Society of General Physiologists

Starting a new lab and trying to navigate your science, papers, grants, and institutional duties? Want to meet people in the same situation and connect with established scientists who can their perspectives? Join the SGP-JGP Junior Faculty Network! sgpweb.org/programs/jfn.

Join us for the next SGP EpIC Seminar on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, at 12:00 pm Eastern featuring a talk by Wang Zheng, “Structural and functional basis of mechanosensitive TMEM63 channelopathies.” As ever, registration is free and all are welcome. sgp-epic-seminars.com

SGP congratulates Sho Horie on receiving the 2026 Cranefield Student Award for his outstanding JGP paper, “A mechanism for pathological oscillations in mouse retinal ganglion cells in a model of night blindness” doi.org/10.1085/jgp.20… @JGenPhysiol

SGP congratulates Dr. Rosa Scala on receiving the 2026 Cranefield Postdoctoral Fellow Award for her outstanding JGP paper, “Muscle fatigue arising intrinsically from SUR2- but not Kir6.1-dependent gain-of-function in Cantu syndrome mice” doi.org/10.1085/jgp.20…. @JGenPhysiol

Join us Sunday night in San Francisco at the 2026 JGP-SGP Mixer! Connect with colleagues for a few hours in a fun, festive atmosphere. There is no charge, but to attend you must be an SGP member and register at jgp-sgp2026mixer.eventbrite.com. Visit sgpweb.org/membership to join or rejoin SGP.

SGP congratulates the first recipients of the new Rising Star Travel Awards! The application deadline for the next round of awards has been extended to 31 January 2026. See sgpweb.org/awards/risings… for more info.

Join us for the next SGP EpIC Seminar on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at 12:00 pm Eastern featuring a talk by Christian J. Peters, “Neurons and channels of the interpeduncular nucleus underlying nicotine withdrawal." As ever, registration is free and all are welcome. sgp-epic-seminars.com

Announcing the second round of 2025 SGP Rising Star Travel Awards for students and postdocs. The $500 awards can be used for meetings held up to 1 year from notification. Apply today! Deadline: 31 December 2025 sgpweb.org/awards/risings…

Join us for the next SGP EpIC Seminar on Tuesday, 4 November, at 12:00 pm Eastern featuring a talk by Harry Pritchard, “Mind the Gap: The importance of functional coupling between RyR and BK channels for brain health." As ever, registration is free and all are welcome. sgp-epic-seminars.com 📷

A reminder to join us for the SGP Cranefield Award Talks, taking place tomorrow, 8 October, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Eastern. Register (no fee) at bit.ly/sgp2025cranefi….

🚨Want to learn more about the amazing work of our ⭐️2025 SGP #CranefieldAwards⭐️recipients Huanghe Yang @huanghe_lab and Man Si, published in @JGenPhysiol?👏Join us online on🗓️ Wednesday, 8 October, at ⏲️ 12:00 pm Eastern! Register🆓👉bit.ly/sgp2025cranefi….

Heads up for those submitting abstracts for BPS 2026: if you're heading to San Francisco, why not drop by UC Davis on the way for the SGP-EpIC Symposium to connect and discuss EpIC ion channel and electrophysiology research! For more info, visit sgp-epic-seminars.com/epic2026

I had a great time at the @MBLScience Marine Biological Laboratory 🧪 🐟 🐸 this week in Woods Hole, MA for the annual meeting of the Society of General Physiologists. Lots of great talks and sharing of ideas💡. Ended the meeting with an authentic Cape Cod lobster🦞 bake.

You don't want to miss this outstanding opportunity to publish your best work on ion channels in the @JGenPhysiol rupress.org/JGP/pages/call…