{"id":3115,"date":"2022-12-22T17:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/uncategorized\/empir-18hlt01-metves-ii\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:54:36","slug":"empir-18hlt01-metves-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/en\/projects\/empir-18hlt01-metves-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPIR 18HLT01 Metves II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1675264881270{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lab-Foto-WEB-41.jpg?id=2242) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;main_header gradient_header dg-position-realtive&#8221;][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;dg-header&#8211;small&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; el_class=&#8221;dg-padding-none&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1671721818722{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;text-white&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>EMPIR 18HLT01 Metves II<\/h1>\n<p>Standardisation of concentration measurements of extracellular vesicles for medical diagnoses (METVES II)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_class=&#8221;dg-padding-mid&#8221;][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;full_width_responsive dg-padding-none&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1671721892722{padding-right: 10% !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;full_width_responsive dg-padding-none&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"header_subtext\">Projects<\/p>\n<h2>EMPIR 18HLT01 Metves II<\/h2>\n<p>Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived particles present in body fluids, and EVs have excellent potential as next-generation biomarkers for early diagnosis of common diseases, such as cancer and thrombosis. This project aims to tap the clinical potential of EVs by developing traceable measurements of number concentration, size distribution, refractive index and fluorescence intensity of cell-specific EVs in human blood and urine. The project will develop synthetic reference materials with physical properties resembling EVs, ready-to-use biological test samples, and instrumentation and procedures to standardise EV measurements in clinical laboratories, which will be evaluated in an inter-laboratory comparison study.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;full_width_responsive dg-padding-none&#8221;]<strong>Start date:<\/strong> June 1, 2019<br \/>\n<strong>End date:<\/strong> June 1, 2022[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;full_width_responsive dg-padding-none&#8221;]Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metves.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metves.eu<\/a> for more information.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1757516063456{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;tablet_expert full_width_expert&#8221;]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><section class=\"vc_section\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid full_width_responsive\"><div class=\"dg-specialist--inner dg-padding--none-inner wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1757057705883\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left  vc_custom_1757060938222  dg-expert--image\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Martine-Kuiper-2.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" title=\"Martine-Kuiper-2\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Martine-Kuiper-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Martine-Kuiper-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"  data-dt-location=\"https:\/\/www.vsl.nl\/en\/?attachment_id=26950\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/333;\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid dg-padding--square vc_custom_1757057909078 vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div class=\"dg-padding--none-inner dg-expert--inner-content wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1757058090823\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1757510893821 dg-expert--content-header\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Would you like to know more about our services?<\/h3>\n<p>Our experts are happy to help.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1757076105842 sector_specialist\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><b>Martine Kuiper<\/b><br \/>\nScientist Length - 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