Schedule

Dr. Petra Rohrbach. CanSEV President

Martin Olivier, PhD - Professor at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Montreal, Canada. Leishmania Extracellular Vesicles: A Molecular, Cellular and Functional point of View Chair: Lucienne Tritten

Speaker 1: Dr. Eric Boilard (Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, QC). - Extracellular vesicles derived from platelets and megakaryocytes in response to microbial stimuli Speaker 2: Dr. Emilia Falcone (Division of Clinical and Translational Research, McGill University, QC) - Role of gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles in inborn errors of immunity. Trainee Talk 1: Tosin Opadokun. (Institute of Parasitology. McGill University. QC). Malaria Parasite Extracellular Vesicles Initiate the Path to Transmission Trainee Talk 2: Razieh Bitazar. (INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), QC). Hijacking the Endoplasmic Reticulum: How Reticulon-3 Fuels Dengue Virus Transmission Through Infectious Exosomes. Chair: Dr. Thavy Long / Co-chair: Ghadir Alhindal

Speaker 3: Dr. Mélanie Dieudé - (Department of Microbiology, Infectology and Immunology, University of Montreal, QC) - Vascular injury derived extracellular vesicles and autoimmunity Speaker 4: Dr. Sherri Christian (Department of Biochemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL). - Regulation of bioactive ectosome formation by B lymphocytes Trainee Talk 3: Matheus Naegele Aranguren. (Institut de Recherche Clinique de Montréal, QC). Gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles from patients with chronic granulomatous disease impair intestinal barrier function and increase inflammasome activation. Trainee Talk 4: Brett Vahkal. (University of Ottawa, ON). Human milk extracellular vesicle cargo and functional effects are influenced by timing of birth. Chair: Dr. Huiyan Li / Co-chair: Chamalika Manawadu

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Speaker 5: Charles Ramassamy (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal, QC). - Contributions of Peripheral Exosomes in the Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease Speaker 6: Simonetta Sipione (Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, AB). - Gangliosides are novel modulators of EV secretion: Implications for misfolded protein diseases of the nervous system Trainee Talk 5: Jennifer Zagrodnik (Faculty of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland NL). Expression of Disease-associated MicroRNAs within Plasma Extracellular Vesicles Correlates with Measures of Disability and Axonal Injury in Multiple Sclerosis. Trainee Talk 6: : Leila Roushangar. (Concordia University, Biology Department, QC). The effects of breast milk stem cells-derived exosomes on the reconstruction of brain tissue after traumatic brain injury. Chair: Dr. Ayesha Saleem / Co-chair: Nicholas Klassen