Registration Closed for the IUPS 2026 Beacon Meeting in Japan! The response has been tremendous- 98 participants registered from Japan, Asia, Africa, Europe, & the US. The meeting will feature 74 poster presentations & 22 travel grant recipients, supporting a diverse community of researchers!

Physiology in Focus is a joint annual meeting of the German Physiological Society & the The Scandinavian Physiological Society. It will be held at the University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf in Hamburg, September 16–19 Registration can be found here: www.dpg-congress.de

Did you know? The gastrointestinal tract contains an intrinsic neural network—the enteric nervous system, comprising over 100 million neurons. This system can regulate motility, secretion, and blood flow, while communicating bidirectionally with the central nervous system via the gut–brain axis.

🔍 Research Spotlight by Jiahui Young et al.🔍 The interactions between gut microbiota and enteric glial cells (EGCs) are increasingly recognized! Read the full article: journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

📆 2026 IUPS Beacon Meeting, Registration Deadline Approaching! The 2026 IUPS Beacon meeting, taking place in Okazaki, Japan, Sept. 15–16, 2026, is a meeting that will be co-hosted by the National Institute for Physiological Sciences. Registration and Details: sites.google.com/nips.ac.jp/i...

📣 Registration is open for the Swiss Physiology Meeting 2026! Join a dynamic 1-day meeting featuring keynote speakers, flash talks, posters, and the Young Investigator Award contest for ECRs. 🗓 YIA deadline: May 31, 2026 🔗 More info: meetings.ls2.ch/swiss-physio...

📣 Save the Date! Join the Austrian Physiological Society at their next annual meeting in the beautiful Tyrolean city of Innsbruck 🇦🇹 🗓 June 25–26, 2026 We’d love your help spreading the word—see you there! #innsbruckaustria #savethedate

🔍Research Spotlight: ENaC inhibition with low-dose amiloride lowered blood pressure and improved arterial stiffness in adults with obesity/insulin resistance—w/out major safety concerns. Findings highlight a promising approach to reducing cardiovascular risk. journals.physiology.org/.../ajpheart...

Did you know? Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is not caused by lactic acid accumulation. Instead, it reflects exercise-induced microdamage, particularly following eccentric contractions, which triggers local inflammation, nociceptor activation, and subsequent muscle remodeling.

Registration is open for the 2026 IUPS Beacon Meeting! Join us Sept 15–16 in Okazaki, Japan, for “Physiology Ahead: Orchestration of Multiple Organ Systems.” A focused, interactive meeting supporting early-career researchers. Details: sites.google.com/nips.ac.jp/i...

Did you know? Ventilation is primarily regulated by brainstem respiratory centers that respond to changes in arterial CO₂ & pH via central and peripheral chemoreceptors. Cortical pathways can transiently override this automatic control during behaviors such as speech, singing, or breath holding.

The Romanian Society of Physiological Sciences invites medical students to the EuRoPhyz Quiz—a physiology competition featuring a written test (May 8) and team oral rounds (May 9). Compete, connect, and win prizes! Free registration by May 15: physiologyquizro.wixsite.com/europhyzquiz

🔬Research Spotlight: In Function, researchers show alcohol + high sugar/fat worsen liver cell dysfunction in a 3D human hepatocyte model-boosting lipid buildup, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial damage. Diet and alcohol may synergistically drive liver disease. #LiverResearch #Metabolism

Deadline Approaching! Call for Nominations! The IUPS Academy seeks nominations for 30 new Fellows (FIUPS), celebrating excellence in physiology since 2021. Deadline: March 15, 2026. Learn more: www.iups.org/academy

Did You Know? Although it accounts for only ~2% of body mass, the human brain consumes ~20% of total resting energy expenditure. The majority of this energy supports ion gradient maintenance and synaptic transmission across billions of neurons and glial cells.

🚨You have until the end of this month to apply for our Mid-Career Researcher Prize!🚨 Researchers within 6 -15 years of your PhD or MD are eligible to apply for this prize, and the winner will be awarded with £1,000, and publish their Review in Experimental Physiology. 🔗 buff.ly/3l2c5oW

Research Spotlight: Antibiotic-driven changes to the gut microbiome altered immune responses to gluten in mice, increasing intestinal immune cells. The findings highlight the microbiome’s role in diet–immune interactions. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.... #Physiology #Microbiome

🔬 Celebrating Physiology in Oxford – Save the Date! Join us 18–19 June 2026 at the University of Oxford for The Physiological Society’s 150th anniversary. Plenaries, ECR talks, future-focused symposium, and global networking. Learn more: physoc.org/celebrating-physiology-in-oxford

Did you know the heartbeat is naturally irregular? Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and is a key indicator of autonomic flexibility, cardiovascular health, and the body’s ability to adapt to stress. #DidYouKnow

Don’t miss your chance to attend the American Physiology Summit, April 23–26, 2026, in Minneapolis! Designed by APS members, the Summit is a dynamic event for scientific exchange, collaboration and professional growth-shaping the future of science! Regular registration ends 3/31! ow.ly/qTiK50XGuya

New Research Spotlight 🔬 Nr4a1 helps protect insulin-producing β-cells in females during metabolic stress. Loss of Nr4a1 reduces insulin, β-cell mass, and glucose control under high-fat diet conditions. Estrogen increases Nr4a1. journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

IBRO’s Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health (commissioned by Wellcome) supports mental health neuroscience in LMICs, focusing on research capacity and impact. Apply by March 31. #IBRO #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #LMICs #ResearchFunding

Save the date! The 2026 IUPS Beacon meeting will be held Sept 15–16 in Okazaki, Japan, co-hosted by NIPS. Titled “Physiology Ahead: Orchestration of Multiple Organ Systems,” this focused, interactive meeting supports early-career researchers. More info soon!

While 2029 may seem far off, it will arrive sooner than we expect! The dates for the next IUPS Congress are officially set: July 6–9, 2029, in Kobe, Japan. Be sure to save the date for this important global gathering of physiologists and an unparalleled opportunity to share your research!

Call for Nominations! The IUPS Academy seeks nominations for 30 new Fellows (FIUPS), celebrating excellence in physiology since 2021. Deadline: March 15, 2026. Learn more: www.iups.org/academy

Season's Greetings from the IUPS President and Executive Committee! Best wishes for the holiday season!

Physiologists worldwide are making discoveries that change how we understand life — from cells to whole organisms. At IUPS, we’re proud to support a global community advancing physiology. What question is inspiring your work right now? #IUPS #Physiology #ScienceCommunity #LifeSciences

Chilean Society of Physiology – 40th Annual Meeting 📅 4-7 November 2025 📍 Hippocampus Resort, Viña del Mar, Chile

IUPS proudly supported the Early Career Academic Conference held with the Nigerian Physiology Conference in Lagos (Sept 12–14, 2025), encouraging over 100 young scientists to participate and connect. Congrats to the organizers and all early-career researchers! #IUPS #Physiology

Art, music, dance and other creative activities may boost your brain health. What hobby will you pick up to stay healthy? Read more from Nature Communications https://ow.ly/3i4V50X8HhO #ISpyPhysiology #FridayPhysiologyFact 🧪

📅 Save the Date! Join the 2026 International Congress of Physiological Sciences (ICPS2026) hosted by CAPS 🎉 🗓 Oct 16–18, 2026 | 📍 Beijing Theme: Centenary Journey, New Voyage Celebrate 100 years of CAPS and the future of physiology!

🎉 Congratulations on a successful student-led physiology conference in Lahore, Pakistan! With 300 trainees, dual scientific & “Physiology Quest” streams, and support from IUPS and Prof. Wray, the event inspired nationwide enthusiasm and showcased remarkable student initiative. #IUPS

📢 Join us in Rosario, Argentina 🇦🇷 for the 2025 SAFIS Congress! 🧠 Cutting-edge physiology, innovative teaching, and global collaboration await. 📅 Oct 22–24, 2025 📍 College of Biochemistry & Pharmacy, Rosario 🔗 Learn more: www.iups.org/event/argent... #SAFIS2025 #IUPS #Physiology

Thanks to all the folks who came to my presentation this morning, always fun to talk about blood metabolism in birds! 🐦🦠 #IUPS2025 (And thanks to #KeniaCBicego for the picture ! ☺️)

🎉 Honoured to have delivered the Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture! Huge thanks to Ludmila Filaretova for the warm and thoughtful introduction, and to everyone who joined—your energy made it unforgettable! So excited about the bright future of integrative physiology! 🚀 #IUPS #GnRH #Cognition

📢 IUPS/AAPS Research Grant – Call for Reviewers! 📢 Seeking experienced international reviewers for early-career African physiologist grant proposals. 4–6 proposals sent by late Oct; 4 weeks to review. Apply here: forms.gle/SciTDju7kWnA...

Apply now for the IUPS Early Stage Faculty Prizes! Open to physiologists within 10 years of a PhD and 7 years of a faculty post (extensions allowed for verified career breaks). Details: www.iups.org/academy/awards

Reminder: IUPS Julie Chan Prize & Early-Stage-Faculty Prizes: applications for 2025 are now open! www.iups.org/iups/awards/ Early-Stage Faculty Prizes: deadline to Submit is September 30! Julie Chan Prize: deadline to Submit is October 15!

IUPS 2025 closed after 4 days of cutting-edge science in Frankfurt, with 1,500 participants from 70 countries. Thanks to all who made it a success! See you in 2029 in Kobe, Japan! #IUPS2025 #Physiology #ScienceCommunity #GlobalScience #Kobe2029

IUPS societies elected a new Executive Committee and Council for 2025–2029! President: Yoshihiro Kubo(Japan) Vice Presidents: Alicia Mattiazzi(Argentina) and Holly Shiels(UK) Treasurer: Gary Sieck(USA) Secretary General: W.E. Louch(Norway) The next Congress will take place in 2029 in Kobe, Japan

The halls may still look quiet today, but behind the scenes it’s a busy day of final preparations as we get ready to welcome everyone to the big physiology congress tomorrow!

IUPS 2025 begins this week! From Sept 11–14, around 1,500 scientists from 70 countries will gather in Frankfurt, Main, Germany. Among them will be Nobel laureates and many other renowned scientists from across the globe, presenting cutting-edge research in nearly every subdiscipline of physiology!

The IUPS Beacon 2025 was held in Campinas, Brazil July 9th – 12th in conjunction with the Brazilian Federation of Experimental Biology Societies (FESBE) meeting. IUPS Beacon 2025 focused on “Environmental Challenges to Physiology.”

IUPS Julie Chan Prize & Early-Stage-Faculty Prizes: applications for 2025 are now open! www.iups.org/iups/awards/ Early-Stage Faculty Prizes: deadline to Submit is September 30! Julie Chan Prize: deadline to Submit is October 15!

🔥IUPS Keynote Teaching Lecture Spotlight: Professor Harry J. Witchel "Is now the time to start burning my books? Teaching physiology in our post-truth era of AI" -- a lecture at IUPS 2025 that you will not want to miss! There is still time to register for IUPS 2025: www.iups2025.com/registration/

IUPS 2025 is just around the corner! Join us for a gathering of researchers, educators, and innovators in physiology. September 11-14, Frankfurt, Germany Don’t miss out on international collaboration & unforgettable experiences! There’s still time to register! www.iups2025.com/registration/

I'm speaking at the Global Climate and Health Summit hosted by @physoc.bsky.social! 🌍 Join me to discuss the intersection of climate change and health. Let's explore solutions together. #ClimateHealthSummit25 📅16 - 17 July 2025 📍 London | Online 🔗https://buff.ly/ivnjZF8

We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Peter Hegyi will deliver the Robert Pitts Lecture at #IUPS2025 in Frankfurt! His pioneering work on epithelial ion transport is redefining how we treat and prevent pancreatitis. Don’t miss this powerful session! #Pancreatitis #Physiology

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Vincent Prévot as this year’s Ernst Knobil Lecturer! His talk, “Pulsatile GnRH: A Key Link Between Reproductive Control, Metabolism & Cognitive Decline”, dives into how 1 hormone shapes puberty, brain function, and aging-plus its promise for treating disorders!

August Krogh Lecture at IUPS Prof. Martin Jastroch will explore “Molecular Mechanisms of Energy Metabolism”—diving into how mammals evolved to stay warm through non-shivering thermogenesis and what it means for treating metabolic disease. Don't miss this deep dive into energy, heat, and adaptation!