyu Liang, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA Huang-Tian Yang, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, China |
Genetics and Genomics of Hypertension
Allen W Cowley Jr, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Adenosine A2b receptors in preconditioning
James M Downey, University of South Alabama, USA
Pre and postconditioning the normal and diabetic heart: from laboratory bench to hospital bedside
Derek M Yellon, University College London, UK
Angiotensin-superoxide and NO control cardiac metabolism
Thomas H. Hintze, New York Medical College, USA
Familial Atrial Fibrillation
YH Chen, Tongji University Shanghai, China
Young Physiologists' Session (details TBC) 