Terry Morgan,
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Oregon Health and Science University
Dr. Morgan is a Professor of Pathology and Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, USA. He has been an NIH-funded investigator since 2012 and he has worked with BD Biosciences since 2016 to develop, validate, and begin research trials using nanoscale high resolution flow cytometry to image, count, and isolate extracellular vesicles (EVs). Dr. Morgan is the leader of the EV research group at the Center for Developmental Health at OHSU. He is also the leader of the flow cytometry EV group at the Knight Cancer Institute to test its potential as a diagnostic platform for early cancer detection.
Welcome and Introduction by Conference Co-Chairs: Professor Morgan and Professor Graner -- Ballroom B
Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 08:50
Add to Calendar ▼2023-11-29 12:15:002023-11-29 13:15:00Europe/LondonEverything We Think We Know About Extracellular Vesicle Cargo is WrongExtracellular Vesicles and Cell-Free RNAs 2023 in Laguna Hills, CaliforniaLaguna Hills, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Everything We Think We Know About Extracellular Vesicle Cargo is Wrong
Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 12:15
Add to Calendar ▼2023-11-29 12:15:002023-11-29 13:15:00Europe/LondonEverything We Think We Know About Extracellular Vesicle Cargo is WrongExtracellular Vesicles and Cell-Free RNAs 2023 in Laguna Hills, CaliforniaLaguna Hills, CaliforniaSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) comprise a range of submicron particles, including small EVs (exosomes ~75-150 nm) derived from endosomal biogenesis, larger microvesicles (< 1um) that bud directly from the cell membrane, and fragments of cells undergoing necrosis and/or apoptosis. These lipid encapsulated EVs contain surface cell-specific protein markers and a variety of RNAs that provide insights into their source and potential function (e.g. regulating angiogenesis and immune microenvironments). Methods like density gradient ultracentrifugation followed by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) provide a heterogeneous mixture of EVs from a variety of cell sources, and in a variety of sizes. Affinity capture lacks size-specificity, which is important because larger microvesicles are thought to have entirely different contents and biological functions than small EVs (exosomes). These methodological shortcomings have limited adequate EV profiling and characterization. To address this need, the Morgan laboratory uses multiplex nanoscale fluorescent activated cytometric sorting (nanoFACS) with 40nm resolution to image, count, and isolate cell- and size-specific EVs. Importantly, this next generation approach provides highly efficient flow sorting of multiplex-labeled EVs at the 0.3 nanoliter droplet scale (5x better than commercially available FACS machines using our custom made sorting nozzle and EV-specific protocol). We have completed validation studies characterizing flow sorted placental EVs according to guidelines put forth by the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV), including nanoparticle tracking analysis, CryoEM, ELISA, and microRNA content within small EVs compared with flow sorted 100nm liposomes spiked into the same plasma samples. Spiked in liposomes are an important negative control for background contamination inherent in any EV isolation method and novel to our EV isolation approach.
