CONFERENCE
AGENDA
Advancing EV Research, Transforming Health
Sponsored by
ANZSEV 2026 Scientific Meeting
Conference Agenda
24–27 November 2026 · La Trobe University, Melbourne
Day One
24 November 2026
Time
Speaker
Topic
9:30 am
Prof Andreas Möller
Translating Extracellular Vesicles into the Clinic –
Technical hurdles and other surprises
10:15 am
Monika Petrovska
Phospholipid scrambling: a novel regulator of
extracellular vesicle cargo packaging and function
10:15 am
Huaqi Su
Extracellular vesicles provide a molecular readout
of human stem cell derived neural grafts in chimeric
rodent transplant models
10:15 am
Xueming Niu
Digital profiling of single microglia extracellular
vesicle phenotypes for understanding the innate
immune system and monitoring brain cancer
11:30 am
David Greening
An integrated cardiac microtissue proteome map
extends therapeutic remodelling by nanovesicles
11:45 am
Kasuni K. Gamage
Liquid Gold: Infrared Spectral Fingerprinting of
Large Urinary Extracellular Vesicles Distinguishes
Brain Tumours from Urogenital Cancers
2:40 pm
Prof Ivan Poon
Fragments from dying cells: more than just debris
3:10 pm
Yoon Lim
Regulation of extracellular vesicle biogenesis
by K29-linked ubiquitination
3:25 pm
Gurugaanveer (Garry) Singh Chahal
Lipid droplets are secreted from cells, interact with
EVs and act as novel extracellular communicators
during viral infection
3:40 pm
Thu Uyen Tran
Regulations of CAD in nuclear cargo sorting into
ApoBDs and inflammatory responses of macrophages
upon efferocytosis
Day Two
25 November 2026
Time
Speaker
Topic
9:00 am
Prof Tiannan Guo
Spatiotemporal proteomics for virtual cell construction
9:45 am
A/Prof Laura Vella
Brain health/neurodegeneration
10:15 am
James Broatch
High-intensity interval training remodels
serum-derived extracellular vesicle microRNA cargo
associated with markers of brain health in middle-age
10:30 am
Ella Parkes
Understanding EV-mediated communication across
the ageing brain
11:15 am
Larry Chamley
Extracellular vesicles from early onset preeclampsia
induced changes in the immune and vascular profile
of pregnant mice
11:30 am
Pamali Fonseka
The protective effect of exercise on breast cancer
progression is mediated by extracellular vesicles
11:45 am
Mugdha V. Joglekar
Assessing the therapeutic potential of human islet
cell-derived extracellular vesicles for type 1 diabetes
12:00 pm
Mostafa Kamal Masud
Nanoarchitectured Platform Technologies for Rapid,
Sensitive, and Multiplexed Extracellular Vesicle
Diagnostics
12:15 pm
Kieran Sparkes
Understanding the association of cell-free fetal DNA
with extracellular particles towards improved
prenatal diagnostics
12:30 pm
Sarah Szczelecki
Vaginal swab-derived extracellular vesicles
for ovarian cancer diagnostics
1:30 pm
Prof Sujata Mohanty
From MSCs to EVs: Tiny Vesicles Driving
Transformative Regenerative Therapies
Day Three
26 November 2026
Time
Speaker
Topic
9:00 am
Richard Ferrero
Immune modulation by bacterial extracellular vesicles
9:45 am
William Phillips
EV-miRNA biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 associated
brain injury
10:00 am
Kha Phan
Efferocytosis of apoptotic bodies drives SARS-CoV-2
infection and macrophage inflammation
10:30 am
Isabelle El-Azzi
Food derived extracellular vesicles and their
influence in type 1 diabetes
11:15 am
Raluca Ghebosu
Uncovering extracellular vesicle and
lipoprotein interactions
11:30 am
Dr Pingping Han
Dental cell EVs-laden GelMA scaffolds as
cell free periodontal therapy
11:45 am
Dilna Kolankada Kalathil
Acoustofluidic Delivery of Extracellular Vesicles
into Plasmonic Nanocavities for Hotspot Precise
SERS Detection
12:00 pm
Gebeyehu Gizaw Mamo
Identification of Cis-regulatory Elements Involved
in Exosomal mRNA Cargo Sorting in the Context
of Sepsis
Program is subject to change.