key: cord-0961795-ba2qmo63 authors: Witwer, Kenneth W.; Languino, Lucia R.; Weaver, Alissa M.; Wauben, Marca H. title: Announcing the ISEV2020 special achievement award recipients: Andrew Hill and Edit Buzás; and the recipient of the ISEV2020 special education award: Carolina Soekmadji date: 2020-11-05 journal: J Extracell Vesicles DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12021 sha: 5ba4250c57b5e0b4c41622c79d7b1c0e027af1b8 doc_id: 961795 cord_uid: ba2qmo63 nan  of  EDITORIAL F I G U R E  ISEV2020 Special Achievement and Special Education Award Recipients. Andrew F. Hill (left) and Edit I. Buzás (middle) received the ISEV2020 Special Achievement Awards. Carolina Soekmadji (right) was recipient of a Special Education Award. Dr. Edit Buzás is Professor and Chair of the Department of Genetics, Cell-and Immunobiology at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. With a background in immunology, Edit has furthered our understanding of EV subtypes (Crescitelli et al., 2013; Osteikoetxea, Balogh, et al., 2015; Valcz et al., 2019) , EVs in inflammation and cardiology (Giricz et al., 2014; Hegyesi et al., 2019; Marton et al., 2017; Osteikoetxea et al., 2016) , and the roles that EVs play in the complex menagerie of blood and other biofluids, interacting with lipoproteins and protein complexes (Osteikoetxea, Sódar, et al., 2015; . Already in 2011, she published a highly influential review article on extracellular vesicles, emphasizing the diversity of EVs and endorsing "extracellular vesicle" as a collective term to encompass this diversity (Gyorgy et al., 2011). Edit is not only respected scientifically, but also beloved by her colleagues and mentees alike. She has been a prolific mentor to numerous scientists who have gone on to successful careers. Dr. Buzás chaired the second ISEV Workshop (on isolation and characterization) in Budapest as well as the 2016 ISEV annual meeting in Rotterdam. She has provided crucial contributions to multiple ISEV position papers (Lener et al., 2015; Mateescu et al., 2017; Witwer et al., 2013) . She served two terms as Executive Chair of Education, where she supervised the ISEV Education Days at the annual meetings and several workshops. Carrying on the work of previous Chair Yong Song Gho, two massive online open courses were released (Lässer et al., 2016) and another is now in planning, while a 3D animation, posters (Nieuwland et al., 2018) , and other learning tools were developed. At the ISEV2020 General Assembly, she was confirmed as the 2020-2022 Secretary General of ISEV. In an online interview, Edit advised those beginning EV studies to "be really open-minded." She said, "don't limit your imagination if you have a brave idea. In this novel field, you have a chance to find something really prominent" (Buzás, 2020) . Introducing her as an award winner during ISEV2020, Kenneth Witwer stated, "Edit should know, as someone who has made and continues to make 'really prominent' contributions." For her major contributions to the EV field and to ISEV, Professor Edit I. Buzás was a 2020 recipient of the ISEV Special Achievement Award. At ISEV2020, a Special Education Award was announced for only the second time in ISEV history. She has also contributed to several ISEV education and standardization initiatives , Witwer et al., 2017 . MOOC II provides 10 hours of content to learners and had attracted almost 2000 registrants by ISEV2020. For her outstanding contributions to MOOC II, Carolina Soekmadji was presented with the ISEV2020 Special Education Award. Small RNA deep sequencing reveals a distinct miRNA signature released in exosomes from prion-infected neuronal cells ISEV and ISCT statement on EVs from MSCs and other cells: Considerations for potential therapeutic agents to suppress COVID-19 Edit I Buzás: Be always prepared for the unexpected Prognostic serum miRNA biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease shows concordance with neuropsychological and neuroimaging assessment Small RNA fingerprinting of Alzheimer's disease frontal cortex extracellular vesiclesand their comparison with peripheral extracellular vesicles Considerations towards a roadmap for collection, handling and storage of blood extracellular vesicles Molecular analysis of prion strain variation and the aetiology of "new variant" CJD Distinct RNA profiles in subpopulations of extracellular vesicles: apoptotic bodies, microvesicles and exosomes Circulating small non-coding RNA biomarkers of response to triple DMARD therapy in Caucasian women with early rheumatoid arthritis Cardioprotection by remote ischemic preconditioning of the rat heart is mediated by extracellular vesicles Membrane vesicles, current state-of-the-art: emerging role of extracellular vesicles Radio-detoxified LPS alters bone marrow-derived extracellular vesicles and endothelial progenitor cells Influence of species and processing parameters on recovery and content of brain tissue-derived extracellular vesicles The International Society for Extracellular Vesicles launches the first massive open online course on extracellular vesicles Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials -an ISEV position paper Extracellular vesicles regulate the human osteoclastogenesis: divergent roles in discrete inflammatory arthropathies. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Obstacles and opportunities in the functional analysis of extracellular vesicle RNA -an ISEV position paper Essentials of extracellular vesicles: posters on basic and clinical aspects of extracellular vesicles Improved characterization of EV preparations based on protein to lipid ratio and lipid properties Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular disease: Are they Jedi or Sith? Differential detergent sensitivity of extracellular vesicle subpopulations Low-density lipoprotein mimics blood plasma-derived exosomes and microvesicles during isolation and detection Towards mechanisms and standardization in extracellular vesicle and extracellular RNA studies: results of a worldwide survey Journal of extracellular vesicles: the seven year itch Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines En bloc release of MVB-like small extracellular vesicle clusters by colorectal carcinoma cells A rigorous method to enrich for exosomes from brain tissue Packaging of prions into exosomes is associated with a novel pathway of PrP processing The role of exosomes in the processing of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases MIFlowCyt-EV: a framework for standardized reporting of extracellular vesicle flow cytometry experiments Standardization of sample collection, isolation and analysis methods in extracellular vesicle research: An ISEV position paper Announcing the ISEV2019 special achievement award recipients: Takahiro Ochiya and Marca Wauben Updating the MISEV minimal requirements for extracellular vesicle studies: building bridges to reproducibility