title: 25 years of endothelin research: the next generation.
abstract: In the past three decades, endothelin and endothelin receptor antagonists have received great scientific and clinical interest, leading to the publication of more than 27,000 scientific articles since its discovery. The Thirteenth International Conference on Endothelin (ET-13) was held on September 8-11, 2013, at Tokyo Campus of the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Close to 300 scientists from 25 countries from around the world came to Tokyo to celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of the endothelin peptide discovered 25 years ago at the University of Tsukuba. This article summarizes some of the highlights of the conference, the anniversary celebration ceremony, and particularly the participation of next generation of endothelin researchers in endothelin science and the anniversary celebration. As a particular highlight, next generation endothelin researchers wrote a haiku (a traditional form of Japanese poetry originating from consisting of no more than three short verses and 27 on, or Japanese phonetic units) to describe the magic of endothelin science which they presented to the conference audience at the anniversary ceremony. The text of each haiku - both in its original language together with the English translation - is part of this article providing in an exemplary fashion how poetry can be bridged with science. Finally, we give an outlook towards the next 25 years of endothelin research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. Electronic address: emoto@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Emoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Nicolas
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authors.lastname: Vignon-Zellweger
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rhéure Alves Moreira
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
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authors.lastname: Cacioppo
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.
authors.forename: Louisane
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authors.lastname: Desbiens
authors.affiliation: Health Innovations Research Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Danielle
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authors.lastname: Kamato
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Thomas
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authors.lastname: Leurgans
authors.affiliation: Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca
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authors.lastname: Moorhouse
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Straube
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wurm
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Susi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heiden
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, USA.
authors.forename: Adviye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ergul
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
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authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.affiliation: Molecular Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias
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mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins