Opening General Session
MCC, Auditorium 2
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Adipose in Action: The Interface of Inflammation, Metabolism and Multisystem Physiology
Estrogen: Focus on Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Health
TBD
Pushing Boundaries: Integrative Physiology of Extreme Environments
MCC, Room 101 D
Tribute to Stefan P. Mortensen: Celebrating His Scientific Contributions to the Field of Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow Regulation in Humans
MCC, Auditorium 2
From Omics to People: Circadian Transduction of Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Health
MCC, Room L100 J
Channeling Change: Exploring Vascular Ion Dynamics in Obesity and Diabetes
MCC, Room M100 H
Adipose in Action: The Interface of Inflammation, Metabolism, and Multisystem Physiology
MCC, Auditorium 3
Estrogen: Focus on Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Health
MCC, Room 200 F
Using the Power of Comparative Physiology to Improve Human Physiology Teaching
MCC, Room 200 E
Lung Cell Fate as a Determinant of Health and Disease
MCC, Room L100 F
Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment Across Disease
MCC, Room 200 H
Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology Section
MCC, Room M100 E
Renal Mid-career Investigator Award Lecture
MCC, Auditorium 1
Hot Topics in Endocrinology and Metabolism and the New Investigator Award
MCC, Room M100 F
Regeneration Reimagined
MCC, Room L100 J
The Role of Exercise in Brain Aging
MCC, Room L100 F
Redefining Resilience Through Exercise Science
MCC, Room L100 F
Consider the Lung as a Sensory Organ
MCC, Room 200 H
The Sixth Sense: Examining Interoception
MCC, Room 200 H
Unraveling Chronic Pain
MCC, Room M100 H
Postprandial Snake Intestinal Regeneration without Crypts Illuminates Conserved Vertebrate Regenerative Mechanisms
MCC, Room L100 J
Biological Resilience: A Conceptual Overview
MCC, Room L100 F
The Little Brain on the Heart
MCC, Room 200 H
Quantifying Resilience
MCC, Room L100 F
Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of Chronic Pain
MCC, Room M100 H
Unraveling Chronic Pain
MCC, Room M100 H
Regeneration Reimagined
MCC, Room L100 J
Control of Satiation by the Caudal Brainstem
MCC, Room 200 H
Exercise as Modulator of Physical Resilience
MCC, Room L100 F
Engineered Muscle Tissues and Organoids: New Tools for Neuromuscular Disease Modelling and Drug Discovery
MCC, Room 101 D
The Hans Ussing Lecture
MCC, Room M100 E
The Role of Non-genetic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder Development
MCC, Room L100 F
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Autonomic Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury
Hot Topics in Muscle Biology
More Insights into Physiology from Nature
MCC, Auditorium 3
Translational Neurocardiology: Sympathetic Neuromodulation Therapies for Cardiac Diseases
MCC, Room 200 H
Not All HFpEF Models Are Created Equal
MCC, Room M100 H
Tissue Regeneration and Cellular Plasticity
MCC, Room L100 J
From Bench to Bedside: Putative Roles of Neuropeptides in the Pain Modulation
MCC, Room 200 F
Opioids: Navigating the Intersection of Pain, Breathing and Reward
MCC, Auditorium 1
Myogenic Stem Cells: From Single Cell Biology to Clinical Physiology
MCC, Room 200 E
Mitochondria in the Life and Death of Pancreatic Beta-cells
MCC, Room M100 F
Can Exercise be Replaced? Exercise Adaptations Mimetics
MCC, Auditorium 2
Countermeasures for Operational Environments: Physiology and Performance
MCC, Auditorium 3
Vascular, Neural and Muscular Adaptations to Exercise Across the Female Reproductive Lifespan and Beyond
MCC, Room L100 F
Immune and Cardiometabolic Affects of Weight Gain, Weight Loss and Weight Regain
MCC, Room L100 J
Microglia at the Crossroads: Regional Diversity and Roles in Brain Health and Disease
MCC, Room M100 E
Critical Role of Endothelial Cell Metabolism in Cardiovascular Disease
MCC, Room M100 H
Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Renal Section
MCC, Auditorium 1
Painful Discoveries in the Gut
MCC, Room 101 D
Novel Concepts in Gut-brain Axis Regulating Bodily Homeostasis
MCC, Room 200 H
Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Respiration Section
MCC, Auditorium 2
Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship of the Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
MCC, Room M100 F
Role of Gasotransmitters in Tolerance to Extreme Environments and Avoidance of Disease and Injury
MCC, Room 200 E
Channels, Transporters and Pumps in Health and Disease
MCC, Room 200 F
Immune and Cardiometabolic Effects of Weight Gain, Weight Loss and Weight Regain
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Emerging Neural Insights into Interoception and Cardiorespiratory Control: From Homeostatic Regulation to Disease Pathogenesis
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Excellence in Translational Science and 3rd Annual Gutterman Award
MCC, Room M100 F
Hot Topics
MCC, Auditorium 2
Advances in Renal Physiology
MCC, Room 200 H
Interoception and Regulation of Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal Physiology
MCC, Room L100 J
Unconventional Mechanisms of Tissue Repair
MCC, Room 101 D
Brain Lipid Metabolism: Novel Implications for Cerebrovascular, Metabolic and Neurodegenerative Diseases
MCC, Room M100 E
Mechanisms and Consequences of Metabolic Suppression
MCC, Room 200 F
Neural, Endocrine and Renal Influences on Cardiovascular Pathology
MCC, Room M100 H
Leveraging Simulations to Enhance the Teaching of Integrative Physiology
MCC, Room 200 E
State of Flow: The Brain’s Microvascular Control Systems in Health and Disease
MCC, Auditorium 3
Not Your Typical Environmental Physiology: Uncovering the Cardiometabolic Toll of Modern Environments
MCC, Auditorium 1
Immunology of Heart Failure
MCC, Room L100 F
Digital Twins in Human Physiology
MCC, Room L100 J
The Importance of Nutrition for Lifelong Brain and Cognitive Development
MCC, Room L100 F
Charting the Central Nervous System
MCC, Room L100 F
New Frontiers in Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction
MCC, Room 200 H
New Frontiers in Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction
MCC, Room 200 H
Oncofertility: From Bench to Bedside to Babies
MCC, Room M100 H
Are We an Endangered Species? Rethinking Human Fertility Through Physiology
MCC, Room M100 H
Digital Twins in Human Physiology
MCC, Room L100 J
Leveraging Physiological Whole Heart Electromechanical Finite Element Models to Refine Clinical Trial Protocols for Medical Devices
MCC, Room L100 J
Hemochorial Placentation – Trophoblast Cell-guided Transformation of the Uterus
MCC, Room M100 H
New Frontiers in Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction
MCC, Room 200 H
Charting the Central Nervous System
MCC, Room L100 F
New Frontiers in Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction
MCC, Room 200 H
Phenotypic Screening of Human Spermatozoa to Identify New Non Hormonal Contraceptives
MCC, Room M100 H
Integrating Real-World Data and Virtual Physiology to Uncover Racial Differences in the Response to GLP-1 Therapy
MCC, Room L100 J
Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship of the Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section
MCC, Auditorium 3
Cellular Signaling: Proteins, Pathways and Mechanisms
MCC, Room L100 J
TBD
August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship and Trainee Highlights
Best Ways to Understand and Incorporate Metabolomics into Physiological Research
MCC, Auditorium 1
Beyond the Vessel Wall: Perivascular Tissue Rewrites Vascular Physiology
MCC, Room L100 F
Systems Physiology of Pregnancy: Adaptation, Failure and Fetal Signals
MCC, Room 101 D
Before the Point of No Return: Strategies and Struggles of Identifying and Intervening/Remediating Academically At-risk Students in Classes and Curriculum Associated with Physiology
MCC, Room 200 E
Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lecture and Linda F. Hayward Achievement Award
MCC, Auditorium 2
2026 Annual Marion J. Siegman Award Lectureship
MCC, Room M100 F
Animal Models in Respiratory Science: Past, Present and Future
MCC, Room M100 H
Impact of the Microenvironment on Stem Cell Fate and Regeneration
MCC, Room 200 F
The Proximal Tubule at the Crossroads of Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases
MCC, Room 200 H
Metabolic Mechanisms Regulating Mitochondrial Function
MCC, Room M100 F
Cellular Mechanisms of Stress, Inflammation and Metabolism
MCC, Room M100 H
Lahiri-Cherniak Symposium
MCC, Auditorium 1
Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship of the Central Nervous System Section
MCC, Auditorium 2
Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section New Investigator, Mid-career and Starling Awards
MCC, Auditorium 3
Leveraging Omics and Big Data to Understand Brain Diseases
MCC, Room L100 J
Underappreciated Determinants in Environmental Physiology: Forever Chemicals, Microplastics, Extreme Heat and Beyond
MCC, Room 200 E
Translating Omics, Transcending Barriers: Functional Advances in Epithelial Research
MCC, Room M100 E
Kidney Crosstalk with Other Organs in Systemic Metabolic and Monogenic Disorders
MCC, Room 200 H
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Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the Cardiovascular Section, Kaley and Carl J. Wiggers Awards
MCC, Room L100 F
August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship and Trainee Highlights
MCC, Room 101 D
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Uncovering Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms Through Large-scale Biomedical Data Analysis
Uncovering Cardiovascular Disease Mechanisms Through Large-scale Biomedical Data Analysis
MCC, Room L100 J
Organ-associated Adipocytes in Physiology and Disease
MCC, Auditorium 3
Endocannabinoid System: A Gatekeeper of Alcohol Behavioral and Physiological Effects
MCC, Room M100 E
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Metabolically Active Tissues: From Mechanisms to Disease
MCC, Room M100 F
Look Who's Talking: Is There Bidirectional Communication Between the Brain and the CV System?
MCC, Auditorium 1
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MCC, Room M100 H
Advancing Health Equity: Physiological Insights into Marginalized Populations
MCC, Room 200 F
Science Advocacy: A Call for Physiologists to Make a Difference
MCC, Room 200 E
Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists: Sex, Lipids, Inflammation and the Vasculature
MCC, Room 101 D
Closing General Session
MCC, Auditorium 2