IUPS Beacon Symposium 2026
Physiology Ahead: Orchestration of Multiple Systems
(hosted by IUPS, co-hosted by NIPS)
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Date & Venue
Date & Venue
The IUPS Beacon Symposium 2026
The IUPS Beacon Symposium 2026
Title: Physiology Ahead: Orchestration of Multiple Systems
Date: September 15 (Tue) - 16 (Wed), 2026
Day 1 (Sep 15) 8:50- 18:30 Lecture, Short Oral Session, Flash Talk & Poster Session, Reception Party
Day 2 (Sep 16) 9:00- 17:00 Lecture
Venue: Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Registration & Poster Presentation
Registration & Poster Presentation
▼ For registration and poster presentation, please click here.
Registration : April 2 - June 15
Invited speakers (Alphabetical order)
Invited speakers (Alphabetical order)
Invited speakers (Overseas)
Rui Chang (New Haven)
Shih-Kuo Chen (Taipei)
Coco Chu (Beijing)
Henning Fenselau(Köln)
Eunha Kim (Seoul)
Hong-GyunLee (Seoul)
Zhe Zhang (Shanghai)
Invited speakers (Domestic)
Teppei Goto (Kyoto)
Takeshi Hiyama (Yonago)
Takako Ichiki (Niigata)
Satoshi Koba (Tottori)
Kumi Kuroda (Tokyo)
Kazuhiro Nakamura (Nagoya)
Takashi Yoshimura (Nagoya)
Topics included
Topics included
Interactions among multiple systems/organs, covering topics such as:
-- Thermoregulation and fever
-- Metabolism, obesity, and energy homeostasis
-- Feeding and other instinctive behaviors
-- Brain–endocrine homeostasis and hypothalamic regulation
-- Thirst and salt appetite
-- Exercise, stress, brain, and cardiovascular interactions
-- Gut–brain communication, microbiome, and enteric neurons
-- Neuroimmunology
-- Biological clocks, rhythms, and sleep
-- Parent–infant relationships
-- Puberty onset
Registration fee
Registration fee
To General Participants:
The registration fees are as follows:
Students: JPY 5,000 (approximately USD 32)
Others: JPY 15,000 (approximately USD 95)
The fees include the reception party on September 15, lunch boxes on September 15 and 16, and coffee breaks. Accommodation is not included.
Travel Grants
Travel Grants
IUPS will provide travel grants to early-career researchers (students and postdoctoral fellows) who present posters.
Domestic poster presenters: JPY 10,000 (approximately USD 63), up to 10 recipients
Overseas poster presenters: JPY 60,000 (approximately USD 375), up to 10 recipients
Recipients will be selected by the organizing committee, and the results will be announced by the end of July.
Please check the box on the registration form to be considered as a candidate.
Accommodation
Accommodation
To General Participants:
We have secured 30 rooms in an institutional lodge.
Each room is a single-occupancy room equipped with a private toilet, bathtub, air conditioning, and a TV. Please note that breakfast is not provided. The accommodation fee is JPY 2,600 (approximately USD 17) per night.
If you wish to stay at the lodge, please indicate your preference on the registration page.
Rooms will be assigned with priority given to students and early-career researchers.
The results of the room assignments will be announced in early July.
If you choose not to stay at the lodge, or if a room cannot be assigned to you, please make your own reservation at a nearby hotel. Information on hotels in Okazaki is available here.
Organizers
Organizers
Chair: Kazuhiro Nakamura (Nagoya)
Vice-chair: Takeshi Hiyama (Yonago)
Member: Satoshi Koba (Tottori)
Sec-Gen: Yoshihiro Kubo (NIPS)
Hosted by
Hosted by
Host: International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
Co-host: National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Japan
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