Program

ASIC MEETING STRUCTURE

Please Note: All talks will be given in person

2023 SCHEDULE

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2023 KEYNOTE & PLENARY SPEAKERS

Keynote Speakers

Thomas Tuschl, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, & Structural Biology
The Rockefeller University

Susmita Sahoo, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Cardiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Sponsored Speakers

Kevin Dolan, Technical Sales Manager Southeast at Particle Metrix GmbH

NIH Speakers

Shivani Sharma, NIH-Biomaterials and Biointerfaces
Kathleen Borgmann, NIH/NIDA
Christine Happel, NIH/NCATS
Christina Liu, NIH/NIGMS
Passley Hargrove, NIH/NCATS
Martha Lundberg, NIH/NHLBI
Anu Puri, NIH/NCI
Vicky Whittemore, NIH/NINDS
Aniruddha Ganguly, NIH/NCI

Plenary Speakers

Kevin Morris, PhD. Professor, Griffith University, Australia
Jeffrey Franklin, PhD. Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Amanda Brown, PhD. Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Hameeda Sultana, PhD. Associate Professor, University of Tennessee
Lance Liotta, PhD. Professor, George Mason University
Jonathan Geiger, PhD. Professor, University of North Dakota
Ryan Flynn, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Lucia Languino, PhD. Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Uta Erdbruegger, MD. Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Dirk Dittmer, PhD. Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill
Gagan Deep, PhD. Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Norman Haughey, PhD. Vice Chair & Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Muller Fabbri, MD, PhD. Associate Director, Children’s National
Navneet Dogra, PhD. Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Susanne Gabrielsson, PhD. Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Susmita Sil, PhD. Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Sabita Roy, PhD. Professor, University of Miami Health System
Suvendra Bhattacharyya, PhD. Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Hsueh-Chia Chang, PhD. Professor, University of Notre Dame
Daniel Chiu, PhD. Professor, University of Washington
Desmond A Brown, MD, PhD. Assistant Clinical Investigator, NINDS
Louise Laurent, MD, PhD. Professor, Univesity of California, San Diego
Nazli Khodayari, PhD. Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Ursula Sandau, PhD. Senior Research Associate, OHSU
Mariola Ferraro (Edelmann), PhD. Associate Professor, University of Florida
Girish Neelakanta, PhD. Associate Professor, University of Tennessee
Juliet Santiago, PhD. Candidate. Emory University
Piul Sanjana Rabbani, PhD. Assistant Professor, NYU-Langone
Theresa Whiteside, PhD. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Gerardo Kaplan, PhD. Principal Investigator, FDA
Andrew Mouland, PhD. McGill University
Shilpa Buch, PhD. Professor, University of North Dakota Medical Center
Mỹ G. Mahoney, PhD. Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Navneet K Dhillon, PhD. Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Denis Corbeil, PhD. Chair, TU Dresden
Marcella Rodriguez, PhD. Associate Professor, Rutgers University Medical Center
Rakesh Singh, PhD. Assistant Professor, Touro University

2023 PRE-MEETING SESSION

Hear from NIH Program Officers, SROs, and Diversity Speakers

2023 AWARDS PRESENTATION

Attend an award presentation where people were noted for Most Innovative Talk, Best Talk, and Best Poster.

2023 ASIC winners included:

  • Best Poster – Emily Stack
  • Best Poster – Purva Gade
  • Best Poster Kaitlynn Slattery
  • Best Talk – Piul Rabbani
  • Best Talk – Chioma Okeoma
  • Best Talk – Juliet Santiago
2023 SHORT TALKS

Hear 10-20 minute talks on a variety of topics. After each, there will be time for scientific debate and dynamic scientific exchange.

2023 NETWORKING & NIH CONTACTS

Spend three days networking with other scientists in the field and building potential collaborations.

2023 POSTER SESSION/HAPPY HOUR

Poster presentations will be Thursday and Friday. You can explore new research data and discuss ways to interpret results. Mingle with colleagues during the accompanying happy hour.

Senior and junior attendees are encouraged to present at the poster session.

2023 NEW SESSION TOPIC

Don’t miss new session topics on:

  1. Grant Writing
  2. Rigor
  3. Non-EV ExRNA Carriers
  4. EV and Bioengineering
  5. Brain Storming: Significant EV and non-EV related research (ExRNAs and Biomolecular Condensates)
  6. Diagnostic EV with Clinical Investigators


Please note: In the interest of everyone’s health and safety, vaccines are required to attend this meeting in person. We will also be following CDC guidelines for this meeting.

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13TR004737-01 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Cancer Institute (NCI). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.