CRS Welcome Note

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. 


Preliminary Schedule

Tue/Wed - 14th International Conference on Biological Barriers

Wed/Thu - GALENOS meets TALENTS: Workshop for Young Scientists

Thu/Fri - 30th CRS DeChAt Local Chapter Meeting



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



Cameron Alexander (Nottingham, UK)

Ana Beloqui (Louvain, BE)

Elias Fattal (Paris, FR)

Hamid Ghandehari (Salt Lake City, US)

Rainer Haag (Berlin, DE)

Sarah Hedtrich (Vancouver, CA)

Anna Hirsch (Saarbruecken, DE)

Andreas Keller (Saarbruecken, DE)

Hagar Labouta (Toronto, CA)

Karsten Lindhardt (Copenhagen, DK)

Jens Puschhof (Heidelberg, DE)

Otmar Schmid (Munich, DE)

Avi Schröder (Haifa, IL)

Simone Schürle (Zurich, CH)

Maria Vicent (Valencia, ES)

Wilfried Weber (Saarbruecken, DE)

Maike Windbergs (Frankfurt, DE)

Elisabeth Zeisberg (Goettingen, DE)





Registration



Please register for the conference by following this direction:


Register

Membership

Interested to become a Member of our CRS community? Please follow this direction:

Member



Abstract Submission


We invite you to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation.

Please submit your abstract by following this direction:  

Submit



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.


Optionally, 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 2026.


Accommodation


Saarbrücken offers plenty of options for accommodation. Here are some recommendations:

 

InterCity Hotel

Hafenstrasse 25, 66111 Saarbrücken

saarbruecken@intercityhotel.com

 

Saarbrücken City Centre

Faktoreistraße 2, 66111 Saarbrücken

Saarbruecken.CityCentre@PremierInn.com


Escplanade*****

Nauwieserstraße 5, 66111 Saarbrücken

hotel@esplanade-sb.de





Main Sponsors of this Event

Interested to become an exhibitor or sponsor of this event?

Please contact us as soon as possible: CRSmBB26@helmholtz-hips.de


Conference Venue


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Social Program


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