We are excited to announce the upcoming 30th Annual Meeting of the CRS Local Chapter DeChAt jointly with the 14th edition of the biennial Conference BioBarriers.
This special event presents latest research on advanced carrier systems and complex cell culture models for drug delivery across biological barriers. Our aim is to connect leading experts and young researchers.
Scientific topics
Advanced Drug Delivery Technologies
Microphysiological in vitro Models (“on the Chip”)
Infectious Diseases and Microbiota
Career Development Workshops
Networking
Poster Sessions
Industry Exhibition
Confirmed Invited Speakers Include
Cameron Alexander (University of Nottingham, UK)
Ana Beloqui (Université Catholique de Louvain, BE)
Elias Fattal (Université Paris-Saclay, FR)
Hamid Ghandehari (University of Utah, US)
Rainer Haag (Freie Universität Berlin, DE)
Sarah Hedtrich (University of British Columbia, CA)
Anna Hirsch (Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland, DE)
Andreas Keller (Clinical Bioinformatics UdS/ HIPS Saarbrücken, DE)
Hagar Labouta (University of Toronto, CA)
Karsten Lindhardt (Biograil ApS, Roskilde, DK)
Jens Puschhof (German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, DE)
Otmar Schmid (Helmholtz Center Munich, DE)
Avi Schröder (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, IL)
Simone Schürle (ETH Zürich, CH)
Maria Vicent (Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe, ES)
Wilfried Weber (INM – Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien Saarbrücken, DE)
Maike Windbergs (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, DE)
Elisabeth Zeisberg (Avocet Biosciences, Göttingen, DE)
Abstract Submission
We invite you to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation.
Please submit your abstract using Oxford Abstracts.
Abstract submission deadline: 15. Dec. 2025
Only contributions with minimum 1 registered author will be considered.
Abstract format: Language is English. Abstracts cannot exceed 1 A4 page. Body text (max. 1500 characters incl. spaces, with optional one picture. References (max. 3) are numbered and formatted as follows: Authors (Year). Publication name Volume, Pages. DOI.
Optional, accepted abstracts can be included in the conference proceedings published at PharmRxiv repository (https://pharmrxiv.de).
Authors will be informed regarding acceptance by end of January.
Exhibitors & Sponsors
If you are interested, please contact us as soon as possible.
CRSmBB26(at)helmholtz-hips.de