Extracellular Vesicles Day in Freiburg

10:30 am Registration

11:00 am Opening remarks: Purpose and goals of the Freiburg Extracellular Vesicles Day

• Irina Nazarenko (Institute for Infection Prevention and Control [IIK], Medical Center – University of Freiburg/Universitätsklinikum Freiburg [UKF])

11:10 am Keynote talk: Fedor Berditchevski (Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK)
The role of tetraspanins in the regulation of the immune microenvironment in breast cancer

12:10 pm Invited talk: Bilal Alashkar Alhamwe (Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology, Marburg University)
Role of p53-associated EVs in regulating the tumor microenvironment

12:45 pm Flash talks by our industrial exhibitors [subject to change]

• Céline Martin (Repligen GmbH)
• Eberhard Dörr (BioCat GmbH)
• Mark Dürr (Meso Scale Discovery)
• Pablo Sánchez-Martín (PICO BioScience GmbH)

1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Poster and exhibition session, lunch break

2:45 pm Flash talks [subject to change]

• Marcus Peiker (Repligen GmbH)
• Christina Mayerhofer (Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, UKF)
• [3:00 pm] Jana Naue (Institute of Forensic Medicine, UKF)
• John Atanga (Institute for Infection Prevention and Control, UKF)
• Franziska Gerber (Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics [MPI-IE])
• Rihab Ksouri (Institute for Infection Prevention and Control, UKF)
• [3:30 pm] Khyathi Ratna Padala (Eye Center, UKF)
• Gonzalo Bustos Quevedo (Institute for Infection Prevention and Control, UKF)
• Nazanin Goshtasbi (Institute for Infection Prevention and Control, UKF)
• Sanidhya Pai (Department of Microsystems Engineering/Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik [IMTEK], University of Freiburg)
• [4:00 pm] Soubarno Kundu (Institute for Infection Prevention and Control, UKF)
• Jan Lüddecke (Hahn-Schickard)

4:15 pm – Poster and exhibition session, coffee break

Posters

• PICO BioScience GmbH & Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg
  • Pablo Sánchez-Martín, Reference-free single-vesicle profiling of small EVs with the PICO assay
  • Sanidhya Pai, hsPICO: A high sensitivity digital immunoassay for reference-free quantification of liquid biopsy single-EVs

Exhibitors

• BioCat GmbH
  • NanoEx
• Meso Scale Discovery (MSD)
• Repligen GmbH
  • KrosFlo KR2i RPM system (tangential flow filtration [TFF] with in-line protein concentration management capability)

Zentrum Translationale Zellforschung - ZTZ
(ground floor, foyer and lecture room)
Breisacher Straße 115, 79106 Freiburg, Germany

On the map of the Medical Center – University of Freiburg (https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/fileadmin/mediapool-zentral/Lageplaene_Standard/Zentralklinikum.pdf), the venue is marked with E5. The entrance is on the northeastern side, facing toward the IMITATE building (E6). From the Robert-Koch-Straße tram stop, stairs and a ramp both lead down to the entrance and to bicycle stands. For car parking, we recommend the parking structure between building E3 and the line 4 Kilianstr. tram stop. Deliveries can come all the way to the ZTZ building.

Note that admission is free, but registration is required. The standard registration deadline was Sunday, 27th September 2026. If you wish to join, then please still register but also accept that we cannot provide a presentation opportunity nor can we guarantee catering arrangements for late registrants. Please follow this link.

For scientific inquiries, feel free to contact:

• Dr. Bence Mélykúti
  Phone: +49 761 270 82480
  Email: bence.melykuti@uniklinik-freiburg.de
• Melanie Schwämmle
  Phone: +49 761 270 83080
  Email: melanie.schwaemmle@uniklinik-freiburg.de

For organizational issues, you can contact:

• Sophie Krüger
  Phone: +49 761 270 83080
  Email: sophie.krueger@uniklinik-freiburg.de