SCRM Annual Meeting 2024: Conference Report Verified listing

The SCRM Annual Meeting 2024 offered valuable insights into extracellular vesicle research and the regulatory framework, showcasing the University of Bern’s initiative and ongoing efforts in the field.

Quick Facts

• 22 November 2024, Haus der Universität, Bern
• 79 Participants: Academic & clinical (69), industrial (10)
• 6 Presentations & 4 Short Presentations
• Sponsored by: Biotechnet Switzerland, University of Bern, CSL Behring, CELLnTEC, ACROBiosystems, Proteintech, STEMCELL Technologies, Nikon, Sino Biological, Miltenyi Biotec, Zeiss
• Organized by: Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine Platform, University of Bern and Inselspital, University Hospital Bern

Next event:

• November 2025

Session overview

• Introduction Center for Extracellular Vesicles Research (EVR ). Dr. Cristina Zivko, PhD, Scientific Manager Center for Extracellular Vesicles Research (EVR), University of Bern
• From LUNGs to LOOs: Extracellular Vesicles as Multi-Organ Mediators in Respiratory and Urinary Health Sensor based symptoms recognition in neurodegeneration. Dr. Ali Hashemi Gheinani, Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern
• Navigating the Complexity of Biomolecular Corona and Extracellular Vesicles. Prof. Dr. Annalisa Radeghieri, Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Italy
• Loading of nucleic acids into isolated extracellular vesicles. Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Leroux, Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich
• The ATMP Regulatory Framework in Switzerland: How to deal with Exosomes. PD Dr. Andreas Marti, ATMP Division, Swissmedic
• Coordinated epithelial and fibro-blast programming by a novel CRIPTO/extracellular vesicle-mediated crosstalk mechanisms. Prof. Dr. Benjamin T. Spike, Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Short Presentations by the SCRM Best Thesis Award 2023-2024 nominees:

• Dr. Andreas Croft
• Dr. Elisa Sousa Rodriguez
• Dr. Laura Jahnke
• Dr. Vera Tscherrig

The prize was awarded to Dr. Vera Tscherrig for her thesis: The therapeutic potential of microRNAs from small extracellular vesicles derived from Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stromal cells in premature white matter injury.