IBBS - Events calendar

An overview of past and future events

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September 23-25, 2020: 23rd International Symposium on Signal Transduction at the Blood-Brain Barriers
June 14-19, 2020: 11th 'Barriers of the CNS' Gordon Research Conference
March 12-13, 2020: 2020 Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting
November 19th, 2019: workshop on CNS barrier models at Hasselt University
October 2-4, 2019: 10th Annual Course on the BBB in Drug Development 2019 (Uppsala, Sweden)
September 11-13, 2019: 22nd International Symposium on Signal Transduction at the Blood-Brain Barriers
June 25-28, 2019: 13th International Conference on Cerebral Vascular Biology - Miami, Florida
April 29-May 1, 2019: 1st Joint AAPS-IBBS Workshop: Novel Approaches Targeting Brain Barriers for Effective Delivery of Therapeutics
April 3-6, 2019: 6th Cold Spring Harbor Lab BBB Meeting
March 7-8, 2019: 25th Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Consortium Meeting

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Malcolm B. Segal Pursuit of Excellence in Science Award

This award was established in memory of Dr. Malcolm Beverly Segal who passed away in the summer of 2019. Segal was one of the “funding fathers” of the Gordon Research Conference on “Barriers of the CNS,” which started in 1999 and continues to be one of the leading conferences in the field. The award is intended to be given at the “Barriers of the CNS” GRC meetings to young investigators in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the brain barriers research.

Malcolm Segal was born 1937 in Goodmayes, Essex, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1970 from University College London, UK. Being trained in Hugh Davson’s laboratory, Segal became one of the pioneers in research on cerebrospinal fluid physiology and the choroid plexus. He co-authored over 100 original papers and numerous books, including the comprehensive cornerstone book on the CSF titled: “The Physiology and Pathology of the Cerebrospinal Fluid,” whose second edition was published in 1996. This book remains a highly valued source of information on CSF physiology and brain barriers. During the course of his career, Segal trained a number of young scientists and collaborated with many young colleagues around the world.

2019 Travel Bursary Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of prizes for best presentations sponsored by FBCNS at the Cerebrovascular Biology Meeting in Miami, Florida, June 25-28, 2019.

Natasha O'Brown
Julia Schulz

Find out more about the awards and this year's winners here.

Prof. dr. Malcolm Segal passed away

Monday a week ago, prof. dr. Malcolm Segal, an active researcher in the BBB field, has passed away at the age of 82.

He was the Chairman of the Division of Physiology in the School of Biomedical Sciences at King’s College London, where he remained until his retirement in 2003.

You can read his obituary by clicking here.