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AWARDS
J.A.F. STEVENSON VISITING PROFESSORSHIP OF THE CANADIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
Updated September 25, 2007
Departmental Chairs and Research Directors are encouraged
to nominate suitable applicants from other Universities and to facilitate the nomination
of their young faculty by Chairs\Directors from other Universities. Each year the
Canadian Physiological Society offers a Visiting Professorship
to an outstanding young Canadian Physiologist. The purpose
of the Visiting Professorship is to promote collaboration
and exchange of information among investigators at Canadian
Universities and to strengthen graduate training programs
in physiological research.
The society will provide travel expenses for the visiting
professor; living expenses will be the responsibility of the
host University. Nominations for the award are normally made
by a Departmental Chair or Research Director to enable a distinguished
young investigator from another Canadian Institution to visit the host university
and to give a lecture and/or graduate seminars. The host department
or research group can be at any one of the sixteen in Canadian
University Faculties of Medicine.
The candidate chosen to receive the Visiting Professorship
will also present a lecture at the Annual Winter meeting of the Society. Partial reimbursement
of expenses to attend the Winter Meeting of the Canadian Physiological
Society will be the responsibility of the Canadian Physiological
Society.
The selection of the Visiting Professor will be the responsibility
of the Council of the Canadian Physiological Society and will
be based on the scientific achievements of the candidate.
Nominees for this award will be, or is expected to become,
a member of the Canadian Physiological Society. The Visiting
Professorship will not be awarded to candidates after the
tenth year from receiving their first faculty position. In
the event that more than one host University has requested
the chosen recipient, the University which first placed the
request will be given preference.
Nominations should be sent to the Secretary of the Society
at the address given below. Each nomination should include
a letter from the sponsor setting out the proposed itinerary
and include the curriculum vitae of the candidate.
Nominations must be received by the Secretary before July
1, prior to the CPS winter meeting. Electronic versions
of letters of nomination and supporting documents should be
sent to:
Dr. Päivi H. Torkkeli
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 1X5
e-mail: Paivi.Torkkeli@Dal.Ca
Tel: 902-494-2672
FAX: 902-494-2050
2008 Stevenson professorship Award Winner
Paul Linsdell
is an outstanding young Canadian Physiologist who has made major contributions
to our understanding of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and airway epithelial transport.
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Paul obtained his B.Sc. in Pharmacology from University College London with first class honours.
He did his Ph.D. thesis work with Peter Stanfield in Physiology at the University of Leicester,
then went to Bill Moody's lab at the University of Washington in Seattle for his first postdoctoral fellowship
before going to McGill to work with Dr. John Hanrahan.
Paul was recruited to Dalhousie in 1999, where he is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
He has received many fellowships and awards for research excellence and has been highly productive,
publishing 4 or 5 papers each year in high quality journals.
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Dr. Paul Linsdell
Dalhousie University |
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Paul is an expert in the area of ion channel permeation and has carried out rigorous biophysical studies
of ion movements in the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) chloride channel.
For example, he used experiments and modeling to define multi-ion pore behaviour in CFTR
and was the first to show how mutagenesis alters this behaviour.
Paul analyzed permeation by a range of ions of known sizes to map the dimensions of the CFTR
pore and studied commonly used blockers to define their mechanisms of action.
He has used mutagenesis to identify potential binding sites for anions and antagonists and to map determinants of ion permeation.
Most recently Paul has pioneered the use of unusual anions such as
Au(CN)2- and Pt(NO2)42- to probe ion permeation and block,
and helped demonstrate that the activity of CFTR channels is regulated by extracellular chloride concentration.
His interests include chloride and potassium channels and their physiological roles in epithelial transport,
and the impact of secretagogues and oxidant stress on airway secretion.
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