A decade ago, physiology was not widely acknowledged even to be relevant to evolutionary biology. For roughly 80 years since the formulation of the Modern Synthesis in 1942, reinforced by (misinterpretations of) the Central Dogma…

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Tony Macknight on July 13 after a brief illness.  Tony was a founding member of the recently established IUPS academy. He…

The IUPS academy which by its distinguished members represents the diversity and excellence of worldwide physiology is growing! IUPS is proud to announce that three Nobel laureates, David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian and Sir Peter Radcliffe…

The general assembly of IUPS has elected a new  President, Professor Susan Wray from UK who succeeds Professor Julie  Chan who has served two very successful terms as President and Vice President. We thank Julie…

IUPS2002, which was perfectly organized by our colleagues from CAPS offered five days of exciting science presented by speakers in 7 plenary lectures, 21 keynote lectures and 48 symposia. The program was completed by 4…

Wallace Fenn was instrumental in the founding of the IUPS in 1953. He served as Secretary General from 1959 to 1965, and President from 1968 to 1971. His work on muscle physiology is recognized in…

One of the major challenges facing physiology is that of understanding the interactions between different systems as well as of linking organism–wide physiological functions, or dysfunction in the case of disease, to information encoded in…

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was President of the IUPS from 1980 to 1986. He is the founding editor of News in Physiological Sciences (now known as Physiology). He is regarded as the father of comparative physiology and…

Robert Pitts helped provide a fundamental understanding of the way the kidneys excreted acidic wastes and thereby maintained the body’s delicate biochemical balance between acidic and alkaline states. He is also known for his work…