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30-547: The Biophysical Society was founded in response to the growth of the field of biophysics after World War Two, as well as concerns that the American Physiological Society had become too large to serve the community of biophysicists. Discussions between prominent biophysicists in 1955 and 1956 led to the planning of the society's first meeting in Columbus, Ohio in 1957, with about 500 attendees. Among

60-815: A doctoral degree. Undergraduate Student membership is for individuals working toward an undergraduate degree that will eventually lead to work in physiology or a related field. The American Physiological Society provides its membership with opportunities to be involved with the society through service on its various committees . The committees are: Animal Care and Experimentation, Awards, Career Opportunities in Physiology, Chapter Advisory Committee, Committee on Committees, Communications, Conferences, Daggs Award, Education, Finance, International Physiology, Joint Program, Physiologists in Industry, Membership, Perkins Memorial Fellowship, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (formerly

90-799: A nonprofit publisher . There are 16 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering specialized aspects of physiology. Ten of the journals are published twice monthly. All told, APS publishes some 3,100 original peer-reviewed articles annually, totaling approximately 32,000 pages per year. Members can affiliate with one of twelve disciplinary sections composed of members that share a common interest. The sections are Cardiovascular , Cell and Molecular Physiology, Central Nervous System , Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Environmental and Exercise Physiology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation, Renal Physiology, Respiration , Teaching of Physiology and Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis. Each member

120-497: A physiology professor. The American Physiological Society was founded at a time when very few physiological laboratories existed in the United States and there were few investigators. The newly established society was one of the earliest national disciplinary societies in the sciences, the first society in the biomedical sciences, and likely the first to require its members to publish original research. The stated object of

150-632: A talk by that year's Biophysical Society Lecturer, chosen for significance in biophysical research and excellence in presentation; the lectures are published in the Biophysical Journal, and those since 2003 are available on video. Starting in 2010 with "Calcium Signaling" in Beijing, the society now also sponsors 3-4 smaller thematic meetings annually across the world. Since 2016, the Society has sponsored Biophysics Week each March. The week

180-466: A way to encourage and help students find their way into science and engineering career paths. Popularity of science fairs in the United States increased in the 1950s along with interest in the sciences after the world witnessed the use of the first two atomic weapons and the dawn of television . As the decade progressed, science stories in the news, such as Jonas Salk 's vaccine for polio and

210-575: Is a global event aimed at encouraging connections within the biophysics community and raising awareness of the field and its impact among the general public, policy makers, students, and scientists in the field. The Society currently offers eleven Society Awards each year to distinguished biophysicists in different categories. The awards are: The Society also offers travel awards to its annual meeting, poster awards at Society-sponsored meetings, as well as other scientific conferences. The society sponsors "Biophysics Awards" at high school science fairs across

240-415: Is a non-profit professional society for physiologists . It has nearly 10,000 members, most of whom hold doctoral degrees in medicine , physiology , or other health professions . Its mission is to support research and education in the physiological sciences. The society publishes 16 peer-reviewed journals, sponsors scientific conferences , and sponsors awards to further this mission. Since it

270-540: Is an event hosted by a school that offers students the opportunity to experience the practices of science and engineering for themselves. In the United States, the Next Generation Science Standards makes experiencing the practices of science and engineering one of the three pillars of science education. Students perform some sort of research and then present their experiment in a poster session or other display format. Science fairs began in

300-460: Is asked to designate one primary, and two secondary section affiliations. Sections have their own internal governance. The APS has a variety of membership categories. Regular membership is for individuals conducting original research in physiology. Affiliate membership is for individuals interested in physiology but without the evidence of scholarly work. Graduate Student membership is for any student engaged in physiological work that will culminate in

330-1248: Is governed by four officers: the President, President-elect, Past-President Secretary, and Treasurer, as well as by a Council of twelve members in addition to the officers. These offices are elected by the membership of the society. The Council appoints an executive officer to oversee the functions and staff of the society. The society has a number of committees that help to implement its mission. The committees are: Awards, Early Careers, Education, Finance, Member Services, Membership, Committee for Inclusion and Diversity, Nominating, Professional Opportunities for Women, Program, Public Affairs, Publications, and Thematic Meetings. The Biophysical Society also supports subgroups focusing on smaller areas within biophysics. The current subgroups are: Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism , Bioengineering , Biological Fluorescence , Biopolymers in vivo, Cell Biophysics , Cryo-EM , Exocytosis and Endocytosis , Intrinsically Disordered Proteins , Membrane Biophysics , Membrane Structure & Function , Mechanobiology , Molecular Biophysics , Motility & Cytoskeleton , Nanoscale Biophysics, and Permeation & Transport . Since 1960

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360-496: The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF). National science fairs typically send winners to international fairs such as ISEF (which is a national and an international science fair) and EUCYS . Currently, the biotechnology company-sponsored Regeneron Science Talent Search offers a grand prize of a $ 250,000 scholarship. The 2018 documentary Science Fair chronicles

390-627: The 2015-2016 year, the Biophysical Society has sponsored a congressional fellow through the AAAS Technology and Policy Fellowship Program. The purpose of the program is to provide an opportunity for BPS members to gain practical experience and insights into public policy by working on Capitol Hill while also allowing scientists to contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the federal policy realm. American Physiological Society The American Physiological Society

420-631: The APS followed in September 1888 in Washington, DC , featuring paper presentations and demonstrations. In its early days the APS served a young field with relatively few dedicated researchers, so its efforts were oriented toward advancing teaching and research. APS members collaborated to author a textbook of physiology and launched a journal, the American Journal of Physiology , in 1898. As

450-687: The Biophysical Society has published the Biophysical Journal , which is currently semi-monthly, as a specialized journal in the field of biophysics. This was started because the Society perceived other scientific journals as unsympathetic to submissions by biophysicists. The society also publishes a monthly newsletter, an annual Membership Directory, and a Products Guide. The Biophysical Society sponsors an Annual Meeting which brings together more than 6,000 scientists for symposia, workshops, industrial and educational exhibits, subgroup meetings, and awards presentations. The meeting features

480-621: The Council. The society maintains a staff and offices in Rockville, Maryland. It conducts its operations based on a constitution and bylaws, as given in the society's Operational Guide. As a nonprofit scientific organization, the society holds tax-exempt status. The organization is managed by Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE. The American Physiological Society was founded in 1887 with 28 members. Of them, 21 were graduates of medical schools , but only 12 had studied in institutions with

510-550: The Porter Physiology Development and Minority Access to Research Committee), Public Affairs, Publications, Section Advisory, Senior Physiologists, Trainee Advisory, and Women in Physiology. The American Physiological Society sponsors a number of scientific meetings each year. Experimental Biology, the APS annual meeting, is conducted jointly with other FASEB member societies. In addition to its annual meeting, specialized APS Conferences are held throughout

540-654: The United States in New York City in the 1930s under the auspices of a civic organization called the American Institute of the City of New York with the effort led in New York City by Morris Meister who later founded the Bronx High School of Science . Meister believed in the educational ideas of John Dewey that focused on doing rather than just learning what already had been done. The goals of

570-439: The after-school science club federation were twofold: "to aid in the development of the scientific leaders of the next generation and at the same time foster a better understanding of science among its laymen". Initially, science fairs were mostly exhibits and demonstration projects or mere displays of projects. This changed after the 1939 New York World's Fair . Increasingly, science and engineering fairs became viewed by many as

600-503: The distinction between science and theology". The society is also active in supporting federal funding of science, and provides materials to assist scientists in communicating with elected officials. The society participates in the annual Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day, in which scientists, engineers and business leaders meet with elected officials in the United States Congress . Beginning with

630-600: The field of physiology matured, the society expanded in membership. The modern APS sponsors many awards, including the Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lecturer, the Walter B. Cannon Award, and Arthur C. Guyton Award, and the Henry Pickering Bowditch Award. The first Hispanic woman to be president was Patricia E. Molina . The American Physiological Society publishes both journals and books as

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660-431: The launch of Sputnik , brought science fiction to reality and attracted increasing numbers of students at every level to fairs. Science and engineering fairs attract students at every level—elementary, middle and high school—to compete in science and technology activities. Science fairs also can allow for students with intense interest in the sciences to be paired with mentors from nearby colleges and universities, so that

690-405: The nation. The Biophysical Society's Public Affairs committee responds to science policy issues such as research, careers, and science education, and has adopted a number of positions. In February 2004, the society released a statement supporting freedom of communication of scientific data, supporting the existing policy that prior classification strictly for national security reasons should be

720-468: The only reason communication of scientific data should be restricted. The society also urged a reexamination of visa policy in the wake of several foreign-born scientists being denied permission to travel to the United States, citing the importance of their importance to the economy and security of the United States. In May 2005, the society released a statement opposing the teaching of intelligent design in science classrooms, calling it an "effort to blur

750-472: The original letter to active physiology researchers inviting them to the new society, and John Green Curtis and Russell Henry Chittenden provided early organizational support. The organizational meeting founding the society was held on December 30, 1887, in Curtis' laboratory space at Columbia University and was attended by seventeen people. The society had 28 founding members. The first regular meeting of

780-442: The scientists involved in the early effort were Ernest C. Pollard , Samuel Talbot , Otto Schmitt , Kenneth Stewart Cole , W. A. Selle , Max Lauffer , Ralph Stacy , Herman P. Schwan , and Robley C. Williams . This meeting was described by Cole as "a biophysics meeting with the ulterior motive of finding out if there was such a thing as biophysics and, if so, what sort of thing this biophysics might be." The Biophysical Society

810-510: The society was to promote the advancement of physiology and to facilitate discourse among American physiologists . There was a conscious effort to ensure the representation of all areas within physiology, encompassing topics as diverse as neurology , psychology , ophthalmology , pathology and therapeutics , as well as plant physiology and animal biology . The APS recognizes five physiologists as its founders: Henry Pickering Bowditch, Silas Weir Mitchell , and Henry Newell Martin co-signed

840-400: The students have access to instruction and equipment that the local schools do not provide. This mentoring, along with coaching students for their science fair interviews, has been shown to be very important for student success. Most countries have regional science fairs in which interested students can freely participate. Winners of these regional fairs send students to national fairs such as

870-466: The year and focus on designated areas of physiological research. The spring annual meeting, Experimental Biology, is convened jointly with other biomedical societies. This multi-society interdisciplinary, biomedical, and scientific meeting features plenary and award lectures , symposia, oral and poster sessions, a placement center, and an exhibit of scientific equipment, supplies, and publications. Science fair A science fair or engineering fair

900-456: Was founded in 1887, the APS has had 93 presidents lead the organization, beginning with founder Henry Bowditch and continuing through its current president, Linda C. Samuelson . The APS is governed by an elected Council consisting of the president, the president-elect, the immediate past president, and nine councillors. Management of the affairs of the society is the responsibility of a full-time executive director, appointed by and responsible to

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