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2nd Barcelona Blood Brain Barrier (B4) awards

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The 2nd Barcelona Blood Brain Barrier (B4) conference organized by Giuseppe Battaglia, Daniel Gonzalez-Carter and Benjami Oller Slvia from IBEC and IQS Barcelona, respectively, took place from October 1-3, 2025.
IBBS sponsored the prizes for junior scientists for the best posters and oral presentations. The prize awardees at B4 in 2024 are as follows:
First Poster Award: Robert Hülse
Second Poster Award: Elena Afanaseva
First Oral Presentation Award: Gemma Solé Guardia
Second Oral Presentation Award: François Korbmacher

IBBS congratulates all awardees to their outstanding contribution to the B4 conference and brain barriers research.

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27th European Brain Barriers Meeting

OPENING EBBMThe 27th European Brain Barriers Meeting taking place in the Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland from September 8-10 2025 was a great success.

We thank all our sponsors again. Participants especially liked the novel format with the Educational Satellite. Over 3 days 160 international participants travelling not only from Europe but also from the US, Asia and Australia discussed advances and controversies in brain barriers research.
IBBS supported the meeting with 3 poster prizes and a prize for the best short talk. We congratulate all awardees!

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International Brain Barriers Society (IBBS)

The IBBS is the world's largest organization of scientists, clinicians, postdoctoral fellows, and students devoted to understanding the biological barriers of the brain and nervous system. We are an international scientific and educational nonprofit organization, founded in 2006, with over 350 members in more than 25 countries worldwide.

The IBBS is an international scientific and educational nonprofit which holds a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation.

  • IBBS encourages, promotes and advocates scientific and clinical research on the biological barriers in the central nervous system (CNS).
  • IBBS accumulates information about barriers in the CNS and promotes its dissemination to scientists, physicians, patients, policy makers, public and private funding agencies and other concerned parties.
  • IBBS educates the general public and medical profession about the existence, diagnosis and treatment of disorders involving the barriers of the CNS.

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