Exosomes Committee

Aims & Scope

 The Exosomes Committee strives to:

• Assist in the planning of the annual meeting scientific program and the review of submitted abstracts in the exosomes category.
• Review the status of the extra-cellular vesicle field and compile a list of major scientific issues that must be addressed to advance or enable cellular therapies.
• Publish position papers and engage in scientific discourse as necessary to advance the field.
  
  

Selected Publications

• A report on the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy 2022 Scientific Signature Series, “Therapeutic advances with native and engineered human extracellular vesicles” (2023)
  
  
• Mesenchymal stromal cells extracellular vesicles; unlocking the potential (2023)
  
  
• Critical considerations for the development of potency tests for therapeutic applications of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (2021)
  
  

The Committee

Co-Chair

Sai-Kiang Lim, PhD
January 2018 - Present

Paracrine Therapeutics Pte Ltd
Singapore

Co-Chair

Bernd Giebel, PhD
January 2018 - Present

University of Duisburg-Essen
Essen, Germany

Members:

Maurizio Muraca, MD, PhD
University of Padova
Padova, Italy

Luis Ortiz, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States

Ornella Parolini, PhD
Professor 
University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy

Paul Robbins, PhD
Professor 
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA

Eva Rohde, MD
Paracelsus Medical University
Salzburg, Austria

Shuji Terai, MD, PhD, FAASLD
Niigata University
Niigata, Japan

Tobias Tertel, MSc
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Essen, Germany
ESP Leadership Development Program 

Reza Yarani, PhD
Steno Diabetes Center
Copenhagen, Denmark

Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD
University of Vermont
Burlington, United States

Elani Wiest, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, United States
ESP Leadership Development Program