Voice of the Future

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News & views 08 An introduction to the Editorial Board 10 Reports of recent Committee meetings 11 Physiology Feed 12 Can we cure jet lag with eye drops? Congratulations to our newest Fellow Members Voice of the Future 13 Member Spotlight: The Ultra Cycle Diaries Editorial Board Fellowship winners 14 A unified voice for the life sciences Our latest Public Engagement Grant winners 15 Sitting is the new smoking Policy Focus 16 Best practice for data in research and publication-Society recommendations Events 17 2018 Forthcoming events Researchers' Futures programme workshop 18 Focused Symposium: From Lab to Clinic-Pathways to Translational Brain Machine Interfaces for Rehabilitation 20 Sleep and Circadian Rhythms from Mechanisms to Function: Why should I attend? 21 How to Expect the Unexpected: Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Birth-GL Brown Prize Lecture Journal insights 22 The latest from our Journals Features 24 Maintaining your attitude at altitude 29 On the blood pressure… 'of Mice and Men' 32 Hold your nerve 36 What does the future hold for the teaching of physiology in UK Higher Education Institutions? 38 Mysteries of the action potential Membership 43 The future of education? Using 3D animation and virtual reality in teaching physiology 44 The three wise professors: Autonomy, Mastery and Meaning. Which one to supervise your PhD? 45 Syrian hamsters, auditory hallucinations and autophagy in Alzheimer's: Greater Manchester Physiology Symposium 46 Better start them young: healthy lifestyle education in middle school 47 The Physiological Society's techniques workshop feedback: Submit your oral communication or poster from 1-30 September. Find out more and register at: www.physoc.org/sleep_circadian Join us to solve the many exciting, unanswered questions in sleep science. Sleep, synaptic homeostasis, and neuronal firing rates Chiara Cirelli, Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, USA