Nobel laureate, respected researchers talk exosomes in APS President’s Symposium series

APS President Dennis Brown, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, has organized a thought-provoking President’s Symposium Series for the American Physiological Society (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2018 in San Diego. Three symposia will focus on the theme “Exosomes: The New Frontier.” Top researchers in physiology will discuss the biology and pathophysiology of exosomes–tiny structures secreted from cells and found in many body fluids–as well as the use of exosomes as diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The series concludes on Wednesday with the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture by Nobel Laureate Leland Hartwell, PhD, director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.

Cell Biology of Exosomes Sunday, April 22, at 1:30 p.m. — San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) Room 20A Chair: Lorraine O’Driscoll, PhD, Trinity College Dublin Speakers: “Cellular regulation of exosome and other extracellular vesicles production and release” Clotilde Thery, PhD, Institute Curie

“Characterization and analysis of exosomes/extracellular vesicles” Jennifer C. Jones, MD, PhD, National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health

“Exosomes and intracellular signaling” Riccardo Alessandro, PhD, University of Palermo

Pathophysiology of Exosomes Monday, April 23, at 1:30 p.m. — SDCC Room 20A Chair: Clotilde Thery, PhD, Institute Curie Speakers: “Pathological role of exosomes and other extracellular vesicles in cancer” Lorraine O’Driscoll, PhD, Trinity College Dublin

“Neurodegenerative diseases and extracellular vesicles” Shilpa Buch, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

“Mediation of host-bacterial interactions by exosomes” Bruce A. Stanton, PhD, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Exosomes in Diagnostics and Therapeutics Tuesday, April 24, at 1:30 p.m. — SDCC Room 20A Chair: Jennifer C. Jones, MD, PhD, National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health Speakers: “Exosomes as drug delivery vehicles” Samir El-Andaloussi, PhD, University of Oxford

“Exosomes as liquid biopsies for disease diagnosis” Johan Skog, PhD, Exosome Diagnostics Inc.

“Stem cell derived exosomes for tissue regeneration” Johnathon D. Anderson, PhD, University of California-Davis Medical Center

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Lecture Wednesday, April 25, at 3:30 p.m. — SDCC Room 20A “A life of learning” Leland Hartwell, PhD, the Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

Source – Eurekalert