Welcome

Introduction

The Amsterdam Vesicle Center embodies a collaboration between the Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics and the Laboratory of Experimental Clinical Chemistry of the Amsterdam University Medical Center.

By combining biological, chemical, metrological and physical knowledge and expertise, we develop novel technologies to study the presence and biological function of extracellular vesicles in health and disease, with the goal to use extracellular vesicles as clinical biomarkers.

Joyce Rops receives Dr. Catharine van Tussenbroek travel grant to investigate microRNA isoforms as stroke biomarker

Agustin Enciso Martinez received an NWO Open Competition Domain Science XS grants for a “Simple blood test for early cancer detection”

Major NWO Investment for platform technology for cancer therapy selection (Secret-omics)

Sample collection & pre-analytics: same patient, different sample

On April 22^th, Rienk gave a presentation titled “Sample collection & pre-analytics: same patient, different sample” at the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Image adopted from Lisa Hubbard

Agenda

August 14^th, 2026: Edwin will give a lecture about "Detection of extracellular vesicle size and concentration: why to avoid nanoparticle tracking analysis and standardize flow cytometry" during the webinar "Small Vesicles - Big World" organized by Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids (EVCNA).

September 11^th, 2026: EVcount at the Dutch Flow Group meeting in Amersfoort, The Netherlands