CONGRESS PROGRAM

Session 1

Moderator: Ana Paula Ramos- FFCLRP/USP-Brazil

08:30-9:30 Opening lecture 

Prof. Saida Mebarek (Université Lyon 1 – CNRS – INSA Lyon, France) 

“Prostate cancer-derived exosomes promote osteoblast differentiation and activity through phospholipase D2”

9:30-11:00 Extracellular Vesicles in nanomedicine: past and future – Oral presentations (25 min + 5 min questions)

Moderator: Sandra Fukada

09:30-10:00 Ana Claudia Trocoli Torrecilhas (UNIFESP, Diadema, Brazil)

“Biogenesis of extracellular/matrix vesicles and methods to obtain extracellular vesicles (focus in infectious disease)”

10:00-10:30 Fausto Almeida (FMRP/USP, Brazil)

“Fungal extracellular vesicles are involved in intracellular communication”

10:30-11:00 Carlos A. Sorgi (FFCLRP/USP, Brazil)

“Characterization and Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Viral Infection”

Technical Session: 

Moderator: Carlos A. Sorgi – FFCLRP/USP-Brazil

11:00- 12:00 NanoCytometry: From Theory to Practice using a High Sensitive Flow Cytometer – Raquel F Nogueira (Flow Application Manager; Beckman Coulter Life Sciences)

12:00 – 13:00 Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles by Flow Cytometry – Andrea Teixeira Carvalho (Fiocruz Minas, René Rachou Institute)

13:00-14:30 – Brunch time and poster section

Session 2

Moderator: Massimo Bottini- University of Rome Tor Vergata- Italy

14:30-15:30 Invited Lecture 

Afshin Beheshi- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and COVID-19 International Research Team, USA

“Circulating MicroRNA Based Mitochondrial Dysregulation as Unifying Driver for Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), Space, and Cancer Progression”

15:30-17:30 Matrix Vesicles: from biogenesis to therapy – Oral presentations (25 min + 5 min questions)

Moderator: Pietro Ciancaglini

15:30-16:00 Rene Buchet (Universite Lyon 1, France)

“Osteoblast extracellular vesicles: beyond matrix mineralization” 

16:00-16:30 Willian Zambuzzi (UNESP- Botucatu) 

“Vascular smooth muscle cells drive osteoblast-to-osteocyte transition via β-catenin signaling through exosome communication”

16:30-17:00 Juçara G. Cominal (University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)

“Isolation and characterization of osteoblast matrix vesicles obtained in different stage of growth during biological mineralization”

17:00-17:30 – Maryanne T. de Melo (Université Lyon 1, France) 

“The role of soluble proteins in the function of matrix vesicles”

18:30- Social Dinner (by adhesion)