Jefferson Extracellular Vesicles Talks

DIRECTORS

Name: Amit K. Srivastava, PhD
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Name: Mỹ G. Mahoney, PhD
Position: Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer Biology
Name: Amit K. Srivastava, PhD
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Organization: Sidney Kimmel Medical College

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Jefferson Alumni Hall, Suite 394A
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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JEVTalks Speakers

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2025 Talks

DateSpeaker Title
9-Oct-25Sharanjot Saini, PhD
Associate Professor 
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Augusta University, Augusta, GA
Harnessing EVs for Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer
21-Nov-25Partha K Chandra, Ph. D
Assistant Professor 
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Extracellular Vesicle Proteins in Human and Primate Uncover Mechanisms of HIV-Associated Neuropathogenesis in Brain Microvasculature
Dec-18-25Ganesh Vilas Shelke, PhD
Visiting Fellow
Section on Intracellular Protein Trafficking
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD
Mechanism of Exosome Biogenesis during Defective Endosome-Lysosomal Function

Prior 2025 Talks

DateSpeaker Title
6-Jan-25Sujata Mohanti, PhD
Professor
DBT‐Center of Excellence for Stem Cell Research
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
From Potential to Practice: MSCs sEVs in Tissue Regeneration
20-Feb-25Minh Le, PhD
Assistant Professor
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Surface Modification of Extracellular Vesicles for the Display of Immunomodulatory Ligands Leading to Potent Immunotherapeutic Effects
21-Mar-25Rossella Crescitelli, PhD
Associate Professor
Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Exploring Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Cancer Biomarkers and Immunotherapeutic Potential
Apr-25ISEV2025No Seminar
22-May-25Alisa Morss Clyne, PhD
Professor
Fischell Department of Bioengineering, Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Mechanically Stimulated Red Blood Cell Extracellular Vesicles: Implications for Vascular Crosstalk
20-June-25Gal Bitan, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology 
David Geffen School of Medicine
The University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Minimally Invasive Fluid Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases of Young and Old
17-July-25Ursula Sandau, PhD
Instructor of Research 
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Circulating Extracellular Vesicle MicroRNAs: Disease Specific Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Pathophysiology
21-Aug-25Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD
Professor
Department  of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
From Imaging to Intervention: Intra-Arterial Route for Extracellular Vesicle Therapeutics
18-Sep-25Tsuneya Ikezu, MD, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science
Jacksonville, FL
Extracellular Vesicles and Microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia

2024 Talks

DateSpeaker Title
23-Jan-24Amit Srivastava, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Navigating the Extracellular Vesicle Frontier: An Introduction to Sample Collection, Isolation, and Analysis Methods for Aspiring Researchers
15-Feb-24Brian Eliceiri, PhD
Professor
Departments of Dermatology and Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA
Understanding Mechanisms of Exosome Action for the Rational Design of Pro-Reparative Therapeutics in Tissue Repair
21-Mar-24 Salvatore Fusco, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Institute of Neurophysiology, Università Cattolica Medical School in Rome, Italy
Therapeutic Effects of Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles on Neurological Disorders Associated with Compromised Hippocampal Plasticity
18-Apr-24 Karen Bussard, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Stromal-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Suppress the Proliferation of Bone Metastatic Cancer Cells
May-24The ISEV2024 Annual Meeting 
No seminar in May
20-Jun-24Davide Trotti, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Extracellular Vesicles: Vital Conduits for the Progressive Phase of ALS and FTD Disease Phenotype
18-July-24Felix J. Kim, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University,  Philadelphia, PA
Sigma1 Regulation of Extracellular Vesicle Protein Content
15-Aug-24Eric Londin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Characterization of Short Non-Coding RNAs in Extracellular Vesicles
12-Sep-24Uta Erdbruegger, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
EVs and the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome
17-Oct-24Olesia Gololobova, PhD 
Research Associate (Ken Witwer Lab)
Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Biodistribution, Immunogenicity, and PBMC Association of Extracellular Vesicles in Non-Human Primate Model
12-Dec-24Luca Musante, PhD
Director of Extracellular Vesicle Core
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Analyzing and Characterizing EVs and Other Organic Nanoparticles via Outsourcing the EV Core Facility