Awards 2025

Carla Lopes
 University of Coimbra, Portugal

Scientific Contribution Award 2025

The award recognizes her outstanding study titled “Mitochondrial Stress Drives Nucleophagy and the Release of Extracellular Vesicles Carrying DAMPs,” which brings new clarity to the role of mitochondria-derived extracellular vesicles (mEVs) in neurodegenerative disease.

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Javier Huete Acevedo
University of Valencia

Best Oral Presentation Award 2025

The award recognizes his compelling presentation, “Small Extracellular Vesicles from Young Stem Cells: A Path Toward Healthy Aging,” which highlights the regenerative potential of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in combating age-related decline.

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Best Short Oral Presentation Award 2025

The award recognizes her presentation titled “Extracellular Vesicles and Male Fertility: Enhancing Sperm Cryotolerance,” which addresses a critical challenge in reproductive medicine and assisted reproduction.

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Best Poster Presentation Award 1 2025

Her award winning poster, “PSEN1-Mutant Neural Progenitor Cell–Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce Alzheimer’s Pathology in Brain Organoids,” provides compelling evidence that disease associated extracellular vesicles can actively propagate neurodegenerative signals.

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Best Poster Presentation Award 2 2025

Her award winning poster, “Characterization of Salmon Cell Extracellular Vesicles,” presents the first comprehensive analysis of extracellular vesicles derived from salmon cell lines. The study reveals that these vesicles play important roles in immune defense, wound healing, and cellular responses to environmental stress, shedding new light on how aquatic organisms maintain health at the molecular level.

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