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Bioinformatics training school on exRNAs in Edinburgh 05/2025

This training school brought together students and postdocs working with diverse models in Europe and beyond to learn how to analyse and interpret extracellular RNA sequencing data and share knowledge. Please find a video with interviews about the COST action and value of training schools and STSMs for early career researchers: video.  

French Senate Meeting – Unleashing Europe’s next scientific revolution in Paris 10/2024

This co-organised meeting brought together 155 scientific, institutional and entrepreneurial leaders on the subject of extracellular RNA (exRNA) and extracellular vesicles (EVs). Thirty speakers of various nationalities covered the latest scientific advances in this field, the potential for human, animal and plant health, as well as the resulting economic opportunities.  The meeting was held under...

Co-organized RNA Society Workshop: Public Engagement in RNA, Edinburgh 05/2024

 Co-organized RNA Society Workshop: Public Engagement in RNA, Edinburgh 05/2024 exRNA-PATH co-organised a workshop on Public Engagement in RNA research at the annual RNA society meeting in Edinburgh on May 28, 2024.  The workshop brought together over 80 researchers who have participated in various types of public outreach to share their approaches, strategies, and brainstorm.  ...

WG4 workshop “Communicating our science: Towards positive societal perception of RNA” in Belgrade, 10/2023

The workshop focused on a very important topic for the Action and more broadly for society: how do we raise awareness and advocate for medical and agricultural applications of RNA technologies. We were honored to have Thomas Crampton and Rob Blackie, experts from Greenlight Bioscience, sharing their knowledge on their study on attitudes of the...

WG1/2 Meeting on Mechanisms of inter-cellular and inter-organismal communication via exRNAs in Paris, 09/2023

This meeting was organised by Working group leaders Esther Nolte-t’Hoen and Kriton Kalantidis and brought together COST members working on exRNA mechanisms across diverse models. There was also a roundtable discussion to exchange knowledge and identify breakthroughs and (technical) hurdles in research on host-pathogen RNA communication in different biological systems.   Abstract book.