Dear Physiologists,
On behalf of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) and the Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences (CAPS), we cordially invite you to attend the 39th IUPS Congress in Beijing, China from May 7 to 11, 2022.
You will get to know Beijing as a center for high-level international exchanges in education, science and technology, given the highest concentration of top universities and research academies in China. With high numbers of world heritage sites in and around Beijing, you will appreciate how Beijing blends culture with modern infrastructure. We are pleased to hold the Congress in the China National Convention Center, next to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Green.
China has a long history of maintaining a vibrant Physiology community. CAPS was founded in 1926. So far, CAPS has held 25 General Assemblies cum Scientific Congresses. At present, CAPS has 11 working committees and 21 sub-committees, including the Young Physiologist Committee. These committees have been holding regular Scientific & Education Conferences, and Technological Workshops. Since the turn of this century, CAPS has increased the pace of internationalization. In collaboration with multiple Physiology Societies around the world, CAPS hosted three International Physiology Conferences that took place in Beijing (2008), Suzhou (2012) and Beijing (2016). In the upcoming 39th IUPS Congress, CAPS will be celebrating the 95th Anniversary. We reach out to you to join hands in our endeavour to make this meeting of minds a memorable experience.
We have selected a congress theme “Marvels of Life – Integration and Translation”. Your participation in the Congress will promise a stimulating and engaging experience to physiologists from around the globe. We have strong commitments to provide for gender equality and to offer the platform for young physiologists to showcase their works.
We invite you to join us in Beijing for the 39th IUPS Congress. You will have the opportunity to meet colleagues and friends, learn and share experience, as well as enjoy Chinese hospitality.
Professor Xiao-Min Wang
Congress Co-President
Professor Yun Wang
Congress Co-President
It gives me great pleasure, in my capacity as the President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), to cordially invite the global physiology community to participate in the 39th IUPS Congress, which is scheduled to take place on May 7-11, 2022, in Beijing, China. The host society for this Congress is the Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences (CAPS).
The 39th IUPS Congress was originally scheduled for August, 2021, but has been postponed to May of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After almost two years of lockdown and cancelations of international meetings, we envisage the 39th IUPS Congress in Beijing will be a welcoming scientific event for all physiologists. The Congress will adopt a “hybrid” format for participants to join all congress events in person or online. The host society is committed to installing the appropriate facilities for real-time and/or pre-recorded presentations, as well as opportunities of real-time discussions and small-group networking for online participants.
The International Scientific Program Committee, under the stewardship of the Co-Chairs, Professors Ulrich Pohl and Ying-Shing Chan, and working concertedly with the IUPS Executive Committee and Professor Yun Wang, President of CAPS, has generated a scientific program with depth and breadth. The 39th IUPS Congress will feature 8 plenary and 22 keynote lectures, 44 symposia, 18 young investigator oral communications, along with special symposia on education, ethics and Physiome, poster presentations, as well as workshops on publication and research proposal preparations.
The discipline of physiology has changed substantially in contemporary biomedical science. As the boundary of physiology extends to embrace genetics, cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, and more recently bacteria that exist in our GI tract, the need to integrate the information collected from micro to macro levels for the understanding of whole-body functions becomes the key issue to the translation of bench research to clinical application and back. Therefore, the theme of this Congress, “Marvels of Life – Integration and Translation”, succinctly reflects the notion that the essence of human life in its fullest form represents a well-coordinated operational framework that integrates every level of functional execution, one that links genes, proteins, cells and organs to the whole body, a process we call physiology. Therefore, I invite physiologists from around the world to attend the 39th IUPS Congress for a celebration of our discipline.
I look forward to welcoming you to a scientific feast in Beijing in May, 2022!
Julie Chan
President, IUPS
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Important Dates
1 September 2021
Early Bird Registration opens1 September 2021
Call for Abstracts1 September 2021
Travel Award Application opens15 November 2021
Deadline for Abstract and Travel Award31 December 2021
Announcement of Travel Award15 January 2022
Deadline for Early Bird Registration28 February 2022
Scientific Program is ready31 March 2022
Deadline for Late Registration7-11 May 2022
IUPS Congress begins!
May 7 - 11, 2022
Beijing, China
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For any registration and general inquiries, please contact:
Mr. Alan Wang / IUPS2022 PCO
iups2022@chinastargroup.com
For any academic inquiries, please contact:
Ms. Elise Mei / CAPS
meizhu@caps-china.org.cn