International Union of Physiological Sciences
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The International Union of Physiological Sciences, abbreviated IUPS, is the global umbrella organization for physiology.[1]
| Abbreviation | IUPS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1929 |
| Type | INGO |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
President | Susan Wray |
First vice-President | Susan Barman |
Secretary General | Ulrich Pohl |
Parent organization | International Council for Science (ICSU) |
| Website | IUPS Official website |
IUPS aims to facilitate initiatives that strengthen the discipline of physiology. IUPS is a scientific union member of the International Council for Science (ICSU),[2] and is accredited with the World Health Organization (WHO). The Union is composed of 54 National Members, 10 Associate Members, 2 Affiliated Members, 5 Regional Members and 5 Special Members.[2] IUPS organizes an international congress every 4 years and, in association with the American Physiological Society publishes the review journal Physiology. in 2020 it established the journal Physiome to publish and curate mathematical models of physiological systems, the Physiome.[3]
Since 2010 IUPS has participated in the interdisciplinary activities of Bio-Unions/ICSU.[4]
Congresses edit
- 1889Basel
- 1892Liege
- 1895Bern
- 1898Cambridge
- 1901Turin
- 1904Brussels
- 1907Heidelberg
- 1910Vienna
- 1913Groningen
- 1920Paris
- 1923Edinburgh
- 1926Stockholm
- 1929Boston
- 1932Rome
- 1935Leningrad-Moscow
- 1938Zurich
- 1947Oxford
- 1950Copenhagen
- 1953Montréal
- 1956Brussels
- 1959Buenos Aires
- 1962Leiden
- 1965Tokyo
- 1968Washington, D.C.
- 1971Munich
- 1974New Delhi
- 1977Paris
- 1980Budapest
- 1983Sydney
- 1986Vancouver
- 1989Helsinki
- 1993Glasgow
- 1997St. Petersburg
- 2001Christchurch
- 2005San Diego, CA
- 2009Kyoto, Japan
- 2013Birmingham, UK
- 2017Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2022 Beijing, China (virtual meeting)
Previous Presidents edit
- 1953-1956 Charles Best
- 1956-1959 Corneille Heymans
- 1959-1962 Bernardo Houssay
- 1962-1968 G.L. Brown
- 1968-1971 Wallace Fenn
- 1971-1974 Yngve Zotterman
- 1974-1980 Eric Neil[5]
- 1980-1986 Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
- 1986-1993 Andrew Huxley
- 1993-1997 Masao Ito
- 1997-2001 Ewald Weibel
- 2001-2005 Alan Cowley
- 2005-2009 Akimichi Kaneko
- 2009-2017 Denis Noble
- 2017-2022 Julie Chan[6]
Previous Secretaries General edit
- 1953-1959 Maurice Visscher
- 1959-1965 Wallace Fenn
- 1965-1971 JW Duyff
- 1971-1980 Robert Hunsperger
- 1980-1986 J Scherrer
- 1986-1993 Robert Nacquet[7]
- 1993-2001 Denis Noble
- 2001-2009 Ole Petersen
- 2010-2017 Walter Boron
Structure edit
There are eight Commissions [8]
- Locomotion
- Circulation & Respiration
- Endocrine, Reproduction & Development
- Neurobiology
- Secretion & Absorption
- Molecular & Cellular
- Comparative: Evolution, Adaptation & Environment
- Genomics & Biodiversity
References edit
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ a b IUPS, International Union of Physiological Sciences. Scientific Union Member. 2015-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 02 June 2015.
- ^ Hunter, Peter J.; Borg, Thomas K. (March 2003). "Integration from proteins to organs: the Physiome Project". Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 4 (3): 237–243. doi:10.1038/nrm1054. ISSN 1471-0080. PMID 12612642. S2CID 25185270.
- ^ Bio-Unions/ICSU. Retrieved 02 June 2015.
- ^ "Eric Neil | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Chan, Julie Y.H. – ITRBM". Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ Cepeda, Carlos; Tanaka, Tatsuya; Stutzmann, Jean-Marie; Korn, Henri (2009). "Robert Naquet (1923-2005):The Scientific Odyssey of a French Gentleman". Epilepsy & Seizure. 2 (1): 1–16. doi:10.3805/eands.2.1. ISSN 1882-5567. S2CID 71423346.
- ^ IUPS, About Us. Commissions. Retrieved 02 June 2015.
External links edit
- IUPS Official website