APS Publications Podcast

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 student-instructor meetings foster stronger connections, increase student participation, and improve self-reported...

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 studies to investigate pulmonary vascular endothelial cell dysfunction associated with the Glenn procedur...

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 outlines the development of a novel artificial intelligence approach based on machine-learning to predict...

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 improvements in their grades with the use of AI, while Australian students’ grades remained unchanged. Stud...

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 undergraduate laboratory course.” The paper presents a two-pronged approach to reduce GenAI confusion and...

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 see how tech can complement STEM & healthcare training. From virtual to reality: evaluating student...

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 physiology education by clarifying the basic mechanical property-related terms in physiology, introduci...

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 teaching into an integrated, team-taught medical curriculum—combining a clinical presentation model w...

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 exercise, alone or with dietary modifications, on high fat diet–induced outcomes in rats of both sexes....

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 undergraduate neuroscience and biology students”. The COVID-19 pandemic limited in-person lab opportunit...

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 existence of misconceptions and their effect on gaining new knowledge. The awareness of students about this mi...

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 candidate in Molecular Medicine at the University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States; https://www.resear...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, Dr. Raju Suresh Kumar discusses a novel, hands-on simulation designed to teach auditory physiology. By experiencing unilateral conductive hearing loss, students gain deeper insight into auditory masking and sound lateralization. This simple, cost-effective method enhances conceptual understanding and clini...

In this podcast, coauthors Liz Simon, Flavia Souza-Smith, Megan Donovan, Eden Gallegos, Kaitlin Couvillon, and Patricia Molina summarize their recently published review article, "Physiological Mechanisms Vulnerable to Alcohol-Induced Alterations: Role in Chronic Comorbidities." The article describes alcohol's multi-systemic physiological effects on the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and immune...

In this podcast, coauthors Simon D. Pouwels and Brady Rae discuss their recently published research article, "Interorgan Communication Between Lung and Colorectal Epithelial Cells Studied Using a Novel Multi-Organ-On-Chip System." The article describes development of a novel unidirectional millifluidic multi-organ-on-chip device to study the communication between human lung epithelial cells and co...

In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring an article from AJP–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, author Periklis Marnas discusses inhalation exposure of adult D. melanogaster to cigarette smoke and changes in physiological parameters and the expression of COPD-associated orthologous genes. The study found that transcriptomic responses were more profound in females...

In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring an article from AJP–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, authors Ziba Taherzadeh and Claire Kissell discuss the influence of race and sex and Cardiac autonomic function. Their study found that non-Hispanic Black adults living in the United States are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease compared with their non-Hispa...

In this episode of the APS Publications Podcast, featuring an article from AJP–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, authors Andrea Zsombok, Lucie Desmoulins, and Adrien Molinas discuss the role of estradiol treatment in regulating metabolism and glucose homeostasis. In their study with middle-aged, high-fat diet-fed, ovariectomized female mice, the authors found that liver-related n...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, coauthors Matthew A. Hadiono, Alexis B. Kazen, Fatima A. Aboulalazm, and John R. Kirby discuss their recent study, "Reutericyclin mitigates risperidone-induced suppression of anaerobic energy expenditure," published in AJP–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. The authors explore how the gut microbiome, a thermogenic biomass, plays a c...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, coauthors John J. Durocher and Ezra Mutai discuss the Editorial Focus titled "Sleep tight with vitamin D’s might" published in AJP–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. The conversation centers on a recent study by Culver et al., which examines the relationship between vitamin D levels and reduced sleep variability. Tune in to hear how...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, coauthors Alexander A. Buelow and J. Mikhail Kellawan discuss their recent study, "Inhibition of CYP450 pathways reduces functional sympatholysis in healthy young adults," published in AJP–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. They explore how functional sympatholysis, which has traditionally been considered independent of nitric oxide...

In this podcast, coauthors Emma Elizabeth Sabu Kattuman, Lakshminarayan Reddy Teegala, Somayeh Darzi, Charles K Thodeti, and Sailaja Paruchuri talk about their recently published review, "Leukotrienes: bridging the inflammatory gap in asthma and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)." The review highlights how altered leukotriene biosynthesis and signaling contribute to the pathogenesis of both asthma...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, join coauthors Maurizio Costabile and Layla Mahdi as they discuss their study, “Leveraging computer-based simulations and immersive software technologies for enhanced student learning in laboratory medicine.” They share how these digital tools were integrated across a 4-year laboratory medicine degree and...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, join coauthors Helena Carvalho and Patricia Halpin as they discuss DramaZoom is a teaching tool paired with a pretest to activate memory. It promotes learning for both medical students and undergraduate students with different majors in the study cohort. DramaZoom creates an opportunity for a fun learning...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, featuring Advances in Physiology Education, coauthor Katelyn Cooper highlights the meeting reports titled “Meeting report: an interdisciplinary approach to addressing anxiety in undergraduate active learning biology courses.” She explains that anxiety is a common emotional condition marked by feelings of tension, worry, and physical symptoms like re...