We’re happy to see that many of you have signed up again. The programme is now available here:

Schedule

And the agenda for the general meeting is available here

The abstract book is available here

How to get there

The address of the venue is Dopersduin, Oorsprongweg 3, Schoorl. We recommend you take public transport to the meeting. Alkmaar train station is nearby, and provides a large number of frequent train services. The easiest way to get there from Alkmaar station is with the 151 bus, getting off at the Koningsweg stop, which is about a 5-10 minute walk.

On Monday, the 10:01 bus will arrive at Dopersduin well in time for registration. On Tuesday we will finish the meeting in time for everyone to make the 15:56 bus back to Alkmaar.

Some more practical matters

If you have booked a shared room and not booked bedlinnen, do not forget to bring your own.

Please remember to empty your room and return the key before the first talk starts on Tuesday.

Many people take a walk to the beach on Monday evening. The walk is quite far, and through uneven and sandy terrain, so be sure to bring good shoes and some water. Perhaps also an umbrella.

If you have any questions, contact us at mail@theoreticalbiology.nl

Normal registration for the NVTB meeting is now closed, but if you want to attend one or both days there may still be a few last-minute spots available. Contact us directly at mail@theoreticalbiology.nl for availability.

We will publish the schedule for the meeting soon, see you in two weeks!

We are extending the registration deadline for the NVTB Schoorl meeting (1–2 June, Dopersduin) to 23:59 on Monday 11 May. If you haven’t yet signed up, you now have a few extra days.

Register here: https://forms.gle/vfcDToCVgmyDrXnF7

We are also extending the deadline for NVTB best paper prize nominations to match — also 11 May. Nominations: https://forms.gle/zoiZXJKXBJcF7bYVA

Martijn Egas, Erika Tsingos & David Versluis
Board of the NVTB

With the meeting approaching, we are happy to share the titles of the three keynote presentations at Schoorl 2026:

Silke Henkes (LU) — “Emergent spatiotemporal correlations and mechanochemical feedback in model epithelial tissues”

Marco Saltini (WUR) — “Evolution from mixed to fixed handedness in mirror-image flowers: insights from adaptive dynamics”

Michiel Adriaens (UM) — “From static snapshots to fluxes: approaches for integrating omics data with genome-scale metabolic models”

Registration is still open until 8 May, and we again especially encourage master students, PhDs and postdocs to submit an abstract. The registration form is here: https://forms.gle/vfcDToCVgmyDrXnF7 We are also still looking for papers for the NVTB paper prize, details here: https://forms.gle/zoiZXJKXBJcF7bYVA.

We look forward to seeing you in Schoorl on the 1st and 2nd of June, and wish to again thank NWO for their sponsorship.

Martijn Egas, Erika Tsingos & David Versluis
Board of the NVTB

A big thank you to all the participants at the 2025 NVTB meeting! We are pleased to have met so many of you, and to have seen a lot of very interesting theoretical biology! Particular thanks to all of those who provided a talk, and very special thanks to Erika for arranging our own NVTB rail replacement bus!

Most importantly, we can announce that the Schoorl meeting next year will take place on June 1st and 2nd 2026. Please save the date! We also wish to congratulate Marco Saltini for winning our paper price with his paper “Evolution from mixed to fixed handedness in mirror-image flowers: insights from adaptive dynamics“, our winner of the presentation price Griffin Kutler Dodd, and Rob de Boer who became a lifetime honorary member. The complete minutes from the general assembly can be found here and the financial report here. At this general assembly, Martijn de Jong stepped down as secretary. We thank him for his efforts! David Versluis has been installed as the new secretary.

Also a big thanks to Dopersduin for providing us with an excellent place to stay. We would also like to thank the NWO for providing financial support, which helped us fund this meeting. We hope to see you all again next year!

Kind regards,

Martijn Egas, David Versluis & Erika Tsingos

Board of the NVTB