Urine Task Force

Urinary extracellular vesicles (uEV) provide insight into diseases of the urological tract and probably from other organs too. However, the potential use of uEV as biomarkers is not fully exploited because of the variability of the fluid, the diversity of isolation and analytical approaches employed and the major question of specimen normalisation. The goal of the Urine Task Force is to put together nephrologists, urologist and biologists with active experience in uEV research to establish best practice and standardize the field. 

Contact Info
Alicia Llorente
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Uta Erdbruegger
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Elena S Martens
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Charles Blijdorp
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Activities

• Collecting the info about where the state of the art, gaps and challenges impeding development of uEV-based clinical applications. 
• Exploring possibilities of collaborative research projects to establish better practice and increase reproducibility in uEV research. 
• Contribution to meetings/ Organization of satellite meetings

Members
Irene Bijnsdorp
Francesc Borràs
Dylan Burger
Benedetta Bussolati
James Brian Byrd
Aled Clayton
Juan Manuel Falcón-Perez
Cristina Grange
Guido Jenster
Connie Jimenez
Kerstin Junker
Jon B Klein
Mark Knepper
Janne Leivo
Metka Lenassi
Matt Luther
Michael L Merchant
Inge Mertens
Luca Musante
Eline Oeyen
Trairak Pisitkun
Maija Puhka
Catherine Sánchez
Jack Schalken
Carolina Soekmadji
Robert A Star
Visith Thongboonkerd
Martin Van Royen
Volkert van Steijn
Gerald Verhaegh
Jason Webber
Ken Witwer
Peter S Yuen