Enthusiastic brain barriers researcher located in Switzerland involved in many exciting international collaborations
Britta Engelhardt
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Post-doctoral position alert!
Lack of junctional adhesion molecule (JAM)-B traps CD8 T cells in CNS border zones and ameliorates autoimmune neuroinflammation
Javier Pareja et al. 🧪
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Glad I had the chance to present my work on the hindbrain choroid plexus to the community at the European Brain Barrier Meeting 2025. 👏 Huge thanks to the organizers, @brittae.bsky.social and everyone else for such a nice meeting 🤗 #EBBM2025
Interesting read... food for thought - www.quantamagazine.org/the-mysterio...
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This is a trainee seminar series and your participation is very important and much appreciated. Join us next week. Here is the free registration link:
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Some excellent thoughts here...
@cshlmeetings.bsky.social Brain Barriers 2025 is a wrap! It was an honor to co-organize this meeting in 2023 & 2025, a highlight of my scientific career.
I am amazed by all the great science presented by these awesome scientists over the last five days...the future of CNS barrier biology is 🤩 💫!
What a cool story! Must read.
Defining the molecular identity and morphology of glia limitans superficialis astrocytes in vertebrates: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Great news to share with you - I am very honored to have received the Swiss MS Society Research Award. www.multiplesklerose.ch/de/aktuelles...
A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate.
The endothelial blood-brain barrier (BBB) tightly controls T cell entry into the central nervous system (CNS). T cell extravasation across the BBB involves a multi-step cascade with a predominant role...
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Hasel et al. show that molecularly and morphologically specialized astrocytes make
up the brain and spinal cord surface, thereby creating the glia limitans superficialis.
These astrocytes selectively ...
Ein besonderer Höhepunkt des diesjährigen «MS State of the Art Symposium» war die Verleihung des zweiten Forschungspreises der Schweiz. MS-Gesellschaft. Die mit 100’000 Franken dotierte Auszeichnung e...
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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Grind stays real – Víťa and @petrakompanikova.bsky.social went straight from the V4SDB Meeting 2025 to the European Brain Barrier Meeting in Bern, where Petra presented her work on the hindbrain choroid plexus. 🐁 Big thanks to the organizers and community for the warm first-time welcome! 😇 #EBBM2025
