Pre-Conference Symposia

The Organising Committee is delighted to announce a number of Pre-Conference Symposia on Thursday, 15 September.

These meetings are FREE to attend, but you MUST be registered for Europhysiology 2022.

To attend the Pre-Symposia you are required to register for the full conference. 

Young Physiologists Career Symposium

The Young Physiologists will have their meeting from 8.00 to 11.30.

Led by Young Physiologist representatives of all hosting societies.

You find the Program hereunder (continously updated).

For more information please visit the following link: Young Physiologists Career Symposium.

Young Physiologists Career Symposium

8.00 Welcome and introductions
Opportunities during my academic career: Editorial Board and Grant Committee positions
8.15 Journal editorial board ECR representative
Lykke Sylow
University of Copenhagen, DK
8.35 Grant organization committee ECR representative
Lisa Nalbach
Programme Officer, German Research Foundation, DE
8.55 Q&A speakers
9.15 Networking break
 The interface between Academia and Industry: Perspectives from scientists in non-academic careers
9.45 Pharmaceutical Industry
– to be confirmed
10.05 Innovation programme – research translation
Karin Hultman
Scientific Manager, SPARK, Novo Nordisk Foundation
10.25 Start-up
– to be confirmed
10.45 Q&A with all speakers
11.00 Networking break leading onto lunch

The Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings

After the Young Investigator Symposium we will offer 7 parallel SIG-meetings, starting at 12.00 and end at 17.00.
You will find the detailed program of each sympoisa hereunder (will be updated continuously).

Topics:

Vascular Physiology

Organiser: 
Vladimir Matchkov, Aarhus University, DK
Christoffer Garland, University of Oxford, UK
Thomas Korff, University of Heidelberg, DE
Michaela Kuhn, University of Würzburg, DE
12.00 C-Type Natriuretic Peptide stabilizes FoxO3 and attenuates hyperproliferation of lung pericytes from patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.
Swati Dabral
University of Würzburg, DE
12.25 Coronary microvascular physiology in health and disease: lessons from large animal models.
D.J. Duncker
Erasmus University Medical Center, UK
12.50 YAP/TAZ deletion in vascular smooth muscle in adult mice results in aneurysm-like vascular lesions.
Marycarmen Arévalo Martinez
Lund University, SE
13.15 Cytochrome P450 reductase maintains vessel function through regulation of eNOS and the metabolic fate of arachidonic acid.
Pedro Felipe Malacarne
Goethe University, DE
13.30 Prorenin can affect vascular tone by modulating the intracellular pH of vascular smooth muscle cells.
Salomé Rognant
University of Copenhagen, DK
13.45 Endogneous Angiotensin II and myoendothelial feedback in small arteries.
Lauren Phillips
University of Oxford, UK
14.00 Pitch talks (4 + 1 min)
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Stress coping in rats associates with reduced expression of cerebrovascular Kv7.4 channels leading to biphasic neurovascular response
Christian Staehr
Aarhus University, DK
15.25 Proteo-genomic discovery of human endothelial smORF-encoded microproteins.
Mauro Siragusa
Goethe University, DE
15.50 Mechanisms underlying synthesis and release of ET-1 from rat resistance arteries.
Katherine Banecki
University of Oxford, UK
16.10 Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging of the Renal Microvasculature in Rats with Diabetes.
Stinne B Søgaard
University of Copenhagen, DK
16.30 The oral nitrate/nitrite pathway: a link between oral and cardiovascular health.
Raul Bescos Garcia
University of Plymouth, UK
16.45 Endothelial cells drive organ fibrosis by inducing the transcription factor Sox9.
Felix A. Trogisch
Heidelberg University, DE

Skeletal Muscle Physiology

Title: Novel approaches and insights on muscle structure and function in health and disease
Organiser:
Kristian Vissing, Aarhus University, DK
Julien Ochala, University of Copenhagen, DK
Johanna Lanner, Karolinska Instituttet, SE
Theresia Kraft, Hannover Medical School, DE
12.00 Welcome and opening
SkSIG organising committee
12.45 From stem cells to performance: The role of skeletal muscle in challenging perceptions of human ageing
Chiara Lanzuolo
Institute of Biomedical Technologies Milan, IT
13.15 Selected from abstract submission
13.30 Selected from abstract submission
13.45 Deconvolution of cellular responses to exercise in human skeletal muscle utilizing single-cell sequencing.
Eric Rullman
Karolinska Institute, SE
14.00 Role of exercise +/- ischemia-induced plasma extracellular vesicles for remote tissue conditioning
Kristian Vissing
Aarhus University, DK
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 A stagewise response to mitochondrial dysfunction
Amy Vincent
Newcastle University, UK
15.30 Regulation of skeletal muscle function by mtRNA-stabilizing proteins – and their role in exercise adaptations
Tang Cam Phung Pham
University of Copenhagen, DK
15.45 Selected from abstract submission
16.00 Selected from abstract submission
16.15 Mitochondrial function and healthy aging
Steen Larsen
University of Copenhagen, DK
16.45 Concluding Remarks
SkSIG organising committee

Epithelial, Membrane Transport and Renal Physiology

Organiser:           
Henrik Dimke,University of Southern Denmark, DK
Markus Bleich, Christian-Albrecht Univeersity-Kiel, DE
Claudins in kidney
12.00 Tight junction and claudin architecture in kidney using super resolution imaging techniques
Rozemarijn van der Veen and Martin Lehmann
FMP Berlin, DE
12.30 Role of Claudin-2 and Claudin-12 in proximal tubular transport
Todd Alexander
University of Alberta, CA
13.00 New perspectives on the solvent drag concept by bi- and tricellular tight junctions in kidney
Dorothée Günzel
Charité -Berlin, DE
 Ion transport in kidney
13.30 Exosome proteomics as a tool to study renal regulation of salt and potassium transport
Robert Fenton
Aarhus University, DK
14.00 Electrophysiology of KCNJ channels underlying genetic kidney defects
Anselm Zdebik
University College London, UK
14.30 Coffee Break
15.00 Novel genetic defects with consequences for kidney function and electrolyte balance
Jeroen de Baaij
Radboud Nijmegen, NL
 Molecular mechanisms underlying kidney disease  
15.30 Nitric oxide signalling in kidney regulation and potential links to cardiorenal disease
Mattias Carlstrom
Karolinska Institutet, SE
16.00 Novel insights into protein homeostasis in podocyte biology
Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, DE

Neuroscience

Organiser:
Tommas Ellender, Oxford University, UK
 
Title: Histamine and the nervous system
 
Speakers:
  Qiuyuan Fang
Amsterdam University, NL
  Parry Hashemi
Imperial College London, UK
  Perrti Panula
Helsinki University, FI 
  Ilona Obara
Newcastle University, F 
  Stephen Brickley
Imperial College London, UK 
  Tommas Ellender
Oxford University, UK 

Human & Exercise Physiology

Title: Is there a norm in human physiology? Biological influences in health and disease

A symposium dedicated to highlighting research investigating diversity in physiology

  Introduction
Paul Ansdell & Irene Di Giulio
Theme Leads, Physiological Society
  The menstrual cycle, oral contraceptive use, and associated symptoms on exercise performance and recovery
Kelly McNulty
Northumbria University, UK
  The influence of hormones across the female lifespan on responses to exercise
Johanna Ihalaine
Jyvaskyla University, FI
  Ageing of the neuromuscular system; do sex hormones matter?
Jessica Piasecki
Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University, UK
  Sex differences in neuromuscular fatigue
Sandra Hunter
Marquette University, USA
  “Race” and Skin Pigmentation in Vascular Health
Tony Wolf
Penn State Univesity, USA
  Mind the gap: widening the demographic to establish new norms in human physiology
Ken O’Halloran
University College Cork, IR

Cardiac Symposium

Organiser:
Andrew James, University of Bristol, UK
Wolfgang Linke, University of Muenster, DE
William E Louch, University of Oslo, NO
Morten B Thomsen, University of Copenhagen, DK
12.00 Welcome
Session I: Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes
Chair:
Pasi Tavi, University of Eastern, FI
12.05 Torsten Christ
University of Hamburg, DE
12.25 Lukas Cyganek
University of Goettingen, DE
12.45 Sam Wall
Simula Research Centre, Oslo, NO
13.00 Eline Huethorst
University of Glasgow, UK
13.15 Break
 Session II:          The microtubule network in health and disease
Chair:
Thomas Jepps, University of Copenhagen, DK
13.25 Benjamin Prosser
University of Pennsylvania, USA
13.45 Arnela Saljic
University of Copenhagen, DK
14.05 Danielle Paul
University of Bristol, UK
14.20 Christine Loescher
University of Muenster, DE
14.35 Coffee break
 Session III: Protein turnover and quality control
Chair:
Wolfgang Linke, University of Muenster, DE
15.00 Wolfgang Linke
University of Muenster, DE
15.10 Sara Liin
University of Linkjøping, SE
15.30 Elizabeth Ehler
Kings College, UK
15.50 Stephen Harmer
University of Bristol, UK
16.10 Break
 Session IV: Meet the Industry- To be announced
Chair:
Andrew James, University of Bristol, UK
17.20 Wrap up

Comparative Physiology

Organisers:
Sjannie Lefevre, Oslo University, NO
Tobias Wang, Aarhus University, DK

12.00 Introduction about SIGs and SPS
Sjannie Lefevre, Oslo University, NO
Tobias Wang, Aarhus University, DK
12.20 Comparative chronobiology: an arctic perspective
David G. Hazlerigg
the Arctic University of Norway, NO
12.50 Selected from abstract submission
13.10 Break
13.20 Unravelling the mechanisms underlying extreme stress tolerance in tardigrades
Nadja Møjberg
University of Copenhagen, DK
13.50 Mitochondrial function in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp
Lucie Gerber
Oslo University, NO
14.10 Insights from ‘omics’ about crucian carp anoxia tolerance
Sjannie Lefevre
Oslo University, NO
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Evolution of mammalian thermogenesis-how and when UCP1 sparked fire
Martin Jastroch
Stockholm University, SE
15.30 A novel gut-muscle axis that enable growth in the absence of physical activity
Tobias Wang
Aarhus University, DE
16.00 Break
16.15 Discussion on future activities (How and when to meet, plus delegation of responsibilities)

Current Information

Europhysiology 2020 cancelled

Keydates

16 April 2021
Call for Symposia

Deadlines

01 February 2022
Start Online Registration

01 May 2022
Abstract Submission opens

25 May 2022
Abstract Submission closes

15 June 2022
Late Breaking Submission opens

15 July 2022
Late Breaking Submission closes

31 July 2022
Early Registration closes

31 August 2022
Online Registration closes

15 September 2022
Pre-Meeting Symposia

16-18 September 2022
Meeting dates

WARNING:


If you are contacted from any other hotel agency regarding hotel rooms for Europhysiology 2022 (e.g. from ehotelservices / expoforhotelservices, Larry Ellison or EHS), please note that they are not operating on our behalf. We collaborate with HRS and/or hotels directly.

Congress Secretariat

K.I.T. Group GmbH Dresden

01099 Dresden, Germany

Consent Management Platform by Real Cookie Banner