The Renal Section of the American Physiological Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Heini Murer has been selected as the 2000 W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Murer will present his Distinguished Lecture, entitled "Cellular Mechanisms in Renal Phosphate Handling: Old Questions and Some New Answers," on Saturday, April 15, 2000, at 3 PM, during the Experimental Biology 2000 meeting in San Diego, CA. Dr. Murer will receive his Distinguished Lecturer Award during the Renal Dinner on Monday, April 17, 2000.

Dr. Murer received his Ph.D. degree in 1971 from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He stayed at the University of Fribourg for his postdoctoral training, then became a Research Associate at the University of Zurich and at the Max Planck Institute. Dr. Murer became an Associate Professor at the University of Zurich in 1979, was promoted to Professor in 1980, and to Full Professor in 1996. In 1997, Dr. Murer became Department Chairman of the Institute of Physiology at the University of Zurich. He has published over 300 manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering work, particularly on phosphate transport. Dr. Murer has won many honors, including the Homer Smith Award from the American Society of Nephrology in 1991.

The APS Renal Section's Distinguished Lecturer Committee, a subcommittee of the Renal Society Steering Committee, included Jeffrey Garvin (Renal Section Program Committee Chair); Steven Hebert (Editor, AJP-Renal); Gabriel Navar (APS Past-President); and Jeff Sands (Renal Section Chairman).

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