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Section Symposium

Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology

Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology

Tiny Couriers, Big Impact: How Extracellular Vesicles Orchestrate Inter-Species Communication

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, B113, OCC

Oral Presentation

Join us for an exciting symposium exploring the role of extracellular vesicles in arthropods! Unveil how these tiny wonders impact disease transmission, immunity, development and pest control. Engage with leading experts, enjoy interactive sessions, participate in a session-ending roundtable discussion, and experience the hidden world of arthropods through innovative research!

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Pacific
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Xiufeng Zhang – Kansas State University

  • 8:05 AM - 8:20 AM Pacific
    Selective incorporation of viral nucleocapsid into extracellular vesicles determines interspecies specificity of mosquitoes to flaviviruses

    Presenting Author: Gong Cheng – Tsinghua University

    Co-Author: Jichen Niu – Tsinghua University

    Co-Author: Jun Ma – Shenzhen Bay Laboratory

    Co-Author: Yibin Zhu – Tsinghua University

    Co-Author: Penghua Wang – University of Connecticut Health Center

  • 8:20 AM - 8:35 AM Pacific
    A detailed view of EV cargoes from Culex tarsalis cells with West Nile virus

    Presenting Author: Xiufeng Zhang – Kansas State University

    Co-Author: Dana Mitzel – National Agro and Bio-defense Facility

    Co-Author: Kristopher Silver (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

  • 8:35 AM - 8:50 AM Pacific
    Arthropod exosomal cargo as target for transmission blocking vaccine

    Presenting Author: Hameeda Sultana – University of Tennessee

  • 8:50 AM - 9:05 AM Pacific
    Evaluation of an extracellular vesicle-based vaccine against ticks in cattle

    Presenting Author: Sarah Durski – University of Wisconsin

    Co-Author: Tean Zaheer – University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Co-Author: Kavyasri Karumuri – University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Co-Author: Stephanie Valencia – University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Co-Author: Julia Gonzalez (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Adela Oliva Chavez (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

  • 9:05 AM - 9:20 AM Pacific
    EV-mediated plant virus transmission

    Presenting Author: Feng Cui – Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Hong Lu – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Jiaming Zhu – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Co-Author: Qian Wang – Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • 9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific
    The role of virus-like particles in interactions between parasitoid wasps and their host insects

    Presenting Author: Gaelen Burke – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Corinne M. Stouthamer – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Meng Mao – University of Georgia

  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific
    Extracellular vesicle-like particles from venom secretions of parasitoid wasps of Drosophila

    Presenting Author: Shubha Govind – City College of New York

    Co-Author: Johnny R. Ramroop – The City College, CUNY

    Co-Author: M. Riyami Sabarullah Khan – The City College, CUNY

    Co-Author: Lady V. Cardenas – The City College, CUNY

    Co-Author: Christina Ramsarran – The City College, CUNY

  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific
    Whisper of the male - female crosstalk

    Presenting Author: Yael Heifetz – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Javier Sanchez Lopez – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Michael Belenky – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Shani Kornhaeuser – University of Basel

    Co-Author: Yaara Yizhak – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Ido Apel – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Amalia Gothilf – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Einat Zelinger – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Hadas Volkov – Tel Aviv University

    Co-Author: Noam Shomron – Tel Aviv University

  • 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific
    Dialogue on the fly: Drosophila as a model for extracellular vesicle-based communication in the female reproductive tract

    Presenting Author: Michael Belenky – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Javier Sanchez Lopez – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Shani Kornhaeuser – University of Basel

    Co-Author: Hadas Volkov – Tel Aviv University

    Co-Author: Ido Apel – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Amalia Gothilf – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Co-Author: Noam Shomron – Tel Aviv University

    Co-Author: Yael Heifetz – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific
    A function of extracellular vesicles beyond intercellular signaling: Implications in epithelial cell ending

    Presenting Author: Kohki Kawane – Kyoto Sangyo University

    Co-Author: Akihito Kira – Kyoto Sangyo University

    Co-Author: Marina Awai – Kyoto Sangyo University

  • 10:45 AM - 10:55 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM Pacific
    Unraveling extracellular vesicle biogenesis in Diabrotica undecimpunctata cells

    Presenting Author: Festus Ajibefun – Kansas State University

    Co-Author: Marija Milosevic – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Co-Author: Xiufeng Zhang – Kansas State University

    Co-Author: Ana Velez (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Co-Author: Kristopher Silver (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

  • 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific
    Extracellular vesicle-mediated RNAi spread in Western corn rootworm

    Presenting Author: Marija Milosevic – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Co-Author: Arnubio Valencia-Jiménez – Universidad De Caldas

    Co-Author: Festus Ajibefun – Kansas State University

    Co-Author: Xiufeng Zhang – Kansas State University

    Co-Author: Kristopher Silver (he/him/his) – Kansas State University

    Co-Author: Ana Velez (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • 11:25 AM - 11:40 AM Pacific
    Minicells-mediated delivery improves cellular uptake of macromolecules and efficiency of biopesticides

    Presenting Author: Ibrahim A. El-Shesheny (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee

    Co-Author: Nanasaheb Chougule – AgroSpheres

    Co-Author: Cris Oppert – AgroSpheres

    Co-Author: Joseph Frank (he/him/his) – AgroSpheres

    Co-Author: Ameer Shakeel (he/him/his) – AgroSpheres

    Co-Author: Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes – University of Tennessee

  • 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM Pacific
    Isolation, characterization, and functional assays of extracellular vesicles derived from Leishmania tarentolae

    Presenting Author: Sima Rafati – Pasteur Institute of Iran

    Co-Author: Mehrdad Shokouhy – University of Isfahan

    Co-Author: Hamzeh Sarvnaz – Pasteur Institute of Iran

    Co-Author: Yasaman Taslimi – Pasteur Institute of Iran

    Co-Author: Mahya Lajevardi – Pasteur Institute of Iran

    Co-Author: Sima Habibzadeh – Pasteur Institute of Iran

    Co-Author: Amir Mizbani – ETH Zurich

    Co-Author: Faezeh Shekari – Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology

    Co-Author: Mandana Behbahani – University of Isfahan

    Co-Author: Ana Torrecilhas – Universidade Federal de São Paulo

  • 11:55 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Xiufeng Zhang – Kansas State University