IBBS - Steering Council

William Banks, WA, USA

Ingolf Blasig, GERMANY

Richard Daneman, CA, USA

Lester Drewes, MN, USA (Past President)

Britta Engelhardt, SWITZERLAND

Kyu-Won Kim, KOREA

Edward Neuwelt, OR, USA

Martha O'Donnell, CA, USA

Alex Prat, CANADA

Eric Shusta, WI, USA

Danica Stanimirovic, CANADA

Helen Stolp, UNITED KINGDOM

Tetsuya Terasaki, JAPAN

Robert Thorne, WI, USA (Vice President)

Elga de Vries, THE NETHERLANDS (President)

Upcoming events

23rd International Symposium on Signal Transduction at the Blood-Brain Barriers postponed until further notice
June 20-24 2021 14th Cerebral Vascular Biology meeting in Uppsala
Barriers of the CNS' Gordon Research Conference is postponed to 2022.

Latest News

Brain Barriers Virtual 2020 (BBV2020) Seminar Series

Dear Colleague,

We announce the Brain Barriers Virtual 2020 (BBV2020) Seminar Series that provides a forum for all brain barrier scientists world-wide to come together online during the current global crisis.

The seminar series is free for anyone to attend, and we are excited to provide a platform for speakers to present their work and for the community to participate and discuss brain barriers science from the safety of their home offices.

The seminar series will start next Wednesday, May 20 and from then on will be held every Wednesday through July. For more information, please see here!

For a free sign-up, please send your name, email address, career stage, and affiliation to .

We look forward to your participation in BBV2020!

Bjoern Bauer, University of Kentucky
Anika Hartz, University of Kentucky
Brandon Kim, University of Alabama

The BBBari Symposium postponed

Dear Colleagues and Members of the BBB Community, Dear Friends,

Sadly, as we all know, the COVID-19 Coronavirus is still spreading in Italy, all over Europe and to Countries all over the World. The pandemic is having a heavy global impact and, although the data referred to the end of April indicate a reduced incidence of the disease in many areas, including Italy, and although we all hope that these are signs for a complete decline of the virus very soon, at the moment and for the next months, in agreement with the World Health Organization recommendations and with the Italian Public Health authority guidelines, conferences and large gatherings need to be cancelled.

Although we all hope that by the end of September the coronavirus pandemic will be under control and largely conquered, caution is an absolute obligation because the safety of all people is the highest priority. Accordingly, the decision has been taken to postpone the 23rd International Symposium on Signal Transduction at the BBB until further notice.

We will meet again soon, in better times!

Daniela Virgintino
On behalf of the Organizing Committee

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Daniela Virgintino, MD
Full Professor of Histology and Human Embryology
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, and Sensory Organs
Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit
Bari University School of Medicine
Piazza Giulio Cesare, Policlinico
70124 Bari – Italy
Phone +39 0805478309

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.