# 2020 Extracellular Vesicles Gordon Research Conference and Seminar

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2020 · $27,660

## Abstract

Abstract
The demonstration that extracellular vesicles (EVs), carrying RNA, DNA, proteins, lipids and metabolites, play
important roles in maintaining human health as well as contribute to driving disease has opened up a whole new
field of research. Therefore, EVs have tremendous biologic significance and clinical potential, making a meeting
focused on this area of research both highly timely and highly significant. The 3rd Gordon Research Conference
(GRC) and 2nd Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) entitled “Extracellular Vesicles: Understanding Extracellular
Vesicle Biogenesis and Composition for Detection and Treatment of Diseases" to be held July 26th – 31st, 2020,
at the Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River in Newry, Maine, will bring together a very diverse array of senior
and early career investigators in both basic and clinical fields. There will be an emphasis on promoting
interactions between participants to facilitate the development of collaborative and translational research. GRCs
are one of only a few types of meetings that facilitate these important interactions between senior and junior
investigators. This GRC will be led off with keynote presentations by David Lyden and Clotilde Thery on role of
tumor EVs in cancer progression and basic biology of EVs respectively followed by sessions covering: 1)
Biogenesis, composition and characterization of EVs; 2) Novel approaches for detection and analysis of EVs; 3)
Role of EVs in driving disease pathologies; 4) EVs as delivery vehicles for drugs and RNA; 5) Novel therapeutic
applications of EVs; 6) EVs in host-pathogen interactions; 7) Stem cell EVs for regenerative medicine; and 8)
Current clinical trials with EVs. General issues to be focused on will be EV heterogeneity, isolation and
quantification strategies, trafficking of EVs, the role of EVs in disease and therapeutic efficacy of EVs, both pre-
clinically and clinically. Up to sixteen open speaker slots have been reserved for early career investigators who
will be selected from submitted abstracts. There also will be GRC Power Hour, designed to address challenges
women and other minorities face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. In this proposal, we seek to
obtain funding to support registration fees and travel of junior investigators for both the GRC and GRS. Overall,
the GRC and GRS on EVs promise to be a very diverse and exciting conferences, which should lead to important
collaborations that move the field forward both as to basic studies and clinical applications.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9992108
- **Project number:** 1R13TR003219-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Paul D. Robbins
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $27,660
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-05-01 → 2023-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9992108

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9992108, 2020 Extracellular Vesicles Gordon Research Conference and Seminar (1R13TR003219-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9992108. Licensed CC0.

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