The Physiological Society

The Physiological Society, founded in 1876, is a learned society for physiologists in the United Kingdom.

The Physiological Society
Formation1876
PurposeSupport the advancement of physiology
HeadquartersLondon, England
Membership
3500 Members
President
Bridget Lumb
CEO
Dariel Burdass
President-Elect
David Paterson
Websitewww.physoc.org

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 (2001) – 2003 (2003): Colin Blakemore
  • 2003 (2003) – 2006 (2006): Richard A. North
  • 2006 (2006) – 2008 (2008): Ole H. Petersen
  • 2008 (2008) – 2010 (2010): Clive H. Orchard
  • 2010 (2010) – 2012 (2012): Kenneth M. Spyer
  • 2012 (2012) – 2014 (2014): Jonathan F. Ashmore
  • 2014 (2014) – 2016 (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]

Main article: Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture

International Prize Lecture
  • 2001 (2001): Nicholas B. Standen
  • 2002 (2002): David I. Cook
  • 2003 (2003): Jonathan F. Ashmore
  • 2004 (2004): David J. Beech
  • 2005 (2005): Simon C. Gandevia
  • 2006 (2006): Mark J. Dunne
  • 2007 (2007): David Allen
  • 2010 (2010): David Attwell
  • 2011 (2011): Giovanni E. Mann
  • 2013 (2013): Richard Vaughan-Jones
  • 2014 (2014): Kenneth M. Spyer

Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture

Named for William Bayliss and Ernest Starling.[10]

Biller Prize Lecture

Named in memory of Kathy Biller.[10]

  • 2002 (2002): Louise Robson
  • 2006 (2006): Matthew Bailey
  • 2004 (2004): Donald T. Ward
  • 2008 (2008): Gavin Stewart

G L Brown Prize Lecture

Named for George Lindor Brown.[10]

  • 1975 (1975): G S Brindley and R J Linden
  • 1976 (1976): P F Baker and Patrick A. Merton
  • 1977 (1977): Eric Neil
  • 1983 (1983): John Nicholls
  • 1984 (1984): John S. Gillespie
  • 1985 (1985): Michael de Burgh Daly
  • 1986 (1986): Graham J. Dockray
  • 1987 (1987): Semir Zeki
  • 1988 (1988): Anthony Angel
  • 1989 (1989): Colin Blakemore
  • 1990 (1990): Nicholas B. Standen
  • 1991 (1991): Roger N. Lemon
  • 1992 (1992): Jonathan F. Ashmore
  • 1993 (1993): Annette Dolphin
  • 1994 (1994): Richard Vaughan-Jones
  • 1995 (1995): Stuart Cull-Candy
  • 1996 (1996): Frances M. Ashcroft
  • 1997 (1997): Ian D. Forsythe
  • 1998 (1998): Peter Lipp
  • 1999 (1999): David J. Paterson
  • 2000 (2000): Stephen B. McMahon
  • 2001 (2001): Chris Peers
  • 2002 (2002): Mark J. Dunne
  • 2004 (2004): Michael J. Rennie
  • 2005 (2005): Godfrey L. Smith
  • 2006 (2006): C. A. Richard Boyd
  • 2007 (2007): Nina Balthasa
  • 2009 (2009): J Graham McGeown
  • 2010 (2010): Lucilla Poston
  • 2011 (2011): James Deuchars
  • 2012 (2012): Anant Parekh
  • 2013 (2013): David A. Eisner
  • 2014 (2014): Mike Tipton
  • 2015 (2015): Molly Stevens
  • 2016 (2016): Rachel Tribe
  • 2017 (2017): Andrew Parker
  • 2018 (2018): P Shaw

G W Harris Prize Lecture

Named in memory of Geoffrey Wingfield Harris.[10] It was discontinued following the 1996 lecture.[12]

  • 1987 (1987): George Fink
  • 1990 (1990): Ernest M. Wright
  • 1993 (1993): Graham J. Dockray
  • 1996 (1996): Iain C. A. F. Robinson

Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture

Name after Alan Hodgkin, Andrew Huxley and Bernard Katz.

Joan Mott Prize Lecture

Named for Joan Mott.[10]

Main article: Joan Mott Prize Lecture

Michael de Burgh Daly Prize Lecture

Named for Michael de Burgh Daly.

  • 2002 (2002): Janice M. Marshall
  • 2005 (2005): James F X Jones
  • 2007 (2007): Michael J. Joyner
  • 2009 (2009): Colin A. Nurse
  • 2011 (2011): Tobias Wang
  • 2013 (2013): Peter Carmeliet
  • 2016 (2016): Nanduri R. Prabhakar

Otto Hutter Teaching Prize

Named for Otto Hutter.[10]

  • 2010 (2010): Mary Cotter
  • 2011 (2011): Neil Morris
  • 2012 (2012): Eugene Lloyd
  • 2014 (2014): Dave Lewis
  • 2015 (2015): Judy Harris - Engaging students and valuing teachers
  • 2016 (2016): Prem Kumar
  • 2018: Louise Robson - Harnessing digital technologies to enhance student learning

The Paton Lecture

Named for William D.M. Paton.[10]

Annual Public Lecture

Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize

Named after Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer.[10]

Wellcome Prize Lecture
  • 1986 (1986): Kevin A. C. Martin
  • 1988 (1988): David A. Eisner
  • 1990 (1990): Andrew J. King
  • 1992 (1992): Hugh R. Matthews
  • 1994 (1994): Wolf Reik
  • 1996 (1996): Stewart O. Sage
  • 1998 (1998): Leon Lagnado
  • 2000 (2000): Daniela Riccardi
  • 2002 (2002): Anant B. Parekh
  • 2004 (2004): Alexander V. Gourine
  • 2006 (2006): Helen Kennedy
  • 2008 (2008): Andrew W. Trafford

GSK Prize Lecture
  • 2010 (2010): Josef Kittler
  • 2011 (2011): Not awarded
  • 2012 (2012): Holly Shiels
  • 2013 (2013): Mala M. Shah

References
  1. The History of The National Anti-Vivisection Society (The National Anti-Vivisection Society)
  2. Sharpey-Schafer, E. History of the Physiological Society during its first Fifty Years 1876-1927, Oxford University Press, London, 1927
  3. "Series of livecasts 'Celebrating 100 years of Women's Membership of The Physiological Society'". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. "The Physiological Society". Catalogue. Wellcome Library. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. "Physiological Reports". Journals. American Physiological Society. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  7. "Council". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  8. "Past Officers of the Physiological Society" (PDF). The Physiological Society. 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  9. "Prize lectures". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  10. "Lectures and Prizes" (PDF). The Physiological Society. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  11. 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.
  12. "Lectures and Prizes" (PDF). The Physiological Society. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  13. How your body clock makes you tick on YouTube
  14. 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
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