NutriEV project presented at FISEV 2025

19 February 2025
NEWS
NutriEV project presented at FISEV 2025

The NutriEV project was showcased at the Finnish Society of Extracellular Vesicles (FISEV) 2025 annual meeting, held on February 6–7 in Turku, Finland. The event brought together around 50 leading Finnish researchers in the extracellular vesicle (EV) field, providing a dynamic platform for scientific exchange and collaboration.

A strong delegation from the University of Oulu, the project’s coordinating entity, attended the meeting. The event provided a valuable opportunity for researchers and industry professionals to engage with the latest breakthroughs in EV research—particularly in immunology—and explore potential partnerships within Finland’s EV research community.


SHOWCASING NUTRIEV’S VISION AND RESEARCH FOCUS

Susanna Kosamo, Research Manager at the Developmental Biology Laboratory: Organogenesis & Extracellular Vesicles department, presented the poster “Development of Nutritional Vesicles for Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Metabolic Diseases”. Her presentation introduced the NutriEV project’s mission to decode the composition of nutrient-enriched EVs, with a special focus on glycans. The poster session sparked strong interest and discussions among researchers, leading to the identification of potential collaboration opportunities.

Susanna highlighted how the project leverages cutting-edge research techniques to explore five key areas:

  • NutriEV Research: Investigating the role of EVs in human nutrition and health.
  • Nutritional Biosensing: Developing innovative biosensors using nanovesicles.
  • Innovative Food Products: Exploring the incorporation of NutriEVs into food products for health benefits.
  • Gut Dynamics: Studying how EVs impact the gut microbiome and transport molecular cargo across biological barriers.
  • Clinical Trials: Gathering scientific evidence on NutriEVs’ effects on metabolism and overall health.
Poster Fisev 2025


INVESTIGATING CLOUDBERRY NANOVESICLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY

Another highlight was the presentation by Postdoctoral Scientist Feby Pratiwi and MSc Pradnya Patil, who introduced the poster “Cloudberry Nanovesicles as Potential Oral Drug Delivery Vesicles: Stability in Gastrointestinal Conditions and Biodistribution in Young and Elder Mice”.

Their study focused on how the gastrointestinal environment influences the stability of cloudberry-derived nanovesicles (CNVs) —a crucial first step toward one of NutriEV’s core goals: understanding the role of plant-derived nanovesicles in human health.


STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM THE NUTRIEV TEAM

Several other NutriEV researchers, all from the project’s coordinating entity, the University of Oulu, also participated in the event, presenting their work on extracellular vesicles and related projects. These researchers included Ramila Mammadova, Samar Ahmad, Susanna Kaisto, and NutriEV project coordinator Seppo Vainio.

The NutriEV project’s presence at FISEV 2025 reinforced its commitment to pioneering EV research in nutrition, diagnostics, and therapeutics, while fostering new scientific collaborations within Finland’s growing EV research network.