The IUPS Beacon Symposia are designed as small, focused meetings on timely topics in physiology, providing participants with an immersive and interactive environment for the exchange of scientific ideas, with a particular emphasis on supporting early-career researchers. 

The IUPS Beacon Symposium 2026 will be held as follows:

Theme: Physiology Ahead: Orchestration of Multiple Systems
Dates: September 15–16, 2026
Venue: Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Co-host: National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
Chair: Professor Kazuhiro Nakamura (Nagoya University)

The symposium website is now open.
Please visit the following page for detailed information, including the scientific focus and a list of invited speakers:
https://sites.google.com/nips.ac.jp/iups2026beacon/home

Registration for general participants, as well as abstract submission for poster presentations, is now open via the same page. The deadline is June 15.

IUPS will also offer a limited number of travel grants for early-career researchers, which will be awarded based on selection by the organizing committee.