PROGRAM

Registration

9:00 - 9:30

Welcome

09:30 - 09:40 

Alireza Fazeli, Aija Linē

EVs in Liquid Biopsies

Plenary - Extracellular vesicle analysis in liquid biopsies

09:40 - 10:20

An Hendrix

Unraveling the origin of extracellular vesicles carrying the MAGEA proteins

10:20 - 10:40

Reet Kurg

Hijacking the messages sent by cancer: opportunity for the detection and prognosis of cancer?

10:40 - 10:55

Agnese Brokāne

MiRNAs from Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers for Parkinson's Disease Detection and Prognosis

10:55 - 11:10

Paulina Vaitkiene

Coffee break, poster and sponsor exhibition

11:10 - 11:30

Origin and roles of exercise-induced EVs

Plenary - Uderstanding the health benefits of exercise via small EVs

11:30-12:15

Martin Whitham

Effects and roles of exercise-induced EVs in prevention and treatment of cancer

12:15-12:45

Aija Linē

Exercise-induced EVs as immune modulators in triple-negative breast cancer mouse models

12:45 - 13:00 

Agata Mlynska

Lunch, poster and sponsor exhibition

13:00 - 14:00

EV based therapeutics

Plenary - Clinical Potential of MSC-EVs and Translational Challenges

14:00 - 14:40

Bernd Giebel

Scaling up production of extracellular vesicles – next step towards clinical therapies against Parkinson‘s disease

14:40 - 15:10

Augustas Pivoriūnas

Pluripotent stem cell- derived extracellular vesicles as powerful tool for ischemic tissue repair

15:10 - 15:40

Ewa Zuba-Surma

Sigma-1 receptor is enriched in CD63-labelled extracellular vesicles

15:40 - 15:55

Edijs Vāvers

Extracellular Vesicles as Natural Solutions to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

15:55 - 16:15

Dulmini N. Sapugahawatte

The effects of cisplatin encapsulated iMSC-EVs on a lung cancer and iPSC-derived lung model

16:15 - 16:30

Caroline Kuestermann

Coffee break, poster and sponsor exhibition

16:30 - 16:50

Group photo on the roof

16:50 - 17:00

Sponsor's talks

Characterization of EVs and other biological nanoparticles using

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA)

17:00 - 17:20

Rosa Jerlerud Pere
Particle Metrix

Unlocking EVs Insight with the NanoSight Pro

17:20 - 17:40

Yu-Su Chen 

Derox/Malvern Panalytical

New Rising Star in NGS field

17:40 - 18:00

Rita Bandariavičiūtė 

BioAvots/Linea Libera/Thermo Fisher Scientific

Panel disscusion - EVs in interspecies interactions: challenges and solutions

18:00 - 19:00

Aistė Jekabsone, An Hendrix, Guido Jenster, Artūrs Ābols, Pawel Zayakin, Kasun Madhuranga Goda Godagedara

Roof party

19:00 - TBD

New sources and roles of EVs

Plenary - From Bacteria with Love: EVs in Communication Between Microbiota and Host

9:30 - 10:00

Irma Schabussova

Microbiome derived extracellular vesicle research by gut on a chip

10:00 - 10:20

Artūrs Ābols

Plant-derived nanovesicles: application opportunities, perspectives and challenges

10:20 - 10:50

Aiste Jekabsone

Investigation of lingonberry extracellular vesicles and their effect on human skin cells

10:50 - 11:05

Gabija Stašytė

Challenges in producing milk derived extracellular vesicles in an industrial scale

11:05 - 11:25

Kasun Madhuranga Goda Godagedara

Coffee break, poster and sponsor exhibition

11:25 - 11:40

Novel applications and technologies

Plenary - Manipulation of extracellular vesicle uptake to disrupt EV-communication and treat cancer

11:40 - 12:20

Guido Jenster

A new model describing interactions of extracellular vesicles with human microglia

12:20 - 12:40

Augustas Pivoriūnas

It is the Frequency that Matters - Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on the Release and Content of Extracellular Vesicles

12:40 - 13:00

Hai-Long Wang

Electromagnetic Stimulation as a Novel Method for Increasing Therapeutic Extracellular Vesicle Yield

13:00 - 13:15

Antons Miščenko

EV-based therapeutics: regulatory perspective

13:15 - 13:35

Jānis Ancāns

Poster presentation awards

13:35 - 13:40

BSEV general assembly

13:40 - 14:40

Sightseeing Tour of Riga

15:00 - 18:00