The Physiological Society
The Physiological Society, founded in 1876, is a learned society for physiologists in the United Kingdom.
Formation | 1876 |
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Purpose | Support the advancement of physiology |
Headquarters | London, England |
Membership | 3500 Members |
President | Bridget Lumb |
CEO | Dariel Burdass |
President-Elect | David Paterson |
Website | www |
History
The 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][4]
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.[5]
Present day
The Society consists of over 3500 members, including 14 Nobel Laureates and over 700 affiliates (younger scientists) drawn from over 50 countries. 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.[6] It also publishes the membership magazine Physiology News. The Society's current president is Bridget Lumb.[7] The post of president was established in 2001. Past holders include:[8]
- 2001 – 2003 : Colin Blakemore
- 2003 – 2006 : Richard A. North
- 2006 – 2008 : Ole H. Petersen
- 2008 – 2010 : Clive H. Orchard
- 2010 – 2012 : Kenneth M. Spyer
- 2012 – 2014 : Jonathan F. Ashmore
- 2014 – 2016 : Richard Vaughan-Jones
- 2016 - 2018: David A. Eisner
Prizes
The Society awards a number of prizes for meritorious achievement.[9]
Annual Review Prize Lecture
The society considers its Annual Review Prize Lecture, first awarded in 1968, to be its premier award.[9]
International Prize Lecture
- 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
Named for William Bayliss and Ernest Starling.[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 :
- 2017Helen E. Raybould :
- 2018Katrin Schröder :
Biller Prize Lecture
Named in memory of Kathy Biller.[10]
- 2002Louise Robson :
- 2006Matthew Bailey :
- 2004Donald T. Ward :
- 2008Gavin Stewart :
G L Brown Prize Lecture
Named for George Lindor Brown.[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 B. 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 :
- 2018P Shaw :
G W Harris Prize Lecture
Named in memory of Geoffrey Wingfield Harris.[10] It was discontinued following the 1996 lecture.[12]
- 1987George Fink :
- 1990Ernest M. Wright :
- 1993Graham J. Dockray :
- 1996Iain C. A. F. Robinson :
Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture
Name after Alan Hodgkin, Andrew Huxley and Bernard Katz.
- 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 :
Michael de Burgh Daly Prize Lecture
Named 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 :
Otto Hutter Teaching Prize
Named for Otto Hutter.[10]
- 2010Mary Cotter :
- 2011Neil Morris :
- 2012Eugene Lloyd :
- 2014Dave Lewis :
- 2015Judy Harris - Engaging students and valuing teachers :
- 2016Prem Kumar :
- 2018: Louise Robson - Harnessing digital technologies to enhance student learning
The Paton Lecture
Named for William D.M. Paton.[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 :
Annual Public Lecture
- 2005Julian F. R. Paton :
- 2006David Attwell :
- 2008Peter Weissberg :
- 2009Stephen O'Rahilly :
- 2010Nancy J. Rothwell :
- 2011Russell Foster- How your body clock makes you tick : [13]
- 2012Gareth Leng - The loving brain : [14]
- 2013Russell Foster :
- 2014Robert Winston :
- 2015Sophie Scott -The science of laughter :
- 2016John F. Cryan :
- 2018[Daniel Martin] -'From mountains to the bedside: Lessons learnt from Everest' :
Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize
Named after Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer.[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 :
Wellcome Prize Lecture
- 1986Kevin A. C. Martin :
- 1988David A. Eisner :
- 1990Andrew J. King :
- 1992Hugh R. Matthews :
- 1994Wolf Reik :
- 1996Stewart O. Sage :
- 1998Leon Lagnado :
- 2000Daniela Riccardi :
- 2002Anant B. Parekh :
- 2004Alexander V. Gourine :
- 2006Helen Kennedy :
- 2008Andrew W. Trafford :
GSK Prize Lecture
- 2010Josef Kittler :
- 2011Not awarded :
- 2012Holly Shiels :
- 2013Mala M. Shah :
References
- 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
- "Series of livecasts 'Celebrating 100 years of Women's Membership of The Physiological Society'". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- Helen Burgess (Spring 2015). "100 years of women members: The Society's centenary of women's admission" (PDF). Physiology News: Issue 98. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- "The Physiological Society". Catalogue. Wellcome Library. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- "Physiological Reports". Journals. American Physiological Society. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- "Council". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "Past Officers of the Physiological Society" (PDF). The Physiological Society. 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "Prize lectures". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- "Lectures and Prizes" (PDF). The Physiological Society. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- 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.
- "Lectures and Prizes" (PDF). The Physiological Society. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- How your body clock makes you tick on YouTube
- The loving brain on YouTube
Further reading
- Tansey, Tilli; Wray, Susan, ed. (1 July 2015). Women Physiologists: Centenary Celebrations and Beyond, The Physiological Society. ISBN 978-0-9933410-0-7