FIRST IBERIAN MEETING
ON EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES
30 SEPTEMBER 2015 | PORTO | PORTUGAL

PROGRAM

08.45   REGISTRATION
   
08.55   WELCOME | PORTUGUESE & SPANISH NETWORK REPRESENTATIVES
     

SESSION I- APPLICATIONS IN PATHOLOGY I: INFECTION

Moderator: Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva, i3S/ IBMC, Portugal & Antonio Marcilla Díaz, Universitat de València, Spain
     
09.00   Molecular insights into reticulocyte-derived exosomes in Plasmodium vivax malaria
    Hernando del Portillo, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona
     
09.40



 

Extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths as immunomodulators in autoimmune diseases models

Antonio Marcilla, Área de Parasitología, Dept. Biología Celular y Parasitología, Universitat de València; Joint Unit of Research in Endocrinology, Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, Universitat de València-Instituto de Investigación en Salud La Fe, Valencia, Spain
     
10.00

 

Leishmania extracellular vesicles can play an immunoregulatory role in the establishment of the infection

Begoña Pérez-Cabezas, Parasite Disease Group, IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Portugal
     
10.20


 

From protein secretion mechanisms to membrane vesicles in cyanobacteria

Paulo Oliveira, i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
     
10.40

 

Dendritic cell-derived extracellular vesicles recruit mesenchymal stem/stromal cells

Susana G. Santos, INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
     
11.00   Coffee Break
     

SESSION II- APPLICATIONS IN PATHOLOGY II: CANCER

Moderator: M. Helena Vasconcelos, i3S/ IPATIMUP, Portugal & Juan Manuel Falcón, CIC bioGUNE, Spain
     
11.30   The Biology and Functional Contribution of Exosomes in Cancer Progression and Metastasis
    Sónia Melo, i3S/ IPATIMUP, Porto, Portugal
     
     
12.10



 

Impact of tumor extracellular vesicles in circulating tumor cell homing and metastasis

Alexandre de la Fuente, Translational Medical Oncology, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
     
12.30


 

Role of cancer cell-derived extracellular vesicles in the mediation of Epithelial to Mesenchymal transitions

Sara Rocha, IPATIMUP – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal, i3S – Institute for Innovation and Health Research, Portugal
     
12.50




 

Can extracellular vesicles be a source of biomarkers of cancer multidrug resistance?

Vanessa Lopes-Rodrigues, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, PortugalIPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, ICBAS-UP – Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
     
13.10


 

Study of extracellular vesicles in health and in disease applying “omics” technologies

Juan M Falcon-Perez, Exosomes Lab. Metabolomics Unit & Platform, CIC bioGUNE, CIBERehd, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain; IKERBASQUE Research Foundation, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
     
13.30   LUNCH / POSTER SESSION
     
14.45

 

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) to characterise EVs with and without Fluorescence markers

Roberto Ghiandoni, Malvern Instruments Ltd
     

SESSION III - OTHER APPLICATIONS OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES

Moderator: Carla Oliveira, i3S/ IPATIMUP, Portugal, & Francesc E. Borràs, IGTP, Spain
     
15.00   Extracellular vesicles and the immune system
    Marca H. M. Wauben, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
     
15.40


 

Exosomes released by cardiomyoblasts modulate angiogenic response in heart ischemia

Teresa M. Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences (IBILI), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
16.00


 

Cargo analysis and function of extracellular vesicles in multiple sclerosis: in search of a clinical application

Matías Sáenz-Cuesta, Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Neuroscience Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastián, Spain, Spanish Network on Multiple Sclerosis
16.20


 

Activating autophagy prevents alpha-synuclein secretion in exosomes

Rita Perfeito, CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
16.40


 

A magnetoresistive sensor for the detection of extracellular vesicles derived from HUVEC cells

Solene Cherré, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
     
17.00   Prize for the best posters and Closing Remarks
     
17.15   Coffee-Break
     
17.30   GEIVEX ANNUAL ASSEMBLY (Grupo Español de Investigación en Vesículas Extracelulares)
     
18.00   GPIVEX ASSEMBLY (Grupo Português de Investigação em Vesículas Extracelulares)
     
18.45   Departure

 


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