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We are working on the midterm progress report of METVES II, which offers a great opportunity to summarize our output and update this website. Hitherto, we published 3 peer-reviewed manuscript, we presented 10 posters, we presented 15 presentations, we wrote 3 public reports, and we recorded 5 videos.

The first progress meeting of METVES II took place in Budapest. In sum, the first preliminary reference materials (hollow organosilica beads, low refractive index particles, and liposomes) as well as ready-to-use biological test samples have been produced and will soon be characterized.

MSU approved the first deliverable of METVES II: "Report on the requirements of clinically relevant synthetic reference materials to standardise concentration measurements of EVs based on stakeholder needs."

METVES II officially started with the kick-off meeting in Delft.

Our manuscript on handling and storage of human body fluids for analysis of extracellular vesicles (pdf, 4 MB) is published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.

The final summary of the METVES project (pdf, <1 MB) is made available to download.

METVES organizes a workshop on the Metrological Characterization of Microvesicles.

Four videos with standard operation procedures of vesicle isolation and detection are placed on YouTube.

The METVES report on the list of stakeholder requirements for the use of methods for dimensional characterisation of microvesicles in medical centres (pdf, <1 MB) is made available to download.

Our manuscript on co-isolation of extracellular vesicles and high-density lipoproteins using density gradient ultracentrifugation (pdf, <1 MB) is accepted for publication in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.

Our manuscript on the particle size distribution of exosomes and microvesicles by transmission electron microscopy, flow cytometry, nanoparticle tracking analysis, and resistive pulse sensing (pdf, <1 MB) is accepted for publication in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

Our manuscript on traceable size determination of extracellular vesicles (pdf, 2 MB) is published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.

Our manuscript on innovation in detection of microparticles and exosomes (pdf, <1 MB) is published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

The first METVES report, on the needs, specifications and commercial sources of microvesicle reference materials (pdf, <1 MB), is made available to download.

Our manuscript on extracellular vesicles in physiological and pathological conditions is accepted for publication in Blood Reviews.

Article titled ‘Whispering tumors’ (pdf, <1 MB) by Wybo Algra published in the Dutch national newspaper Trouw (in Dutch).