International Society for Extracellular Vesicles


The International Society for Extracellular Vesicles is an international scientific organization that focuses on advancing global extracellular vesicle research. These membrane-bound particles are released from all known cells and include exosomes, ectosomes, exophers, oncosomes, and more. Established in 2011, the society is a nonprofit organization. It is governed by a . The current president is Kenneth Witwer. Previous presidents were Edit Buzás, Clotilde Théry, Andrew Hill and founding president Jan Lötvall. The society's journals are the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles and the Journal of Extracellular Biology. ISEV also publishes the international consensus guidelines for EV studies, the "Minimal information for studies of EVs".
ISEV has several focused on advancing research and promoting awareness in the EVs. Each committee has specific roles and goals.
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Meetings

As part of its mission to promote scientific research and education, the society hosts and educational event as well as numerous on defined EV-related topics. The society also co-sponsors or endorses related events.
Annual meetingLocation
ISEV2026
ISEV2025Vienna, Austria
ISEV2024Melbourne, Australia
ISEV2023Seattle, USA
ISEV2022Lyon, France
ISEV2021Virtual Meeting
ISEV2020Virtual Meeting
ISEV2019Kyoto, Japan
ISEV2018Barcelona, Spain
ISEV2017Toronto, Canada
ISEV2016Rotterdam, Netherlands
ISEV2015Washington DC, USA
ISEV2014Rotterdam, Netherlands
ISEV2013Boston, USA
ISEV2012Gothenburg, Sweden

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Workshops and scientific seminars

ISEV workshops began with a meeting on extracellular RNA, and continue to include one to two meetings per year. During widespread restrictions on in-person meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic, ISEV introduced the "Extracellular Vesicle Club," a weekly virtual event featuring presentations and moderated discussion of scientific publications.
TopicLocationYear
GreeceNovember 2025
CanadaOctober 2025
Education Day on Single EV Characterization of Genitourinary System EVsVirtualFebruary 2025
Blood EVsSouth KoreaSeptember 2024
Large Extracellular VesiclesUnited StatesMarch 2024
EV-based BiomarkersDenmarkOctober 2023
Workshop by EV-TRACK Task ForceVirtualMarch 2023
The Second Urine EV Task Force Virtual Symposium on Urinary Extracellular VesiclesVirtualFebruary 2023
QuantitatEVs: Multiscale analyses, from bulk to single vesicleRome and MilanJanuary-February 2023
Blood EVs: an ISEV WorkshopFinlandSeptember 2022
massivEVs WorkshopItaly/VirtuallyOctober 2021
Infectious Diseases MeetingVirtualJanuary 2021
EV Imaging in VivoFranceSeptember 2020
EVs in ImmunologyBuenos AiresMarch 2020
Open, Reproducible and Standardized EV ResearchBelgiumDecember 2019
EV-based Clinical TheranosticsChinaNovember 2018
Membranes and EVs WorkshopUnited StatesMarch 2018
Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers of DiseaseUnited KingdomDecember 2017
Diet, Environment and Extracellular VesiclesAustraliaJanuary 2017
Cross-Organism Communication by Extracellular Vesicles: Hosts, Microbes, ParasitesBrazilNovember 2016
Research Seminar: EV-associated RNA: Is there a purpose?NetherlandsSeptember 2015
ISEV Workshop on Isolation and Characterization of Extracellular VesiclesHungaryOctober 2013
ISEV RNA WorkshopUnited StatesOctober 2012

Endorsed or co-sponsored events

The society has directly or indirectly supported EV-related events around the world. These include meetings of the UK, French, and Spanish and Portuguese EV Societies, a course of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Keystone Symposia, Gordon Research Conferences, a Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting, and others.

''Journal of Extracellular Vesicles'', ''Journal of Extracellular Biology'', and standardization initiatives

To disseminate research in the field, the society established the peer-reviewed open access Journal of Extracellular Vesicles in 2012. The journal was initially published by Co-Action Publishing, by Taylor & Francis from 2016 to 2020, and by Wiley since 2020. In addition to research and review articles, the journal periodically publishes position papers of the society that are meant to advance standardization efforts.
In 2014, the Executive Board of Directors published a set of minimal information guidelines for publication of EV studies. These requirements, known as "MISEV" or "MISEV2014," mirrored similar initiatives in the fields of microarray and proteomics analysis, among others. In 2017, the society's board announced its intent to update these requirements with community involvement. The "MISEV2018" requirements were published in 2018 by Clotilde Théry and Kenneth Witwer with input from 380 co-authors. The current consensus guidelines, known as "MISEV2023", were prepared with input from more than 1050 co-authors, using extensive crowdsourcing of expert opinion to build consensus. The corresponding authors are Joshua Welsh, Deborah Goberdhan, Lorraine O'Driscoll, Clotilde Théry and Kenneth Witwer.
In 2021, ISEV founded a second journal, the Journal of Extracellular Biology, focusing on EVs but also other extracellular particles and phenomena. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Hill.

Education

Among the educational initiatives of the society are massive open online courses, launched in 2016. MOOC 1&II are available through Coursera and co-sponsored by the University of Gothenburg, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and the University of California, Irvine. MOOC III is available on

Student Network on Extracellular Vesicles

In 2020, the Student Network on Extracellular Vesicles was founded as a virtual network for early-career researchers in EV research. SNEV's activities include organizing online scientific talks, a monthly newsletter, industry talks and informal meet-and-greets. SNEV has organized two virtual conferences, one in 2021 and the second in 2023. Since 2024, SNEV has become the official early career entity within ISEV.
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