DETAILED PROGRAM

 

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7th October 2025

8th October 2025

9th October 2025

10th October 2025

 

7th October 2025

08:15   Registration open
09:15 - 10:00   Welcome ceremony

SESSION 1 - Extracellular vesicle basic biology
Chairs: Maja Kosanovic, Michele Guescini

10:00-10:40   Keynote lecture: Extracellular Vesicles in the Vasculature - Not Only Blood, But Also Lymph
Wolfgang Holnthoner
10:40-11:10   Coffee break
11:10 - 11:25 O1-BB-1 Identifying Key Molecular Players in EV Uptake Through a Genome-Wide CRISPR/Cas9 Screen
Miguel Palma-Cobo
11:25 - 11:40 O1-BB-2 The ER-Localized RNF26/Rab2a Axis Restricts Exosome Secretion by Orchestrating MVB Degradation
Anna Elizabeth George
11:40 - 11:55 O1-BB-3 Extracellular Vesicle Biology In Vivo: Shedding Light on Non-Coding RNA Regulation of Wound Healing
Yuya Hayashi
11:55 - 12:10 O1-BB-4 Proteomes of Extracellular Vesicles from Intestinal Commensal Bacteria
Mikael Niku
12:10 - 12:35 O1-BB-5 Maximizing MSC-EV Yield with Preserved Quality Using a Xeno-Free, Defined Formulation
Karthi Rajamani 
12:35 - 13:00 O1-BB-6 ZetaView Evolution: A New Edge for Nanoparticle Characterization
Bertrand Damart
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch break and Spanish society of extracellular vesicles (GEIVEX) assembly
SESSION 2 - Extracellular vesicles in physiology and pathology
Chairs: Aneta Andronowska, Dorival Mendes Rodrigues Junior
14:30 - 15:10   Keynote lecture: Cellular Processing of Delivery Vehicles
Inge S. Zuhorn
15:10 - 15:25 O2-PP-1 Trophoblast Derived Extracellular Vesicles Trigger Secondary Vesicle Release from Endometrial Epithelial Cells: A Distinct Mechanism of Targeted Intercellular Signaling
Subhashini Muhandiram
15:25 - 15:40 O2-PP-2 Monitoring the Role of Extracellular Vesicles in the Precipitating Impact of Chronic Stress in Tau Brain Pathology
Ioannis Sotiropoulos
15:40 - 15:55 O2-PP-3 Obesity-Induced Molecular Changes in Adipocytes-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Gastric Cancer Progression
Adi Rubin
15:55 - 16:10 O2-PP-4 Analysis of Circulating Large Oncosomes Reveals HER2 Status and Enables Tumor Monitoring in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Eszter Papp
16:10 - 16:25 O2-PP-5 EVs-Mediated Communication During Breast Cancer Progression
Sara Stojanovic
16:25 - 16:50   Coffee break
SESSION 3 - Extracellular vesicle based novel technologies
Chairs: Jan Balvan, Steffi Bosch
16:50 - 17:05 O3-NT-1 Fast and Reliable Determination of EV Size, Concentration, and Purity Using DAISY Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
Paul Manna
17:05 - 17:20 O3-NT-2 Generation of a Labelled Renal Cell Carcinoma Cell Line for In Vivo Studies of Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles
Anna Novokreshchenova
17:20 - 17:35 O3-NT-5 Ultra-Pure Blood EV Isolation via a Novel Aptamer-Based Lipoprotein Removal Strategy
Sehyun Shin
17:35 - 17:50 O3-NT-4 Fluorescent Labeling of CSC- and Bulk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Elli-Anna Stylianaki
17:50 - 18:05 O3-NT-3

Designing a Biomimetic mRNA-Loaded Nanosystem Using Extracellular Vesicles and Hybrid Gold Nanoparticles
Cristina Fornaguera

18:05 - 20:00   Poster walk (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE)

 

8th October 2025

08:30   Registration open

SESSION 4 - Extracellular vesicle basic biology
Chairs: Charlotte Lawson, Frederik Verweij

09:00 - 09:40   Keynote lecture: Extracellular Vesicles as Universal Nanocarriers: Bridging Plant Biology, Biotechnology, and the One Health Paradigm
Gabriella Pocsfalvi
09:40 - 09:55 04-BB-1 Antibacterial Activity and Transcriptomic Modulation of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19115 by Chlorella vulgaris 211-11b-derived Extracellular Vesicles
Kasun Godakumara
09:55 - 10:10 04-BB-2 The Nose Knows: Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles as Intranasal Postbiotics in Allergy Prevention and Treatment
Irma Schabussova
10:10 - 10:25 04-BB-3 Orthogonal Investigation at Single-Particle and Ensemble Levels Uncovers Lipoprotein-Extracellular Vesicle Binding Patterns
Angelo Musicò
10:25 - 10:50 04-BB-4 A Journey into EV Characterization and Isolation: CytoFLEX nano & CytoFLEX SRT
Claudia Radu
10:50 - 11:20   Coffee break
SESSION 5 - Extracellular vesicles in physiology and pathology
Chairs: Antonio Marcilla, Kari Bente Foss Haug
11:20 - 11:35 O5-PP-1 Plant Extracellular Vesicles Silence Bacterial Defenses Through Cross-Kingdom RNA and Protein-Mediated Virulence Disruption
Gayandi Ekanayake
11:35 - 11:50 O5-PP-2 Extracellular Vesicles Size Matters: The Differentiated Roles of Large and Small EVs in Colorectal Cancer Progression
Judiel John Cortez
11:50 - 12:05 O5-PP-3 Embryo-Induced Alterations in the Protein Profile of Bovine Oviductal and Uterine Extracellular Vesicles
Rosane Mazzarella
12:05 - 12:20 O5-PP-4 Unlocking the Potential of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles as Bladder Cancer Biomarkers
Catarina Lourenço
12:20 - 13:20   Roundtable discussion: Which application of extracellular vesicles will soon come to the market:
therapeutics/stems cell EV therapies, diagnostics, cosmetics, or use in food and feed?
Moderator: Alireza Fazeli
Participants: Bernd Giebel, Seppo Vainio
13:20 - 14:50   Lunch break and Baltic society for extracellular vesicle (BSEV) assembly
SESSION 6 - Extracellular vesicle based therapy
Chairs: Bernd Giebel, Marcella Franquesa
14:50 - 15:05 O6-TH-1 Therapeutic Potential of Secretome Fractions in Osteoarthritis: Vesicular vs. Soluble Components
Karyna Tarasova
15:05 - 15:20 O6-TH-2 Safety and Efficacy of Ocular Administration of iMSC-EVs in an Animal Model of Glaucoma Surgery
Marta Sanroque-Muñoz
15:20 - 15:45 O6-TH-3 Advanced technology platform for stem cell-derived exosomes manufacturing process
Frederik Ottoy
15:45 - 16:00 O6-TH-4 Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Juice in a Mouse Mastitis Model
Edith Kordon
16:00 - 16:15 O6-TH-5 ExoPTEN Exosome-Based Breakthrough Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury and Nerve Regeneration
Alina Freiman Khaikin
16:15 - 16:25 O6-TH-6 High Efficiency Systems for Automated EVs Isolation
Yuri D'Alessandra
16:25 - 16:35 O6-TH-7 Clinical Scale Production of Extracellular Vesicles in a Histocentric Hollow Fiber Bioreactor
John J.S. Cadwell
16:35 - 16:55   Coffee break
17:00 - 19:00   Poster walk (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE)
20:00 - 00:00   Networking event (REGISTRATION LINK HERE, register by September 29)

 

9th October 2025

09:45   Registration

SESSION 7 - Extracellular vesicle based biomarkers
Chairs: Suranga Kodithuwakku, Csenger Kovácsházi

10:00 - 10:40   Keynote lecture: Defining Molecular Fingerprints Instead of Searching for Magic Bullets: A New Approach for Validation of Therapeutic Efficacy of Extracellular Vesicles
Augustas Pivoriūnas
10:40 - 11:10   Coffee break
11:10 - 11:25 O7-BM-1 Excreted EVs as Diagnostic Measure of Organ Targeted, Derived and Secreted EVs with Depicticted Molecular Signatures
Seppo Vainio
11:25 - 11:40 O7-BM-2 Distinguishing Sarcoma Entities via Protein Signatures in Extracellular Vesicles
Djenana Vejzovic 
11:40 - 11:55 O7-BM-3 Extracellular Vesicles in Different Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Subtypes: Do Bigger EVs Associate with More Advanced Disease?
Szilard-Krisztian Belényesi
11:55 - 12:10 O7-BM-4 Extracellular Vesicles as Screening Biomarkers and Mediators of Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease: Human and Animal Model Insights
Maria Capdevila Bayo
12:10 - 12:35 O7-BM-5 High-throughput Single Extracellular Vesicle Proteomic Profiling via Proximity Barcoding Assay (PBA)
Yanling Cai
12:35 - 12:50 O7-BM-6 Automation of Extracellular Vesicles Isolation by Size Exclusion Chromatography for Biomarker Discovery
Dimitri Aubert
12:50 - 14:20   Lunch break
SESSION 8 - Extracellular vesicle based novel technologies
Chairs: Reet Kurg, Wolfgang Holnthoner
14:20 - 14:35 O8-NT-1 Functionalisation of Human Embryonic Kidney 293T-Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Means of Enhancing the Delivery of Drugs into Boar Sperm
Montserrat Vallet Buisan
14:35 - 14:50 O8-NT-2 Extracellular Particles in Dogs with Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome. A Study of 457 Samples
Veronika Kralj-Iglič
14:50 - 15:05 O8-NT-3 Red Blood Cells EV-Hybrids for Safe and Scalable mRNA Delivery In Vivo
Silvia Zini
15:05 - 15:20 O8-NT-4 Find the EV with Leprechaun
James Parry
15:20 - 16:20   Roundtable discussion: Networking and activities of the European national societies of Extracellular vesicles: Present and future perspectives
Moderator: María Yáñez-Mó
Participants: Michele Guescini, Angelo Musicò, Jan Balvan, Wolfgang Holnthoner, Charlotte Lawson, Maja Kosanović, Enrique Bastón, Dorival Mendes Rodrigues-Junior, Frederik Verweij, Bernd Giebel, Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Susana Gomes Santos
16:20 - 16:50   Coffee break
SESSION 9 - Extracellular vesicle based therapy
Chairs: Tobias Tertel, Susana Santos
16:50 - 17:05 O9-TH-1 Optimization of Decorated Lipid Nanovesicles as a Flexible Vaccination Platform
Joaquín Morales
17:05 - 17:20 O9-TH-2 Paediatric Thymic Tregs and Their Extracellular Vesicles as Novel Immunotherapies for Autoimmune Diseases (SELECT Study)
Anaïs Makos
17:20 - 17:35 O9-TH-3 Red Blood Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as RNA-Based Therapies
Sara Biagiotti
17:35 - 17:45 O9-TH-4 Towards Robust Workflows for Large-Scale Extracellular Vesicle Isolation and Single-Particle Characterization
Joshua Karam
17:45 - 20:00   Poster walk (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE)
20:00 - 23:00   Estonian traditional sauna session (fully booked)

 

10th October 2025

08:30   Registration open

SESSION 10 - Extracellular vesicles in physiology and pathology
Chairs: Saara Laitinen, Zoltan Giricz

09:00 - 09:40   Keynote lecture: Large Oncosomes in Cancer: From Mechanisms to Liquid Biopsy Applications
Dolores Di Vizio
09:40 - 09:55 O10-PP-1 Extracellular Vesicles and Complement Evasion as Cooperative Mechanisms Promoting Epimastigogenesis in Trypanosoma cruzi
Marcel Ivan Ramirez
09:55 - 10:10 O10-PP-2 The Suitability of Granulosa-Like Tumor Cell Lines KGN for Determining the Roles of Human Follicular Fluid EVs in the Aetiologies of Ovarian Infertility
Agne Velthut-Meikas
10:10 - 10:25 O10-PP-3 Cell-Type-Specific EV Proteomes in the Brain Uncover Functional Specialisation and Novel Targets for EV-Subtype Selection
Alba M. Lucart Sanchez
10:25 - 10:55   Coffee break
SESSION 11 - Extracellular vesicle based biomarkers
Chairs: Saara Laitinen, Zoltan Giricz
10:55 - 11:10 O11-BM-1 Discrimination Between Normal Exosomes and Breast Cancer Exosomes Using Time-Temperature Method
Samer Al-Hakami
11:10 - 11:25 O11-BM-2 Unveiling a Core Protein Signature in Metastatic Ovarian Cancer via Proteomic Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles from Ascites and Plasma
Nathaniel E. B. Saidu
11:25 - 11:45   Awards and closing remarks