From St Andrews to Minneapolis: Mansley Group at the American Physiology Summit 2026
Researchers from the Mansley Group in the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews have returned from the American Physiological Society APS Summit with valuable feedback, new connections and promising opportunities for future collaboration and research.
Held in Minneapolis from 23rd-26th April 2026, the conference provided a platform for final year PhD student Etang Collins Etang to present his work to an international audience of researchers. In recognition of the quality of his research, Etang was selected from the top-scoring abstracts to deliver an oral presentation within the Steve Hebert Prize Lecture session, which followed the 2026 lecture delivered by Prof. Eric Delpire of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Etang also presented a poster during the main APS Summit, generating constructive discussion and strong interest in the group’s research.
Reflecting on the experience, Group Leader Dr Morag Mansley said:
“It was a really successful meeting for the group. Etang received excellent feedback on his work, delivered a very strong presentation, and made valuable new connections within the international renal physiology community. We have returned with exciting ideas, potential collaborations and new research directions to explore.”
Dr Mansley, who is co-chair of the APS Epithelial Transport Group, also organised the ETG Pre-Summit Meeting for Young Scientists and co-chaired a Foundation Science Session within the main meeting entitled “Translating Omics, Transcending Barriers: Functional Advances in Epithelial Research”.
Etang’s attendance at the conference was supported through School travel funding, enabling him to undertake his first trip to the United States and present his work at his first international conference.
The conference provided an opportunity to share the group’s work internationally, strengthen existing connections within the field, and develop new ideas and collaborations for future research.
