PIEZOs and the Physiology of Mechanobiology - PIEZO channels attracted major attention in the past 10 years as universal eukaryotic mechanical force sensors of diverse cell types with physiological functions in all major organs. Since their identification in 2010 (Coste et al, Science - doi: 10.1126/science.1193270) and the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Ardem Patapoutian (plenary speaker, SynSci26), there has been rapid expansion of research and publications on PIEZOs, which continues to accelerate (Tian et al 2024 for bibliometric analysis doi: 10.1080/19336950.2024.2396354). There is exciting progress for PIEZO structures, properties, regulation, physiological functions and relevance in human disease and therapeutics. The meeting is expected to provide a timely update on recent, new and anticipated advances in PIEZO knowledge that are topical in possibly all aspects of physiology/ mechanobiology and relevant to all physiologists interested in the control of membrane potential and calcium, sodium and potassium ion signalling in excitable and non-excitable cells.
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