Prof. Seppo Vainio received the M.Sc. degree in 1987 and the Ph.D. degree in animal physiology and organogenesis in 1992 from the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Then, he completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard University in 1997. He is currently a professor of developmental biology at the University of Oulu, Finland. He also serves as the scientific director of the Kvantum Institute at Oulu University in Finland. He is a team leader in Kvantum Institute and Infotech Oulu, and A vice director of GeneCellNano's flagship. In the InfoTech Oulu, the focus area is novel biosensor strategies. He is particularly interested today in the cellular and organ-level nanocommunication roles of EVs in organogenesis and disease. He has received numerous scientific awards, including Physiologist of the Year in Finland in 1996, Best Research Article among Finnish Developmental Biologists in 2001, Discovery of the Year in Biocenter Oulu in 2004, and Discovery of the Year in 2011.