From basic mechanisms to clinical applications, understanding the blood-brain barrier is an important part of advancing research into brain health and disease. This topic brought together researchers from different fields at the 8th Mini-Symposium on the Blood-Brain Barrier “From Basic to Clinical Research”, held in Szeged, Hungary.

The symposium was organised by Maria A. Deli and Fruzsina Walter, together with the Biological Barriers and Translation Lab-on-a-Chip Models Research Groups at the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre in Szeged. The meeting brought together more than 80 participants from 10 countries, providing an opportunity to share new findings and discuss current developments in blood-brain barrier research. Among them were two members of the B-PaNDa research team who attended the symposium and presented their research in poster sessions:

• Antonio Zandona – “Species- and model-dependent efficacy of barrier-protective compounds under ROS-induced stress”
• Katja Vuković – “Protective Effects of Isonicotinamides on BBB Integrity”