On Wednesday 12 February 2025, a workshop entitled “Biology and Applications of Extracellular Vesicles” was held in the Aula Magna “Carlo Perone Pacifico”, of the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, University of Tuscia, partner of Avithrapid consortium. It was organized by Professors Umberto Bernabucci and Nicola Lacetera, as Scientific Directors, respectively, of the PRIN 2022 entitled “Resiliency to heat stress: a system biology approach” and of the PRIN 2022 PNRR entitled “Valorising milk as natural resource for therapeutic purpose: bovine milk Extracellular Vesicles (mEVs) as anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agents”.
The workshop was organized as part of the activities related to the dissemination and visibility of the project activities of the D.I.Ver.So. department of excellence and it was a good opportunity to introduce AVITHRAPID project as part of the overarching strategy to prepare for future pandemics from different perspectives.
Extracellular vesicles play a key role in intercellular communication, both in normal and pathological cellular processes. Numerous studies have highlighted the new opportunities in diagnostics and therapy of these tiny particles, as well as in nutraceuticals, cosmetics and in the veterinary and agricultural fields.