The International Union of Physiological Sciences, abbreviated IUPS, is the global umbrella organization for physiology. IUPS aims to facilitate initiatives that strengthen the discipline of physiology. IUPS is a scientific union member of the International Council for Science (ICSU), and is accredited with the World Health Organization (WHO). The Union is composed of 54 National Members, 10 Associate Members, 2 Affiliated Members, 5 Regional Members and 5 Special Members. IUPS organizes an international congress every 4 years and, in association with the American Physiological Society publishes the review journal Physiology. in 2020 it established the journal Physiome to publish and curate mathematical models of physiological systems, the Physiome. Since 2010 IUPS has participated in the interdisciplinary activities of Bio-Unions/ICSU.
Congresses
Previous Presidents 1953-1956 Charles Best 1956-1959 Corneille Heymans 1959-1962 Bernardo Houssay 1962-1968 G.L. Brown 1968-1971 Wallace Fenn 1971-1974 Yngve Zotterman 1974-1980 Eric Neil 1980-1986 Knut Schmidt-Nielsen 1986-1993 Andrew Huxley 1993-1997 Masao Ito 1997-2001 Ewald Weibel 2001-2005 Alan Cowley 2005-2009 Akimichi Kaneko 2009-2017 Denis Noble 2017-2022 Julie Chan
Previous Secretaries General 1953-1959 Maurice Visscher 1959-1965 Wallace Fenn 1965-1971 JW Duyff 1971-1980 Robert Hunsperger 1980-1986 J Scherrer 1986-1993 Robert Nacquet 1993-2001 Denis Noble 2001-2009 Ole Petersen 2010-2017 Walter Boron
Structure There are eight Commissions
Locomotion Circulation & Respiration Endocrine, Reproduction & Development Neurobiology Secretion & Absorption Molecular & Cellular Comparative: Evolution, Adaptation & Environment Genomics & Biodiversity
References
External links IUPS Official website