Workshop on extracellular vesicles and exosomes - Diet and environment, 27-28 January 2017

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Goals, Scientific Program and Description
To undertake a theoretical discussion on the isolation and characterization of dietary and environmental EVs. To engage in proactive discussions on how dietary EVs can affect the consuming organism and whether dietary RNAs are transferred by EVs. To exploit the influence of dietary and environmental factors on EV release and the application of diet or diet-based EVs. Based on these discussions we aim to prepare a scientific report on the current knowledge and evidence of EV-mediated cross-organism communication and future research directions.

To promote EV-related scientific interests across the globe, Australia has been chosen to host the next ISEV workshop. The venue for the workshop will be the La Trobe University campus in Bundoora, North of Melbourne. This workshop will cover topics pertaining to diet, environment and EVs. Additionally, the workshop will feature dialogue between recognized experts in mammalian EV isolation and characterization and investigators who study dietary and environmental EVs. As with all ISEV workshops, abstracts will be chosen from submissions to encourage geographical and subject matter diversity, as well as contact between senior and junior researchers. Brief oral presentations will be thematically grouped based and interspersed with small-group roundtable discussions. The workshop is expected to yield a scholarly product, such as a position paper or meeting report to be published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles or another appropriate venue.

A max. of 50 participants will be selected based on their expertise and specific contribution in the EV field. 

Key Dates:
Applications Open: 24 September 2016
Applications Close: 25 October 2016
Application Status Notification: Before 30 October 2016

Anyone may apply but you must be a member of ISEV to attend!

Organizers
Chair: Suresh Mathivanan (La Trobe University, Australia)

Local and International Board:
Michael Pfaffl (Technical University of Munich, Germany); Marilyn Anderson (La Trobe University, Australia); Mark Bleackley (La Trobe University, Australia); Kendal Hirschi (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)

ISEV Board:
Marca Wauben (Utrecht University, The Netherlands); Andrew Hill (La Trobe University, Australia)

Click HERE to visit the workshop webpage!

A related meeting on EV’s – ‘2^nd Australasian Extracellular Vesicles Meeting’ will be held in Lorne (close to Melbourne) from 31^st Jan – 2^nd Feb and is also open to abstract submissions. Click here for more information.

Flyer with details HERE.