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APS Publications Podcast
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Listen to author interviews, commentaries from thought leaders, and insightful discussions about important topics in physiology and scientific publishing. Brought to you by the American Physiological Society (APS) Publications.
Episodes
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Interorgan Insights: Gut microbiome signatures in patients with post-COVID condition
In this podcast, first author Sophie Wetz discusses the recently published article, ‘Cross-Sectional Associations Between Gut Microbiota and Neuroimaging Changes in Post-COVID-19 Condition’. In a cross-sectional study, the authors compared the gut microbiota composition of 42 patients with...
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Interorgan Insights: Short-chain fatty acids and gut-retina communication
In this podcast, coauthors Aleah Brokemond, Fapianey Alexandre, and Sewedo Ajisegiri discuss their recently published review, ‘Short-Chain Fatty Acids: Microbial Metabolites Driving Gut-Eye Axis Signaling’. The review stems from a desire to better understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate...
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Interorgan Insights: The gut-liver dialogue shaping liver health
In this podcast, Akram Nader SalahEldeen Mustafa discusses the recently published review, ‘Guardians at the Interface: Microbiota, Intestinal Barriers, and the Gut–Liver Axis in Liver Health and Disease’. The article examines the gut-liver axis as a dynamic, bidirectional system in which...
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Interorgan Insights: Beyond the pancreas-amylin's role in diabetes pathogenesis
In this podcast, coauthors Alice E. Knapton and Andrew Murray discuss their recently published article, ‘Amyloid-Forming Amylin Secreted by the Pancreas Promotes Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Activation and Mitochondrial Alterations in Liver and Heart During Type 2 Diabetes Pathogenesis’. The article...
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Sleep and circadian predictors of academic performance and retention in STEM pathways: a longitudinal study in university freshmen
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Michael Scullin discusses their recently published article, “Sleep and circadian predictors of academic performance and retention in STEM pathways: a longitudinal study in university freshmen” Many…
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Reducing, and ultimately replacing, the involvement of animals in education: legislative, ethical, and societal drivers for change
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Prof. David Lewis discusses his recently published article, “Reducing, and ultimately replacing, the involvement of animals in education: legislative, ethical, and societal drivers for change” Learners…
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Leveraging H5P plug-in technology to increase interactivity within an asynchronously delivered physiology lecture in the first year of medical school
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Akshata Naik and coauthors discuss their recently published article, “Leveraging H5P plug-in technology to increase interactivity within an asynchronously delivered physiology lecture in the first year of...
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Faculty can use collaborative group exams to facilitate peer interactions that enhance learning opportunities and increase student well-being in their classrooms
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Dr. Jeffrey Grim and coauthors discuss their recently published article, “Faculty can use collaborative group exams to facilitate peer interactions that enhance learning opportunities and increase student...
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Mutual gains: nonpresenting undergraduate attendance at regional scientific meetings benefits students and scientific societies
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Dr. Champagne and coauthors discuss their recently published article, “Mutual gains: nonpresenting undergraduate attendance at regional scientific meetings benefits students and scientific societies.” Can...
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Incorporation of virtual reality into medical physiology
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Dr. Imaan Benmerzaouga and Dr. Elizabeth Oviawe discuss their article, “Incorporation of Virtual Reality into Medical Physiology.” The authors describe how they used virtual reality to create an…
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Interorgan Insights: Preclinical insights into the pathophysiology of hepatopulmonary syndrome
In this podcast, author Maïté Verstraeten discusses the recently published review, ‘Preclinical Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome’. The article examines the current preclinical understanding of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), a serious pulmonary complication of liver...
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Health in translation: a workshop model for health literacy and lay science communication
In this episode, Prof. Wehrwein and coauthors discuss their recently published article, “Health in Translation: A Workshop Model for Health Literacy and Lay Science Communication.” They describe a 60-minute interactive workshop that helps undergraduate students translate scientific information…
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Interorgan Insights: Decoding the gut microbiome's role in cardiac injury
In this podcast, author Lisha Zhang discusses the recently published article, ‘Gut Barnesiella intestinihominis Exacerbates Post-Myocardial Infarction Injury via Succinate-Driven MAPK3 Succinylation/Phosphorylation Cascade in γδ T Cells and Downstream IL-17A–NLRP3 Axis’. The article describes how...
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Interorgan Insights: Pericytes, active participants in disease pathogenesis
Description: In this podcast, coauthors Vinicio de Jesus Perez and Stuti Agarwal discuss their recently published review, ‘Lung Pericytes: Molecular Mechanisms, Signaling Pathways, and Roles in Pulmonary Diseases’. The article highlights the molecular mechanisms governing lung pericyte function,...
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Who will teach physiology? The growing shortage of physiology generalists
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Prof. Wehrwein discusses their recently published article, “Who Will Teach Physiology? The Growing Shortage of Physiology Generalists.” As systems-level physiology training declines and specialization...
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Sources of stress and coping strategies employed by undergraduate students over a semester: motivations and implications for academic success
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors discuss their recently published article, "Sources of Stress and Coping Strategies Employed by Undergraduate Students Over a Semester: Motivations and Implications for Academic Success." How do...
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Making immunology memorable: resilience-inspired pitch stories to launch lectures
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Prof. Laura Machín-Galarza discusses her recently published article, “Making Immunology Memorable: Resilience-Inspired Pitch Stories to Launch Lectures.” Learn how creative, resilience-based storytelling...
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Antioxidant Genes in Tissues Linked to DCS Resistance
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, Dr. Emmanuel Dugrenot discusses his group’s Research Article, “Changes in liver and lung antioxidant and mitochondrial biogenesis gene expression in decompression sickness resistant rats.” This study analyzed genes related to antioxidant defense…
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Implementing a guided VR for neuroanatomy in neurology residency: acceptability and practical considerations
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Derek Bass, Ayush Gupta, and Daniela Terson de Paleville explore their innovative study using guided virtual reality to bring complex anatomy to life. From engaging, immersive learning to...
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Enhancing engagement and confidence in male reproductive physiology through an escape room activity
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Michael Leung and Dasuni Alwis discuss their recently published article, “Enhancing Engagement and Confidence in Male Reproductive Physiology Through an Escape Room Activity.” They explore an...
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Interorgan Insights: GLP-2R, a master integrator of gut-brain-liver communication
In this podcast, coauthors Mingdao Mu, Yunuo Jiang, Guo Han, and Zixu Zhang discuss their recently published review, ‘Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 Receptor: A Master Integrator of Gut-Brain-Liver Communication in Metabolic and Cognitive Health'. The review highlights GLP-2R as a systematic hub for...
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Interorgan Insights: Sprouting and splitting - rethinking angiogenesis in biomaterials
In this podcast, author Kuihua Zhan discusses the recently published article, ‘Vascularization Is Driven by Sprouting and Subsequent Splitting: Mechanisms of Physiological Angiogenesis in a Porous Biomaterial Scaffold and Intervention Insights’. The article describes engineering interventions to...
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Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Metabolic Rhythms and Liver Bioenergetics
In this AI generated episode of The APS Publications Podcast featuring Function, we will dive into exciting new research that is shaping our understanding of how the body works at its most fundamental level. We spotlight the article “Short-term time-restricted feeding improves metabolic rhythms…
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Interorgan Insights: Role of the gut microbiome in predicting PAH severity
In this podcast, author Arun Jose discusses the recently published article, ‘Lactobacillus Is Associated With Disease in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Prospective Cohort Study.' The prospective cohort study linked the gut microbiome, gut-derived metabolites, and disease severity in patents...
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Interorgan Insights: MASLD through the lens of the mitochondrial-autophagy axis
In this podcast, coauthors Gaurab Bhaduri and Anchin Kalia discuss their recently published review, ‘The Mitochondrial–Autophagy Axis in MASLD: Mechanisms, Crosstalk, and Therapeutic Targets’. The review integrates contemporary evidence regarding mitochondrial dysfunction and autophagic…
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Interorgan Insights: Highlighting the crucial role of the vascular lymphatic system
In this podcast, author Daniela Negrini discusses the recently published review, ‘The Thoracic Lymphatic Vasculature: Inter-Organ Strategies to Achieve an Optimal Tissue Function’. The article highlights the important but often overlooked role of vascular lymphatic system and the contribution of...
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Exploring molecular shifts induced by pseudohypoxia in gray seal blubber
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring AJP-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Medicine, author Laura Oller discusses her recent article, "Molecular shifts induced by pseudohypoxia in gray seal blubber: an ex vivo approach." This study explored how blubber regulates...
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Interorgan Insights: Unraveling the paradox of clinically silent cardiac stress
In this podcast, Nguyen Duc Huy Hoang discusses his recently published article, ‘Mechanosensory Silence During Cardiac Stress’. He asks the question, "Why does mechanosensory stress in the heart so often remain perceptually silent?" and hopes his group's new conceptual gating framework, Cardiac...
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Interorgan Insights: Microcirculation as the fundamental basis of health and disease
In this podcast, coauthors Yuan Li and Mingming Liu discuss their recently published article, ‘Functional segregation of pancreatic microcirculation reveals sex-dependent microhemodynamic signatures’. The article used a multi-scale approach to investigate pancreatic microhemodynamics in healthy...
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Interorgan Insights: Vagus nerve stimulation across disease states
In this podcast, coauthors Yifeng Bu and Imanuel Lerman discuss their recently published review, ‘A Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Disease: Comprehensive Theory and Evidence for Mechanisms of Action’. The review overviews VNS mechanisms and their translational relevance, and thus serves as…
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Interorgan Insights: Improving perimenopausal health through holistic, precision-based approaches
In this podcast, coauthors Yujie Xu, Han Wu, Ru Mu, Lu Yang, Yixuan Li, and Xian Ma discuss their recently published review, 'Kisspeptin Neurons as Integrative Hub: Cross-Talk of HPO–HPT–HPA Axes in Perimenopausal Reproductive Health’. The findings highlight the multi-axis pathophysiology of...
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Interorgan Insights: Modulation of AQP1 and TGFB1 to Disrupt BMP/TGF-β Signaling in Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells
In this podcast, coauthors Chrysi Keskinidou and Nikolaos S. Lotsio discuss their recently published research article, ‘Disrupting BMP/TGF-β Signaling: Modulation of AQP1 and TGFB1 in Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells’. The article describes the authors' deep dive into the...
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Interorgan Insights: Insulin and the Secret to Healthier Aging
In this podcast, corresponding author Yuan-Yuan Zhang discusses the recently published review, ‘Insulin as an Accelerator and Brake of Aging: From Molecular Landscape to Clinical Interventions’. Here, Dr. Zhang describes key findings, key takeaways, and key gaps that relate to our understanding…
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Navigating the frontier of AI-assisted student assignments: challenges, skills, and solutions
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Suzanne Estaphan, David Kramer, and Harry Witchel discuss their recently published article, “Navigating the frontier of AI-assisted student assignments: challenges, skills, and solutions.” This...
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The chick embryo model as an educational tool to explore the effect of alcohol on cardiovascular development
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring an article from Advances in Physiology Education, authors Declan McLaughlin, Aisling Keane, and Joe Quinn discuss their recently published article, “The chick embryo model as an educational tool to explore the effect of alcohol on...
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Associations between heart size and anthropometric and cardiovascular indicators: an undergraduate physiology teaching laboratory
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Madyson Hintz and Aisya Ahmad Zamri discuss their recent article, “Associations between heart size and anthropometric and cardiovascular indicators: an undergraduate physiology teaching...
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Jigsaw technique: will it help Gen Z nursing students?
In this podcast, Dr. Rashmi Chandel discusses the recently published article, "Jigsaw technique: Will it help Gen Z nursing students?" This study examines the effectiveness of the jigsaw technique (JST) as a student-centered learning strategy for engaging Generation Z undergraduate nursing...
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Active learning to improve numeracy skills and confidence using quizzes in first-year biomedical science undergraduates
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Stephen Fitzjohn and Frances MacMillan discuss their recently published article, “Active learning to improve numeracy skills and confidence using quizzes in first-year biomedical science undergraduates.”...
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From anonymity to engagement: the benefits of early-semester student-instructor meetings
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, James Davis discusses their recently published article, “From anonymity to engagement: the benefits of early-semester student-instructor meetings.” This study shows that brief, early-semester...
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Interorgan Insights: Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Cell Dysfunction Associated With the Nonpulsatile Pulmonary Blood Flow in an Ovine Glenn Model
In this podcast, co-first author Jonathan Hyde discusses the recently published article, ‘Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction is Induced by Nonpulsatile Pulmonary Blood Flow in an Ovine Classic Glenn Model’. The study used an in vivo large animal model combined with ex vivo and in vitro...
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Transcriptome-driven Health-status Transversal-predictors
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, Dr. Ralph Rühl discusses his team’s new article in Physiological Genomics, “Transcriptome-driven Health-status Transversal-predictor Analysis for health, food, microbiome and disease markers for understanding of lifestyle diseases.” The article...
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The use of AI large language models by university students for assignment preparation
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, David Van Reyk discusses their study on "The use of AI large language models by university students for assignment preparation." Over 50% used AI for idea generation and drafting. PRC students showed...
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Educators’ experience and guide to scaffolding generative AI applications throughout a physiology and pharmacology undergraduate laboratory course
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Christine Bell and Oana Birceanu discuss their recently published article, “Educators’ experience and guide to scaffolding generative AI applications throughout a physiology and pharmacology...
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From virtual to reality: evaluating student attitudes through VR dissection preparations: a use case
In the latest APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, John Zubek discusses, “From virtual to reality: evaluating student attitudes through VR dissection preparations: a use case.” VR vs. live dissections: how do students learn best? We explored their experiences to…
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From compliance to moduli: clarifying basic mechanical properties of biological tissues
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Serena Kuang and Nora Laban discuss their recently published Illuminations paper “From compliance to moduli: clarifying basic mechanical properties of biological tissues.” This article advances...
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Implementing core concept teaching in an integrated, clinical presentation model medical school curriculum
In this podcast, coauthors Mary Pelkowski and Gabi Waite discuss their recently published Illuminations article, “Implementing core concept teaching in an integrated, clinical presentation model medical school curriculum”. They outline a practical approach to incorporating physiology core-concept...
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Interorgan Insights: Role of Diet and Exercise Interventions for MAFLD Outcomes
In this podcast, coauthors Maria Magdalena Quetglas-Llabrés and Manuel Jiménez-García discuss their recently published article, ‘Effects of Combining Exercise and Dietary Shifts on Motor Coordination and Oxidative Markers in a High-Fat Diet Model in Rats.' The article investigated the effect of...
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The practical skills passport: a co-curricular program to enhance lab skills confidence in undergraduate neuroscience and biology students
In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthors Anna Smith, Fran der Weduwen, and Thomas Powell discuss their recently published Illuminations paper “The practical skills passport: a co-curricular program to enhance lab skills confidence in...
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Misconception about the application of Dalton’s Law in respiratory physiology
In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Prof. S. Mehran Hosseini discusses the study, “Misconception about the application of Dalton’s Law in respiratory physiology.” Dalton’s Law may provide a good example for students to highlight the…
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Connecting Genes to Physiology: The First 25 Years of Physiological Genomics
In this special episode of the APS Publications Podcast, the founding of Physiological Genomics is discussed in a series of interviews with Drs. Allen W. Cowley, Jr., Bina Joe, and Hilary Coller. These interviews were organized and conducted in September 2025 by Oluwatosin Mautin Akinola (PhD...
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