The Physiological Society, founded in 1876, is an international learned society for physiologists with headquarters in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Formation | 1876 |
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Purpose | Support the advancement of physiology |
Headquarters | London, England |
Membership | 2400 Members |
President | David Attwell |
Chief Executive | Dariel Burdass |
President-Elect | Annette Dolphin |
Website | www |
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History
editThe Physiological Society was founded in 1876 as a dining society "for mutual benefit and protection" by a group of 19 physiologists, led by John Burdon Sanderson and Michael Foster, as a result of the 1875 Royal Commission on Vivisection and the subsequent 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act.[1] Other founding members included: William Sharpey, Thomas Huxley, George Henry Lewes, Francis Galton, John Marshall, George Murray Humphry, Frederick William Pavy, Lauder Brunton, David Ferrier, Philip Pye-Smith, Walter H. Gaskell, John Gray McKendrick, Emanuel Edward Klein, Edward Schafer, Francis Darwin, George Romanes, and Gerald Yeo. The aim was to promote the advancement of physiology. Charles Darwin and William Sharpey were elected as the society's first two Honorary Members. The society first met at Sanderson's London home. The first rules of the society offered membership to no more than 40, all of whom should be male "working" physiologists.[2] Women were first admitted as members in 1915 and the centenary of this event was celebrated in 2015.[3]
Michael Foster was also founder of The Journal of Physiology in 1878, and was appointed to the first Chair of Physiology at the University of Cambridge in 1883.
The archives are held at the Wellcome Library.[4]
Present day
editThe Society is the oldest and largest network of physiologists in Europe, consisting of members from over 60 countries. The Society’s membership has included at least 61 Nobel laureates, in Physiology or Medicine (n=55), Chemistry (n=5) or Peace (n=1). The majority of members are engaged in research, in universities or industry, into how the body works in health and disease and in teaching physiology in schools and universities. The Society also facilitates communication between scientists and with other interested groups.
The Physiological Society publishes the academic journals The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology, and with the American Physiological Society publishes the online only, open access journal Physiological Reports.[5] It also publishes the membership magazine Physiology News.
In August 2024 The Society announced its first new wholly owned journals in over 100 years, with the launch of The Journal of Precision Medicine: Health and Disease and The Journal of Nutritional Physiology.
The society is based at Hodgkin Huxley House in Farringdon, London, named after Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley.[6]
Presidents
editThe post of president was established in 2001, and the society's current president is David Attwell. Past holders include:[7]
- 2001Colin Blakemore – 2003 :
- 2003Richard A. North – 2006 :
- 2006Ole Holger Petersen – 2008 :
- 2008Clive H. Orchard – 2010 :
- 2010Kenneth M. Spyer – 2012 :
- 2012Jonathan Ashmore – 2014 :
- 2014Richard Vaughan-Jones – 2016 :
- 2016David A. Eisner – 2018 :
- 2018Bridget Lumb – 2020 :
- 2020David Paterson – 2022 : [8]
- 2022 – 2024: David Attwell
Prizes
editThe Society awards a number of prizes for meritorious achievement.[9]
Annual Review Prize Lecture
editThe society considers its Annual Review Prize Lecture, first awarded in 1968, to be its premier award.[9]
International Prize Lecture
edit- 2001Nicholas B. Standen :
- 2002David I. Cook :
- 2003Jonathan F. Ashmore :
- 2004David J. Beech :
- 2005Simon C. Gandevia :
- 2006Mark J. Dunne :
- 2007David Allen :
- 2010David Attwell :
- 2011Giovanni E. Mann :
- 2013Richard Vaughan-Jones :
- 2014Kenneth M. Spyer :
Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture
editNamed for William Bayliss and Ernest Starling. Originally awarded every three years, since 2015 it is awarded annually alternating between established and early-career physiologists.[10]
- 1963Charles Lovatt Evans :
- 1966Ivan De Burgh Daly :
- 1969Archibald Hill :
- 1973Roderic Alfred Gregory :
- 1976Henry Barcroft :
- 1979David Whitteridge :
- 1982J R Pappenheimer :
- 1985Bernard Katz :
- 1988John Zachary Young :
- 1991James Black :
- 1994John Vane :
- 1997David A. Brown :
- 2000Salvador Moncada :
- 2004Gerhard Giebisch :
- 2006Roderick Flower :
- 2009Gero Miesenböck :
- 2011Jerome A. Dempsey :
- 2013Graham J. Dockray :
- 2014Steven Bloom :
- 2015Kim Barrett – Endogenous and exogenous control of gastrointestinal epithelial function: building on the legacy of Bayliss and Starling : [11]
- 2016Lisa Heather - Cardiac metabolism in disease: All fuels are equal, but some fuels are more equal than others. :
- 2017Helen E. Raybould :
- 2018Patrick Lewis – Leucine rich repeat kinase 2: From pathology to physiology and back again :
- 2020Maria Fitzgerald :
Biller Prize Lecture
editNamed in memory of Kathy Biller. Given to a worker in the field of renal or epithelial physiology, under 35 years old. It has now been discontinued.[10]
- 2002Louise Robson :
- 2006Matthew Bailey :
- 2004Donald T. Ward :
- 2008Gavin Stewart :
G L Brown Prize Lecture
editNamed for George Lindor Brown. These lectures are delivered at various institutions and intended to stimulate an interest in physiology.[10]
- 1975G S Brindley and R J Linden :
- 1976P F Baker and Patrick A. Merton :
- 1977Eric Neil :
- 1983John Nicholls :
- 1984John S. Gillespie :
- 1985Michael de Burgh Daly :
- 1986Graham J. Dockray :
- 1987Semir Zeki :
- 1988Anthony Angel :
- 1989Colin Blakemore :
- 1990Nicholas B. Standen :
- 1991Roger N. Lemon :
- 1992Jonathan F. Ashmore :
- 1993Annette Dolphin :
- 1994Richard Vaughan-Jones :
- 1995Stuart Cull-Candy :
- 1996Frances M. Ashcroft :
- 1997Ian D. Forsythe :
- 1998Peter Lipp :
- 1999David J. Paterson :
- 2000Stephen Brendan McMahon :
- 2001Chris Peers :
- 2002Mark J. Dunne :
- 2004Michael J. Rennie :
- 2005Godfrey L. Smith :
- 2006C. A. Richard Boyd :
- 2007Nina Balthasa :
- 2009J Graham McGeown :
- 2010Lucilla Poston :
- 2011James Deuchars :
- 2012Anant Parekh :
- 2013David A. Eisner :
- 2014Mike Tipton :
- 2015Molly Stevens :
- 2016Rachel Tribe :
- 2017Andrew Parker :
- 2018Pamela Shaw :
G W Harris Prize Lecture
editNamed in memory of Geoffrey Harris. Now discontinued.[10]
- 1987George Fink :
- 1990Ernest M. Wright :
- 1993Graham J. Dockray :
- 1996Iain C. A. F. Robinson :
Hodgkin–Huxley–Katz Prize Lecture
editNamed after Alan Hodgkin, Andrew Huxley and Bernard Katz, and normally awarded to a physiologist from outside the UK or Ireland.[10]
- 2000Roderick MacKinnon :
- 2002Bert Sakmann :
- 2004Denis Noble :
- 2006Thomas J. Jentsch :
- 2008Eric Kandel :
- 2010Roger Nicoll :
- 2012Cori Bargmann :
- 2013Erin M. Schuman :
- 2015Karin Sipido – Calcium microdomains in cardiac myocytes :
- 2017Jack L. Feldman :
- 2019Stephen Traynelis :
Joan Mott Prize Lecture
editMichael de Burgh Daly Prize Lecture
editNamed for Michael de Burgh Daly .
- 2002Janice M. Marshall :
- 2005James F X Jones :
- 2007Michael J. Joyner :
- 2009Colin A. Nurse :
- 2011Tobias Wang :
- 2013Peter Carmeliet :
- 2016Nanduri R. Prabhakar :
- 2018Katrin Schröder :
- 2020F Gribble :
Otto Hutter Teaching Prize
editNamed for Otto Hutter, and awarded to teachers of undergraduate physiology.[10]
- 2010Mary Cotter :
- 2011Neil Morris :
- 2012Eugene Lloyd :
- 2014Dave Lewis :
- 2015Judy Harris – Engaging students and valuing teachers :
- 2016Prem Kumar :
- 2017Louise Robson :
- 2018Julia Choate :
- 2019James Clark :
The President's Lecture
editInitiated in 2017, the President’s Lecture is awarded by the President of The Society to a recipient of their choosing. This prestigious lecture is awarded at the discretion of The Society’s President.
- 2019James Pawelczyk :
- 2020Jeffrey M. Friedman :
- 2021Jessica U. Meir :
- 2022Sir Patrick Vallance :
R Jean Banister Prize Lecture
editNamed for R Jean Banister. Awarded to an early-career physiologist and delivered at various institutions.[10]
- 2016Alicia D’Souza – Getting excited about pacemaking in the athletic heart: interplay of transcription factors and microRNAs in pacemaker electrophysiology. :
- 2017Nathalie L Rochefort – Decoding the visual cortex :
- 2018Bethan Phillips – Physiological adaptations to traditional and novel exercise interventions as a function of age :
- 2019Marie Holt :
The Paton Lecture
editNamed for William D.M. Paton, and given on a historical aspect of physiology.[10]
- 1994John Wendell Severinghaus :
- 1995Hans Ussing :
- 1996Patrick D. Wall :
- 1997Vernon B. Mountcastle :
- 1998Daniel P. Todes :
- 2005John H. Coote :
- 2007Denis Noble :
- 2008Kenneth M. Spyer :
- 2009Diethelm W. Richter :
- 2010Murray Esler :
- 2011John B. West :
- 2012Jere Mitchell :
- 2013Geoffrey Burnstock :
- 2014Peter Sleight :
- 2015Tilli Tansey :
- 2016Bert Sakmann :
- 2017Tom Kirkwood :
- 2018Josephine Arendt :
- 2019Kevin Fong :
- 2020Semir Zeki :
Annual Public Lecture
editIntended to raise awareness and understanding of physiology among the general public and schools.[10]
- 2005Julian F. R. Paton :
- 2006David Attwell :
- 2008Peter Weissberg :
- 2009Stephen O'Rahilly :
- 2010Nancy J. Rothwell :
- 2011Russell Foster – How your body clock makes you tick : [12]
- 2012Gareth Leng – The loving brain : [13]
- 2013Russell Foster :
- 2014Robert Winston :
- 2015Sophie Scott – The science of laughter :
- 2016John F. Cryan :
- 2018Daniel Martin – From mountains to the bedside: Lessons learnt from Everest :
- 2019Lora Heisler :
Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize
editNamed after Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer. Awarded alternating between established and early-career physiologists.[10]
- 1983Torsten Wiesel :
- 1986David Attwell :
- 1989Bertil Hille :
- 1992Graham Collingridge :
- 1995Judah Folkman :
- 1998Julian F. R. Paton :
- 2002Erwin Neher :
- 2005Neville H. McClenaghan :
- 2008Walter Boron :
- 2011Walter Marcotti :
- 2013William A. Catterall :
- 2016Emma Hart :
- 2019Roger Smith :
Wellcome Prize Lecture
editAwarded to young physiologists (under 40). Now discontinued.[10]
- 1986Kevin A. C. Martin :
- 1988David A. Eisner :
- 1990Andrew J. King :
- 1992Hugh R. Matthews :
- 1994Wolf Reik :
- 1996Stewart O. Sage :
- 1998Leon Lagnado :
- 2000Daniela Riccardi :
- 2002Anant Parekh :
- 2004Alexander V. Gourine :
- 2006Helen Kennedy :
- 2008Andrew W. Trafford :
GSK Prize Lecture
editAwarded to early-career physiologists. Now discontinued.[10]
- 2010Josef Kittler :
- 2011Not awarded :
- 2012Holly Shiels :
- 2013Mala M. Shah :
References
edit- ^ The History of The National Anti-Vivisection Society (The National Anti-Vivisection Society)
- ^ Sharpey-Schafer, E. History of the Physiological Society during its first Fifty Years 1876–1927, Oxford University Press, London, 1927
- ^ Burgess, Helen (Spring 2015). "100 years of women members: The Society's centenary of women's admission". Physiology News. The Physiological Society. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "The Physiological Society". Catalogue. Wellcome Library. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Physiological Reports". Wiley Online Library. Wiley. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ 22 August 2012. "Hodgkin-Huxley House: Name the meeting rooms". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Past Officers of the Physiological Society" (PDF). The Physiological Society. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "David Paterson". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Prize lectures". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Lectures and Prizes". The Physiological Society. 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ Barrett, Kim E. (2017-01-15). "Endogenous and exogenous control of gastrointestinal epithelial function: building on the legacy of Bayliss and Starling". The Journal of Physiology. 595 (2): 423–432. doi:10.1113/JP272227. ISSN 1469-7793. PMC 5233669. PMID 27284010.
- ^ How your body clock makes you tick on YouTube
- ^ The loving brain on YouTube
Further reading
edit- Tansey, Tilli; Wray, Susan, ed. (1 July 2015). Women Physiologists: Centenary Celebrations and Beyond, The Physiological Society. ISBN 978-0-9933410-0-7