IJMS Webinar | Extracellular Vesicles: Their Secretion, Uptake, and Subsequent Cellular Responses in Tumor Cells
IJMS Webinar | Extracellular Vesicles: Their Secretion, Uptake, and Subsequent Cellular Responses in Tumor Cells
Part of the IJMS Webinar Series series
26 March 2026
Extracellular Vesicles, Tumor Cells, Cancer Metastasis, Fetuin-A
Welcome from the Chair
Extracellular vesicles arise either from inward budding within the cytoplasm to form exosomes or from outward budding of the plasma membrane to generate larger vesicles, sometimes called oncosomes. They function as key communication carriers, and the processes governing their formation, release, and uptake are under intense global study. Exosomes, in particular, transfer mRNA, miRNA, lncRNAs, DNA, and proteins between cells. After secretion, these vesicles are taken up by the originating cell or neighboring cells, triggering responses such as adhesion, spreading, motility, and division. This webinar will highlight the mechanisms that drive vesicle secretion and uptake and the cellular behaviors they influence.
Date: 26 March 2026
Time: 3:00 pm CDT
Webinar ID: 815 3668 2156
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Registration
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Event Chair
Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Biomedical Science at Meharry Medical College. His laboratory studies the molecular determinants of cancer metastasis, with an emphasis on extracellular vesicles.
Invited Speakers
Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Biomedical Science at Meharry Medical College. His laboratory studies the molecular determinants of cancer metastasis, with an emphasis on extracellular vesicles.
Amos M. Sakwe holds a “Doctorat” in Molecular Parasitology from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, and a Ph.D. in Medical Biochemistry from Uppsala University, Sweden. He undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada, and then earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Meharry Medical College. He is currently a professor of biochemistry and cancer biology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Graduate Studies at Meharry Medical College. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of triple-negative breast cancer progression, metastasis, and chemo-resistance.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
Dr. Alissa Weaver is Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Cell Biology. She also directs the Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research. The overall goal of her research is to understand the function and biogenesis of extracellular vesicles in cancer.
Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CDT |
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Dr. Josiah Ochieng (Chair) Chair Introduction |
3:00 - 3:10 pm |
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Dr. Josiah Ochieng (Speaker 1) Fetuin-A Promotes the Uptake of Extracellular Vesicles by Prostate Cancer Cells to Drive Adhesion, Spreading and Motility |
3:10 - 3:30 pm |
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Dr. Amos Sakwe (Speaker 2) Annexin A6-enriched Extracellular Vesicles in Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
3:30 - 3:50 pm |
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Dr. Alissa Weaver (Speaker 3) Exosome Secretion Promotes Filopodia Formation |
3:50 - 4:10 pm |
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Q&A |
4:10 - 4:25 pm |
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Dr. Josiah Ochieng (Chair) Closing of Webinar |
4:25 - 4:30 pm |
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