The Chinese Physiological Society (CPS) Taipei celebrated its 100. anniversary at the 40th Joint Annual Conference of Biomedical Science in Taipei. Congratulations! The presidents of FAOPS, Gary Housley and IUPS President  Yoshihiro Kubo gave congratulatory addresses and special lectures. We congratulate CPS on this successful meeting  and, in particular, on read more…

IBRO runs the grant program “Neuroscience Capacity Accelerator for Mental Health”  (commissioned by Wellcome). It   aims to enhance neuroscience research related to mental health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), with a focus on building research capacity and accelerating the potential for impactful research programs. Application will be  open until read more…

We have  got news about the  2026 Beacon meeting in Okazaki, Japan. This two-day meeting will be held on Sept. 15-16, 2026 in Okazaki, Japan. It will be  co-hosted by the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS). The  title  “Physiology ahead: orchestration of multiple organ systems” promises a new, interdisciplinary read more…

The  date of the next IUPS congress, which  will be held in Kobe , Japan, is now fixed: July 6-9, 2029. Save the date of this  important global meeting of physiologists. You can’t possibly miss this opportunity to present  your data to your colleagues worldwide.

IUPS is glad  to report that sponsoring  an Early Career Academic Conference held  in conjunction with the Annual Nigerian Physiology Conference in Lagos, Nigeria (September 12-14, 2025)  encouraged more than 100 young scientists to attend both events. From a letter sent by Prof. Balanle Iranloye, the  chair of the organizing read more…

IUPS has been asked to show support for a student-led physiology conference in October in Lahore, Pakistan with around 300 medical and dental trainees participating. The conference had two parallel streams. One was a regular scientific stream, the second one a Physiology Quest –a spin off from the ever popular, read more…

IUPS has recently established a research grant for early career African physiologists. The  grant is managed  by the  African Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS). AAPS is now  calling for international, experienced reviewers to assist in the  selection process of the submitted research proposals. 4-6  proposals will be sent to reviewers read more…

IUPS 2025 ended today after nearly  four days  of highly interesting and  cutting edge science presented in main lectures as well as in symposia and  poster sessions. There was an excellent spirit among participants not least reflected by the  fact that an unusual high amount of participants stayed until the read more…