Satellite Meeting: EV exploitation in liquid biopsy/ISEV-ELBS Intersociety Working Group

5’ Welcome and ISEV-ELBS Intersociety WG introduction - Caterina Nardella (University of Trento, Italy) on behalf of all the WG Co-Chairs: Julia Burnier (McGill University Health Centre, Canada), An Hendrix (Ghent University, Belgium), Carlos Salomon (The University of Queensland, Australia)
· 10’ opening remarks from Prof. Klaus Pantel, ELBS Founder and President (University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany) - connected remotely
· 15’ lecture (focus on EV biomarker discovery from biofluid) – Irene Casanova Salas (Vall D’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Spain)
· 15’ lecture (focus on EV application in liquid biopsy) – Michiel Pegtel (Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands)
· 45’ discussion panel led by Julia Burnier, Carlos Salomon, An Hendrix and Caterina Nardella on the following topics:
1 – Unique value of EVs in liquid biopsy
2 – Challenges of EVs in clinical translation
3 – Pros/cons of different EV cargos
Panel members: Irene Casanova-Salas, Konstantin Glebov (University of Plymouth, UK), Johannes Grillari (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, Austria), Klaus Pantel, Michiel Pegtel.