Professor Mike Tipton (President @physoc.bsky.social) joins experts in health, climate & sports performance, urging FIFA to address dangerous heat stress risk for players at the men’s 2026 World Cup. 📰 BBC reports on the open letter ⬇️ buff.ly/b6RwECu

Be part of our 'Celebrating Physiology in' series 🌟 Join us this year for our special celebrations across the UK and Ireland, marking the Physiological Society’s 150th anniversary. Celebrate with physiology with us 🔗 buff.ly/kTWppi6 #ShapeTheNext150

❓Have you applied for our EDI Fund yet? Apply for up to £1000 to promote and champion equity, diversity, or inclusion in physiology. ⏰ Deadline is 25 May, apply now ⬇️

⏰ Members, there is still time to share your insights on experimental models in our 𝙞𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙤 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆. Complete the survey by 𝟭𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘆 🔗 buff.ly/NR8KS4U #ResearchSkills

In this recent 'Voices of Physiology' blog, Dr Daniah Beleford from @ucd-physiology.bsky.social shares her research interests and experience as one of the first editors appointed on The Journal of Precision Medicine: Health and Disease editorial board 📣 Check it out 👇️ www.physoc.org/blog/dr-dani...

Latest issue now live! This special issue 'Pacemaking in multicellular organ systems' was organised and edited by Prof Alex Quinn from @dalhousie.bsky.social and Dr Ben Drumm📖 🔬 Read the featured articles here 👇️ 🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697793...

A team of nerves, muscles and structures control a process many of us might take for granted, swallowing. Read about the sequence of events in our latest blog ⬇️ www.physoc.org/blog/how-doe...

⏰ Members, the clock is ticking to share your insights on experimental models in our 𝙞𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙤 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆. The deadline has been extended to 𝟭𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘆! Complete the survey now 🔗 buff.ly/NR8KS4U #ResearchSkills

Lucy Wills rose to international fame for her research on nutritional anaemia in the 1930s. Alireza Mani & Liz Blanks (@ucl) tell Lucy's story. Here's how her discovery protected mothers & children from folic acid deficiency 🔗 buff.ly/ZtN0N31

The Society’s Board of Trustees has declared that the climate emergency is a health emergency that requires urgent action. 🗞️ Read our news article to find out more ⬇️

What motivates you to act as a reviewer? Dr Kate Thomas (University of Otago, New Zealand) shares valuable advice for all those considering whether to accept the invitation to serve as a reviewer. Read her notes on the value of thoughtful #PeerReview 🔗 www.physoc.org/blog/motivat...

⏰ Last chance to apply for an Institutional Engagement Award! Don’t miss out on this support to help you run your own physiology focused event. Apply now ⬇️

📣 April's EPick 📣 Danilo Bondi et al. (University ‘G. d’Annunzio’Chieti-Pescara, @ucl.ac.uk, University of Urbino) consider how physiological networks respond to normobaric hypoxia and isometric exercise 🏃 📖 buff.ly/dmmf7tN

🎓️ EDITOR'S CHOICE🎓️ Skiles from @utah.edu et al. show that an altered immune cell response and accumulation of senescent macrophages may disrupt tissue remodelling during recovery in aged muscle 🔬 🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

🏆 Presenting the early career researcher prize winners announced at our #FitForTheFuture meeting. Awards were presented for orals, flash talks, posters and student soapbox 🎉 See the posts below to find out more about the prize winners ⬇️

Professor Derek Scott has been awarded the 2026 Otto Hutter Teaching Prize Lecture for excellence and originality in physiology teaching 🎉 In his lecture, Adapt to Survive, he sets out new approaches for physiology to adapt with confidence. 👉 Learn more: www.physoc.org/news_article...

“Receiving the Physiological Society Prize, in their 150th anniversary year, was one of the proudest moments of my career so far.” We’re proud to recognise Dr Puja Mehta, Physiological Society Prize winner at STEM for Britain 2026 🏆 Read more about her experience 👇 www.physoc.org/blog/stem-fo...

Attended Dietary Manipulations for Health and in the Prevention and Management of Disease? 📄 Turn your insights into impact - submit your work to the Special Issue in the Journal of Nutritional Physiology! 🔗 buff.ly/3dMoHqr #DietaryManipulations #NutritionalPhysiology

Members, we call on you to help us build an up-to-date picture of the current use of #ExperimentalModels for human and animal research among physiologists. ⏰ Share your views in our 𝙞𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙤 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 by 24 April 🔗 buff.ly/4VvmXWG

🏆 Prizes awarded at this week’s #DietaryManipulations meeting 🎉 🎉 Many congratulations to the early career researcher oral and poster competition winners. Awards were presented to 🥁 (🧵 1/3)

🎉 Professor Louise Burke was awarded the Society's Joan Mott Prize Lecture Celebrating Women Physiologists at our #DietaryManipulations meeting. Louise's lecture explained and defended the science underpinning #SportsNutrition. Read our news story to learn more ⬇️

This morning we consider personalised responses to #Nutrition and #Exercise at Day 1 of our #DietaryManipulations meeting at @ManMetUni. View the programme to find out more about the speakers and their talks ➡️ buff.ly/ghn0YZC

📢 Applications for the Institutional Engagement Award are now open! Find out how the Society can support you to run a physiology focused event at your institution ⬇️

🚀🌕 As we celebrate the lunar launch, new research highlights the real challenge: keeping humans healthy in space. This Editorial by Damian Bailey and Angelique van Ombergen explores how low gravity affects the human body. 🔬 buff.ly/fxkKkuK #SpaceHealth #MoonMission

'Running toward brain health: How #aerobic capacity and #liver metabolism shape Alzheimer's pathology' Evelin Melekh from @brocku.ca and colleagues examine the work of Lysaker et al. (2026) in this recent #JournalClub ✍️ 🔗 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

Lab Lunch Week honours our Society tradition where scientific exchange took place over a shared meal. Physiologists around the world have gathered with colleagues to pause and connect. 📸 Here are a few photo highlights ⬇️

"Surviving beyond Earth is not about grit alone – it is about physiology pushed to its absolute limits," write Damian Bailey and Angelique van Ombergen, in their joint editorial published in @expphysiol.bsky.social. Read the full article ⬇️ physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

🚀 "The Moon is not just a destination – it is a test of our biology," says Damian Bailey (EiC of @expphysiol.bsky.social). As Nasa's Artemis II moon mission orbits the Earth, Damian discusses the physiology & health challenges of space exploration @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️ buff.ly/iR2tTqm

We're enjoying all your wonderful photos of your Lab Lunches! Thank you for celebrating physiology with us 🎉 📸 View the photo gallery of the birthday events that have taken place so far ⬇️ buff.ly/tpMorSm

The hearing group took part in The Physiological Society's "Lab lunch" event to celebrate 150 years of the society. We had a decent chat about physiology over a sandwich, and got to play with stickers and fun hats! @physoc.bsky.social

It all started in a London townhouse on 31 March 1876, at the home of Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson... For our 150th anniversary, we share the story of how the Society was founded, and celebrate the life and work of Burdon-Sanderson. Read the article ⬇️

Jolly fun 150th @physoc.bsky.social birthday “lab lunch” with @sussexneuro.bsky.social - chat, community and research - all the good stuff!!

From an anatomist to a zookeeper, biosciences can open you up to a diverse range of career paths, and the @rsb.org.uk's new video series explores just that. Watch the A to Z of biosciences to gain inspiration and advice for your next career move: www.rsb.org.uk/a-to-z-biosc...

To honour our past, present, and future, we will be spotlighting 150 voices. From influential figures in our history to emerging scientists shaping the future of physiology, discover their insights into what comes next. Hear from your community: buff.ly/jAoQl9m

Our final A to Z video is from Marie Bowers who talks about her role as Technician in Charge (Physiology) at the University of Glasgow. Learn about what she does during a typical day & hear her advice for aspiring biologists. Watch the full video: youtu.be/Yzaj7RAfc_k #BiosciencesForAll

It's our birthday! 🎉 Today marks 150 years since the founding of the Physiological Society. Much has changed over the past century and a half, but one thing that has remained consistent: working together to push the boundaries of discovery. youtu.be/NezReM54phc?...

It's time for the birthday bunting and party hats 🎉 'Lab Lunches' is here, our week long celebration for our 150th anniversary. Read more about the history behind this year's event 🔗 buff.ly/tpMorSm

The University of Oxford, UK, has secured the top place in the QS World University Rankings for 2026 in four academic subjects, including Anatomy and Physiology. You can find out more in this news story:https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-tops-qs-world-university-rankings-in-four-subjects

This summer, explore the intricate molecular mechanisms of vascular ion channels to their influence on complex physiological functions: 📆 27 – 28 August 📍 University of Oxford, UK From discussing discoveries to the development of therapies, join us at our #IonChannels meeting ⬇️

📣 Celebrate excellence in physiology! The Mid‑Career Research Prize recognises outstanding mid‑career researchers shaping the future of the field. 🔍️ Learn more & apply by 31 March: buff.ly/E9nZuKT #Physiology #MidCareerResearchers

The latest special issue 'Beyond neural connections: Tissue crosstalk and cognitive health and function' was organised and edited by Drs Val Andrew Fajardo and Rebecca MacPherson from @brocku.ca🧠 📖 🔗 Read the full issue here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697793...

📣 1 week left! Submit your work to the Nutritional Physiology of the Female Musculoskeletal System Special Issue. 🔗 buff.ly/BzlkyCX 🗓 Deadline: 31 March 2026 #CallForPapers #NutritionScience #MusculoskeletalHealth

Congratulations to the 2026 @PhysRep Presentation Award Winners at Physiological Society of Japan 103rd Annual Meeting! www.aeplan.jp/psj2026/home... Ken Ueda, The University of Tokyo Kanoko Ashizawa, Nagasaki University @physoc.bsky.social @apspublications.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social

The Editors-in-Chief of @jphysiol.bsky.social, Kim Barrett, and @expphysiol.bsky.social, Damien Bailey, discuss the importance of recognising excellence in #PeerReview in their Editorial 🔗 buff.ly/tqgrkrb

From investigating #Mining disasters to mine safety and #PublicHealth policy, Tashi Raina and Alireza Mani tell us about the birth and legacy of the Haldane apparatus. A chemical gas-analysis instrument that saved countless miners’ lives. Read the blog 🔗 www.physoc.org/blog/the-hal...

Be part of our 'Celebrating Physiology in' series 🌟 Join us this year for our special celebrations across the UK and Ireland, marking the Physiological Society’s 150th anniversary. View the event calendar, submit your research ⬇️ buff.ly/OfSbqnr #ShapeTheNext150

✍️ “When the liver fails, the brain does not escape the consequences,” shares Dr Anna Hadjihambi (@KingsCollegeLon). Anna and her lab are unravelling brain dysfunction in #LiverDisease. Read the blog to learn more about her research on #MASLD 🔗 www.physoc.org/blog/mind-ov...

🔎 Whodunnit? Mystery story models can help teach scientific writing. Curious to learn more...join us for our #PhysiologyEducation and Teaching meeting: 📆 14-15 April 2026 📍 Newcastle University Browse the programme for more details on the talks & sessions. ⏰ Register by 24 March ⬇️

Are you interested in crafting and advocating for public policies that are informed by physiological evidence? We are recruiting for a Policy and Public Affairs Officer to join our team at the Physiological Society! Apply by 03 April 2026 ⬇️

❓ How does the ketogenic diet affect our metabolism? Dr Aaron Hengist from National Institutes of Health takes us through the physiological changes that occur in the body at the onset of eating a #ketoDiet. Read the Q&A about his research ➡️ buff.ly/KWcD5QL #Nutrition #MetabolicPhysiology