International Union of Physiological Sciences

The International Union of Physiological Sciences, abbreviated IUPS, is the global umbrella organization for physiology.[1]

International Union of Physiological Sciences
AbbreviationIUPS
Formation1929 (1929)
TypeINGO
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
Julie Chan
First vice-President
Susan Wray
Secretary General
Ulrich Pohl
Parent organization
International Council for Science (ICSU)
WebsiteIUPS Official website

IUPS aims to facilitate initiatives that strengthen the discipline of physiology. IUPS is a scientific union member of the International Council for Science (ICSU),[2] 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.[2] IUPS organizes an international congress every 4 years and, in association with the American Physiological Society publishes the review journal Physiology.

Since 2010 IUPS takes part in the interdisciplinary activities of Bio-Unions/ICSU.[3]

Congresses
  • 1889 Basel
  • 1892 Liege
  • 1895 Bern
  • 1898 Cambridge
  • 1901 Turin
  • 1904 Brussels
  • 1907 Heidelberg
  • 1910 Vienna
  • 1913 Groningen
  • 1920 Paris
  • 1923 Edinburgh
  • 1926 Stockholm
  • 1929 Boston
  • 1932 Rome
  • 1935 Leningrad-Moscow
  • 1938 Zurich
  • 1947 Oxford
  • 1950 Copenhagen
  • 1953 Montréal
  • 1956 Brussels
  • 1959 Buenos Aires
  • 1962 Leiden
  • 1965 Tokyo
  • 1968 Washington, D.C.
  • 1971 Munich
  • 1974 New Delhi
  • 1977 Paris
  • 1980 Budapest
  • 1983 Sydney
  • 1986 Vancouver
  • 1989 Helsinki
  • 1993 Glasgow
  • 1997 St. Petersburg
  • 2001 Christchurch
  • 2005 San Diego, CA
  • 2009 Kyoto, Japan
  • 2013 Birmingham, UK
  • 2017 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Structure

There are eight Commissions [4]

  1. Locomotion
  2. Circulation & Respiration
  3. Endocrine, Reproduction & Development
  4. Neurobiology
  5. Secretion & Absorption
  6. Molecular & Cellular
  7. Comparative: Evolution, Adaptation & Environment
  8. Genomics & Biodiversity

References
  1. IUPS About Us.
  2. IUPS, International Union of Physiological Sciences. Scientific Union Member. Retrieved 02 June 2015.
  3. Bio-Unions/ICSU. Retrieved 02 June 2015.
  4. IUPS, About Us. Commissions. Retrieved 02 June 2015.
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