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Advancing EV Research, Transforming Health

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ANZSEV 2026 Scientific Meeting

Conference Program

25–27 November 2026 · La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus), Melbourne

Day 1 25 November

8:30 am
Registration and poster set up
9:00 am
Opening and Welcome to Country
Conference chairs, ANZSEV President Kirsty
9:30 am
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Session 1EVs in the Clinic
Andreas Möller
Plenary
“Translating Extracellular Vesicles into the Clinic – Technical hurdles and other surprises”
  • “An integrated cardiac microtissue proteome map extends therapeutic remodelling by nanovesicles”
  • “Liquid Gold: Infrared Spectral Fingerprinting of Large Urinary Extracellular Vesicles Distinguishes Brain Tumours from Urogenital Cancers”
11:00 am
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Morning Tea
11:30 am
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ECRECR Award Talks
  • “Phospholipid scrambling: a novel regulator of extracellular vesicle cargo packaging and function”
  • “Extracellular vesicles provide a molecular readout of human stem cell derived neural grafts in chimeric rodent transplant models”
  • “Digital profiling of single microglia extracellular vesicle phenotypes for understanding the innate immune system and monitoring brain cancer”
12:00 pm
Lightning Talks
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12:40 pm
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Lunch
1:10 pm
Poster Session (judging of top posters)
2:40 pm
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Session 2EV Fundamentals and Diversity
Ivan Poon
Keynote
“Fragments from dying cells: more than just debris”
  • “Regulation of extracellular vesicle biogenesis by K29-linked ubiquitination”
  • “Lipid droplets are secreted from cells, interact with EVs and act as novel extracellular communicators during viral infection”
  • “Regulations of CAD in nuclear cargo sorting into ApoBDs and inflammatory responses of macrophages upon efferocytosis”
3:55 pm
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Afternoon Tea
4:25 pm
ECR Event: Product Bingo + Tip Filling Comp (lab heads)
5:25 pm
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End of Day 1

Day 2 26 November

8:30 am
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Registration and poster set up
9:00 am
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Session 3EVs in Neuroscience
Tiannan Guo
Plenary
“Spatiotemporal proteomics for virtual cell construction”
Laura Vella
Keynote
“Brain health/neurodegeneration”
  • “High-intensity interval training remodels serum-derived extracellular vesicle microRNA cargo associated with markers of brain health in middle-aged adults”
  • “Understanding EV-mediated communication across the ageing brain”
10:45 am
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Morning Tea
11:15 am
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Session 4EVs in Health and Disease I
  • “Extracellular vesicles from early onset preeclampsia induced changes in the immune and vascular profile of pregnant mice”
  • “The protective effect of exercise on breast cancer progression is mediated by extracellular vesicles”
  • “Assessing the therapeutic potential of human islet cell-derived extracellular vesicles for type 1 diabetes”
  • “Nanoarchitectured Platform Technologies for Rapid, Sensitive, and Multiplexed Extracellular Vesicle Diagnostics”
  • “Understanding the association of cell-free fetal DNA with extracellular particles towards improved prenatal diagnostics”
  • “Vaginal swab-derived extracellular vesicles for ovarian cancer diagnostics”
12:45 pm
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Lunch
1:30 pm
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Session 5EV Therapeutics and Bioengineering
Sujata Mohanty
Plenary
“From MSCs to EVs: Tiny Vesicles Driving Transformative Regenerative Therapies”
  • “Extracellular vesicles for delivery of nucleic acid therapies”
  • “Scalable Engineering of PTGFRN-Programmed Extracellular Vesicles for Receptor-Directed In Vivo Delivery”
  • “Cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles as a potential priming agent for T cell therapy”
  • “Treg-derived small extracellular vesicles reprogram local immune responses for enhanced periodontal regeneration”
3:15 pm
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Afternoon Tea
3:45 pm
AGM + ECR Award Announcement
4:15 pm
Great Debate
5:00 pm
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End of Day 2

Day 3 27 November

9:00 am
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Session 6EVs in Health and Disease II
Richard Ferrero
Keynote
“Immune modulation by bacterial extracellular vesicles”
  • “EV-miRNA biomarkers of SARS-CoV-2 associated brain injury”
  • “Efferocytosis of apoptotic bodies drives SARS-CoV-2 infection and macrophage inflammation”
  • “Pharmacological targeting of the glymphatic system to prevent the spread of exosomal α-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease”
  • “Food derived extracellular vesicles and their influence in type 1 diabetes”
10:45 am
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Morning Tea
11:15 am
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Session 7Biomarkers and New Technologies
  • “Uncovering extracellular vesicle and lipoprotein interactions”
  • “Dental cell EVs-laden GelMA scaffolds as cell free periodontal therapy”
  • “Acoustofluidic Delivery of Extracellular Vesicles into Plasmonic Nanocavities for Hotspot Precise SERS Detection”
  • “Identification of Cis-regulatory Elements Involved in Exosomal mRNA Cargo Sorting in the Context of Sepsis”
12:15 pm
Closing Ceremony, Awards, Next Meeting Announcement
1:15 pm
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END
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