(BY RACHEL DERITA, PhD,Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Cancer Biology). The field of extracellular vesicles (EVs) is expanding rapidly and this was never more evident than when a group of prominent leaders in the field, and scientists more recently entering the field, all came to The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 3rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Extracellular Vesicle Scientific Symposium on February 26, 2019. The Symposium provided an opportunity for veteran EV researchers from different backgrounds, and scientists who have more recently entered the field, to both present their research and network with each other to exchange insights on this exciting and accelerating field that seems more important in more different areas almost every week. The Symposium began with a talk by Kenneth Witwer, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology at Johns Hopkins University, and a Co-Chair of the Symposium, who is also Executive Chair of the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV). Recently, Dr. Witwer and Clotilde Thery, PhD, INSERM Director of Research at the Institut Curie, and over 380 other contributing ISEV members, published the “Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles 2018 (MISEV 2018) in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. This is an update to guidelines first published in 2014 in response to a need for increased methodologic understanding and rigor in the EV field. Dr. Witwer highlighted some of the most important updates made to MISEV since 2014. The most prominent of these was in the nomenclature of EVs.Login Or Register To Read Full Story