The IUPS Commissions
IUPS has established eight scientific commissions which cover major fields of research. The commissions play an important role in generating the scientific program of the IUPS Congresses, organizing IUPS symposia at other scientific meetings, as well as preparing consensus papers and guidelines on matters related to their field of expertise. The IUPS Council can suggest further tasks for the commissions.
The 8 commissions ( C-I – C-VIII ) are as follows:
- C-I Locomotion
- C-II Circulation & Respiration
- C-III Endocrine, Reproduction & Development
- C-IV Neurobiology
- C-V Secretion & Absorption
- C-VI Molecular & Cellular Physiology
- C-VII Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Adaptation & Environment
- C-VIII Genomics & Biodiversity
C-I Locomotion
The Locomotion Commission is chaired by Laszlo Csernoch (Hungary. Commission sections include Muscle, Exercise & Work, Motor Control, and Biomechanics. The Sections are chaired by Amira Klip (Canada), Philip J. Atherton (UK), and Andrew Cresswell (Australia).
Commission I members: Philip J. Atherton (UK), Andrew Cresswell (Australia), Satoshi Fujita (Japan), and Amira Klip (Canada).
C- II Circulation & Respiration
The Circulation & Respiration commission has three sections: Heart, Circulation and Respiration which are chaired by Larissa A Shimoda (US, William F Jackson (US) and Peter Kohl, (Germany)..
Commission II members: Christian Aalkjaer (Denmark), Alejandro Aiello (Argentina), Tracy L Baker (USA), Maria José Campagnole-Santos (Brazil), Cor De Wit (Germany), Lea Delbridge (Australia), Mauricio Henriquez (Chile), Satoshi Matsuoka (Japan), Gerald Meininger (USA), Thiago S. Moreira (Brazil), Consuelo Morgado-Valle (Mexico), Elizabeth Murphy (USA), Hiroshi Onimaru (Japan), Suthiluk Patumraj (Thailand), Grant Pierce (Canada), Jia Qu (China), Luis Sobrevía (Chile), Morten Thomsen (Denmark) Martín Vila-Petroff (Argentina), and Huang Yu (China).
The members of the Young Investigator Group are Francisco Alvarado-Guillén (USA), Verónica de Giusti (Argentia), Luis Gonano (Argentina), Manuela Lavorato (USA), Alejandro Orlowsky (USA), and Yael Yaviv (Israel)
C- III Endocrine, Reproduction & Development
The Endocrine, Reproduction, & Development Commission is chaired by Ludmila Filaretova (Russia). Commission sections include: Reproduction, Reproduction and Endocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, Development and
Endcrinology, Reproduction and Development, and Development. The sections are chaired by: Sandy Davidge (USA), Ron Magness (USA), Dave Grattan (New Zealand), Michael Symonds (UK), Abigail L Fowden (UK), and Janna Morrison (Australia).
Commission III members: Sandy Davidge (Canada), Abigail Fowden (UK), Dave Grattan (New Zealand), Ronald R. Magness (USA), Janna Morrison (Australia), Michael Symonds (UK).
C- IV Neurobiology
The Neurobiology Commission is chaired by Ying Shing Chan (Hongkong). Commission sections include: Motivation & Emotion, Computational Neuroscience, Development & Degeneration, Plasticity, Memory & Learning, Somatosensory & Pain, and Autonomic Physiology. The sections are chaired by Joseph LeDoux (USA), Henry Markram (Switzerland), Gabriella D’Arcangelo (USA). Graham Collingridge (UK), Walter Zieglgänsberger (Germany), and Janet Keast (Australia).
Commission IV members: Cliff Abraham (New Zealand), Ruud Buijs (Mexico), Graham Collingridge (UK), Gabriella D’Arcangelo (USA), Alastair Ferguson (Canada), Josef LeDoux (USA), Janet Keast (Australia), Denise Manahan-Vaughan (Germany), Henry Markram (Switzerland), Gary Mawe (USA), Klaus Unsicker (Germany), Yu Tian Wang (Canada), and Walter Zieglgänsberger (Germany).
C-V Secretion & Absorption
The Secretion & Absorption Commission is chaired by Linda Chia-Hui Yu,(Taiwan).
Commission V members: Alexandre Benmerah (France), Burcu Gemici (Turkey), Hirotada Akiho (Japan), Jens Leipziger (Denmark), Li Zuo (China), Melanie Gareau (USA), Peter Thorn (Australia), Wei-Ting Kuo (Taiwan).
C- VI Molecular & Cellular Physiology
The Molecular & Cellular Physiology Commission is chaired by Yasushi Okamura (Japan). Commission sections include: “Membrane Proteins, Membranes, Trafficking”, “Organelles, Endocytosis/Exocytosis”, “Signal Transduction”, “Structure Biology & Physiology”, and “Others (cell death, cell differentiation, stem cells, iPS cell, transcription, translation, autophagy)” The sections are chaired by Yasushi Okamura (Japan), Ruth Murrell-Lagnado (UK), Eitan Reuveny (Israel), Jian Yang (USA) and Yoshihiro Kubo (Japan).
Commission VI members: Derek Bowie (Canada), Silvia Carolina Guatimosim Fonseca (Brazil), Fredrik Elinder (Sweden), Florian Lesage (France), Birgit Liss (Germany), José Lopez-Barneo (Spain), Satoshi Matsuoka (Japan), Ruth Murrell-Lagnado (UK), Reinhold Penner (USA), Eitan Reuveny (Israel), Yasushi Okamura (Japan), Insuk So (South Korea). Laura Swan (UK), Jamie Vandenberg (Australia), Jian Yang (USA), Zhuan Zhou (China), and Shujia Zhu (China).
C- VII Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Adaptation &
Environment
The Comparative Physiology Commission is chaired by Andrea Fuller (South Africa).
Commission VII members: Kênia Bícego (Brazil), Susana Clusella-Trullas (South Africa), Christine Cooper (Australia), Cynthia Downs (US), Luciane Gargaglioni (Brazil), Martin Jastroch (Sweden), Sjannie Lefevre (Norway), Dominic McCafferty (UK), Enrico Rezende (Chile), Jodie Rummer (Australia), Michael Sheriff (US), Holly Shiels (UK), Dehua Wang (China), Daniel Warren (US), Caroline M Williams (US), Terrie Williams (US), Nicholas Wu (Australia)
C- VIII Genomics & Biodiversity
The Genomics & Biodiversity Commission is chaired by Yang-Sook Chun (South Korea). Commission sections include: Epigenetics & Transcriptomics, Biodiversity & Conservation, and Genomics & Informatics.
Commission VIII members: Alan R.Hargens (USA), L. Eric Huang (USA), Kevin Mitchell (Ireland), Sandra Orgeig (Australia), Sungyeon Park (South Korea), Stephen Simpson (Australia), and Masatoshi Watanabe (Japan).