UKEV forum 2024: The UK Society for Extracellular Vesicle annual meeting - bridging innovation and impact.
Jackson HK., Akbar N., Peake N., Pink RC., Lawson C.
In December 2024, the United Kingdom Society for Extracellular Vesicles (UKEV) held its annual forum in Newcastle upon Tyne, marking 11 years since its founding. UKEV Forum 2024 brought together over 230 participants from the UK and abroad under the theme "Bridging Innovation and Impact". The meeting emphasised translational science, regulatory foresight, methodological rigour, and cross-sector collaboration, reflecting the maturation of EV research towards clinical relevance. Hosted at Newcastle University, the event included plenary lectures, oral and lightning talks, poster sessions, and an Early Career Researcher (ECR) Day. Scientific discussions spanned EV biomarker discovery, mechanistic studies, tissue-derived EVs, and novel analytical tools such as cryo-TEM, electrochemical sensors, and DNA-PAINT microscopy. The forum showcased emerging topics in EV isolation, reproducibility, therapeutic development, and regulatory integration, drawing on diverse expertise across academia, biotech, and clinical sciences. Generous industry sponsorship and inclusive programming made UKEV 2024 a landmark event that reinforced the UK's leadership in EV research.