Symposium on Extracellular Vesicles, May 2015
The symposium on extracellular vesicles and their role in inflammatory processes took place on 7 and 8 May at the Danube University Krems. It not only discussed the central role that microvesicles play as messengers between cells, but also their role as possible diagnostic markers. Professor Phil Stahl briefly summed up the questions that still remain unanswered after more than thirty years of vesicle research.
The highlight of the event was the opening lecture by Prof. Phil Stahl,
Edward C. Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor Emeritus. Stahl was the first to
publish a paper on the role of vesicular transport in 1983. In his
lecture, Stahl gave an overview of the history of extracellular vesicles
research and pointed out the still unanswered research questions,
particularly the question of the molecular mechanisms and the overriding
physiological significance of extracellular vesicles and how this
potential could be used for diagnosis and therapy.
The symposium brought together 80 participants from several countries in
Krems to discuss the latest findings in an extremely dynamic area of
research. The central role of microvesicles as messengers between cells
on the one hand and possible diagnostic markers on the other has only
become apparent in recent years. In the course of the symposium, a
workshop was held to discuss the latest flow cytometric analysis methods
of extracellular vesicles.
The program and abstract book can be found here.