Monday, 8th September 2025
8:30 am – Registration
9:00-12:00 Educational Satellite
Session Chair:
9:00-9:40 Christer Betsholtz (Uppsala University, Sweden): Meninges
9:40-10:20 Stefan Liebner, (University of Frankfurt, Germany): BBB
10:20-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-11:20 Roosmarjin Vandenbroucke (Ghent University, Belgium): Choroid plexus
11:20-12:00 Lydia Sorokin, (Münster, Germany) Astrocytes and the glia limitans
12:00-14:00 Registration and Lunch
14:00-15:55 Session 1: Role of brain barriers in CNS immunity,
Session chair:
14:00-14:05 Opening words – Britta Engelhardt
14:05-14:35 Invited Speaker 1:
14:35-14:55 Short talk 1.1
14:55-15:15 Short talk 1.2
15:15-15:35 Short talk 1.3
15:35-15:55 Short talk 1.4
15:55-16:25 Coffee break
16:25-17:55 Session 2: Fluid exchange across brain barriers
Session chair:
16:25-16:55 Invited Speaker 2:
16:55-17:15 Short talk 2.1
17:15-17:35 Short talk 2.2
17:35-17:55 Short talk 2.3
17:55-18:15 Short talk 2.4
18:15-19:15 Keynote lecture 1:
Matthew Campbell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland): “Translational BBB research: From bench to bedside and back again”
19:15 Welcome Reception
Tuesday, 9th September 2025
9:00-12:00: Session 3: Advancing in vitro brain barrier models
Session chair:
9:00-9:30 Invited Speaker 3:
9:30-9:50 Short talk 3.1
9:50-10.10 Short talk 3.2
10.10-10:30 Short talk 3.3
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:0-11:20 Short talk 3.4
11:20-11:40 Short talk 3.5
11:40-12:00 Short talk 3.6
12:00-13:00 Keynote Lecture 2:
Irena Loryan (Uppsala University, Sweden): “Measuring the invisible: navigating the complexities and controversies of CNS/PNS exposure assessment“
13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:15 Poster Session 1 (odd numbers presenting)
15:15 - 17:30 Session 4: New concepts in brain barrier biology
Session chair:
15:15-15:45 Invited speaker 4:
15:45-16:05 Short talk 4.1
16:05-16:35 Coffee break
16:35-16:55 Short talk 4.2
16:55-17:15 Short talk 4.3
17:15-17:35 Short talk 4.4
17:35-19:00 Poster Session 2 (even numbers presenting)
19:30 Dinner at Restaurant Schwellenmätteli (20 minutes by public transport from UPU)
Wednesday, 10th September 2025
9:00-10:30 Session 5: Overcoming brain barriers for CNS drug delivery
Session chair:
9:00-9:30 Invited Speaker 5:
9:30-9:50 Short talk 5.1
9:50-10.10 Short talk 5.2
10.10-10:30 Short talk 5.3
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:50 Session 6: Role of brain barriers in CNS diseases
Session chair:
11:00-11:30 Invited Speaker 6
11:30-11:50 Short talk 6.1
11:50-12:10 Short talk 6.2
12:10-12:30 Short talk 6.3
12:30-12:50 Short talk 6.4
12:50-13:05 Announcement best poster and best oral presentation awards
13:05 Lunch parcel to go
