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Nobel Laureate, Leading Experts Speak in APS President’s Symposium Series
Newswise — San Diego (March 29, 2016)—APS President Patricia E. Molina, MD, PhD, of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, has organized a dynamic President’s Symposium Series to be presented during the Experimental Biology 2016 meeting in San Diego. Three symposia will focus around the theme “Physiological Mechanisms Responsive to Behavioral and Environmental Challenges.” Leading research experts will discuss the physiology behind organ injury in alcohol abuse, the health impacts of diet, and adaptations to stress. The series is anchored on Wednesday with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture by Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien, PhD.
Physiological Processes Underlying Organ Injury in Alcohol AbuseSunday, April 3, at 10:30 a.m.San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) Room 20AChair: Gary Murray, PhD, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Speakers:“Regulation of Protein Synthesis in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle”Charles Lang, PhD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
“Adipose Tissue as a Target for Excess Alcohol Consumption”Laura Nagy, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
“Liver Mitochondrial Stress and Energy Metabolism”Shannon Bailey, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Mediating the Neural Adaptations to Alcohol”Loren Parsons, PhD, Scripps Research Institute
Dietary Influences on Physiological Control Mechanisms: How Much, When and What Monday, April 4, at 10:30 a.m.SDCC Room 20AChair:Joshua Anthony, PhD, Campbell Soup Company
Speakers:“Amino Acid Deprivation and Nutritional Stress”Tracy Anthony, PhD, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
“Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Consequences of High-Salt Diets”Alicia McDonough, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
“Metabolic Consequences of High-Fructose Diet”Richard Johnson, MD, University of Colorado Denver
“Timing of Meals; When Is as Critical as What and How Much”Fred Turek, PhD, Northwestern University
Physiological Adaptation to Behavioral, Environmental and Chronological Stress Tuesday, April 5, at 10:30 a.m.SDCC Room 20AChair: Liz Simon, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Speakers:“Adaptation to High Altitude”Tatum Simonson, PhD, University of California San Diego
“Human Heat Acclimation”Michael Sawka, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
“Mechanisms Underlying Decreased Regeneration Potential: Alcohol as an Accelerator of Chronological Age”Liz Simon, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
“Sympathoneural and Adrenomedullary Responses to Mental Stress”David Goldstein, MD, PhD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine LectureWednesday, April 6, at 4:45 p.m.SDCC Room 20A
Speaker:“Molecules against Cancer or for Very Long-Term Memory”Roger Tsien, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego
NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: To schedule an interview with a member of the research team, please contact Stacy Brooks at [email protected] or (301) 634-7209.
About Experimental Biology 2016Experimental Biology is an annual meeting comprised of more than 14,000 scientists and exhibitors from six sponsoring societies and multiple guest societies. With a mission to share the newest scientific concepts and research findings shaping clinical advances, the meeting offers an unparalleled opportunity for exchange among scientists from across the United States and the world who represent dozens of scientific areas, from laboratory to translational to clinical research. www.experimentalbiology.org
About the American Physiological Society (APS)APS is a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering education, scientific research and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. The Society was founded in 1887 and today represents more than 11,000 members and publishes 14 peer-reviewed journals.www.the-aps.org
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