Novel breakthroughs in CNS drug delivery and disease - 8'th Nordic Blood-brain Barrier Network Symposium

Welcome, introduction of the program and the network

Org Committee/ Birger Brodin, University of Copenhagen

Non-invasive characterization of pericyte dysfunction in mouse brain using functional ultrasound localization microscopy

Franck Lebrin, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Pericyte loss and their alteration of Ca 2+ dynamics in brain ischemic stroke of awake mice in a longitudinal study

Changsi Cai, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

Seeing the drug – pharmaceutical applications of mass spectrometry imaging by  DESI-MSI and MALDI-MSI
Christian Janfelt, University of Copenhagen

Coffee & posters

Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease

Sophia Shi, Rowland Institute, Harvard University, USA

ABC transporters of the BBB - disease modifiers and/or disease inducers
Jens Pahnke, University of Oslo, Norway

Lunch and Poster session

The OATP Highway: Navigating Drug Delivery in the Brain

Kristiina Huttunen, University of Eastern Finland

From Nutrients to Neurodrugs: SMVT and Creatine as Delivery Allies

Adéla Králová, University of Eastern Finland

Coffee and posters

TBA

Unraveling the role of CNS and PNS barriers in paclitaxel-induced peripheral neurotoxicity

Milda Girdenyté, Uppsala University, Sweden, and Vilnius University, Lithuania

Wrap-up by the organizers, snacks and wine