Q-BIO-BE Events
We aim to strengthen the community interested in the broad context of quantitative modeling of biological systems
This page is dedicated to sharing information about events around dynamical modeling of biological systems in Belgium, including seminars, colloquia, and conferences.
As part of Q-BIO-BE activities, we organize monthly joint lab meetings in the FWO building, Hoek 38, near Brussel-Centraal.
Would you be interested in participating? Don’t hesitate to contact us and follow us for updates!
Upcoming events
2026–2027
OCT
16
Joint lab meeting
de Buyl Group & Peeters Lab (VUB) | Smeets Lab (KUL) | Gelens Lab (KUL)
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Vincent Crabbe: Reproducibility doesn’t stop at the bench: Improving plate reader data analysis under non-constant noise
Tom Belpaire: Self-organization in microbial systems
Nikita Frolov: From active gel to bundled network: Quantification of phase transition in actomyosin
Registration: free; fill out the attendance form
10:00 – 13:00
LIC ULB-VUB
Auditorium LIC.4.05, Melbourne
Bd de la Plaine 2, Brussels
NOV
16
Joint lab meeting
Voets Lab (KUL, VIB) | Maes Group (KUL) | de Buyl Group, Vranken Lab & Peeters Lab (VUB)
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Karel Talavera Pérez: TBD
Aaron Beyen: The emergence of activity
Martain Daneglie: Minimal Kinetic Modeling of synthetic 3-HP Production: Reduction, Identifiability, and Bayesian Inference
Registration: free
10:00 – 13:00
FWO, Hoek 38
Malachiet room
Leuvenseweg, 38, Brussels
NOV
24
Solvay Colloquium
Prof. Wim Noorduin (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
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Title: From fossils to forensics! Self-organizing complex materials
Abstract and further details
Registration: free
16:00
ULB, Campus Plaine, Quartier Jaune – Building N.O.
5th Floor, Solvay room
BOULEVARD DE LA PLAINE – ACCESS 2, Brussels
DEC
16
Joint lab meeting
TBD
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Speakers and talks: TBD
Registration: contact us
10:00 – 13:00
FWO, Hoek 38
Malachiet room
Leuvenseweg, 38, Brussels
FEB
23
Solvay Colloquium
Prof. Erick Carreira (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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Title: TBA
Abstract and further details (TBA)
Registration: free
16:00
ULB, Campus Plaine, Quartier Jaune – Building N.O.
5th Floor, Solvay room
BOULEVARD DE LA PLAINE – ACCESS 2, Brussels
Past events
2026
OCT
06
Solvay Colloquium
Prof. Marc T. M. Koper (University of Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Title: Electrolyte effects on kinetics of water splitting
Abstract and further details
Registration: free
16:00
ULB, Campus Plaine, Quartier Jaune – Building N.O.
5th Floor, Solvay room
BOULEVARD DE LA PLAINE – ACCESS 2, Brussels
JUN
17
Joint lab meeting
Mognetti Group (ULB) | Gelens Lab (KUL) | BioNamiX Group (UGent)
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Thomas Kolbe: Understanding Influenza A Virus particles detaching from reconstructed cell surfaces
Wannes Van Houdt: Modeling mechanisms of aster positioning and self-organization in large zygotes
Wouter Vervust: Oxygen storage and transport in myelin
10:00 – 13:00
FWO, Hoek 38
Leuvenseweg, 38, Brussels
APR
15
Joint lab meeting
de Buyl Group & Leclercq Lab (VUB, UCLouvain) | Gelens Lab (KUL) | Maes Group (KUL)
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Sebastian Joseph: Bayesian inference and model reduction (in the context of liver disease)
Simen Jacobs: Modeling of temperature effects in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Faezeh Khodabandehlou: Bringing calorimetry (back) to life
10:00 – 13:00
FWO, Hoek 38
Leuvenseweg, 38, Brussels
2025
DEC
01
Solvay Chair in Biology
Prof. Benjamin Simons (University of Cambridge, UK)
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Title: Bringing physics to life
Abstract and further details
Seminars:
Aurore Woller (ULB): Immunity and competition between bacteria in the gut
Nikita Frolov (KUL): Beyond Arrhenius: embracing complexity behind temperature scaling of biological processes
Paul Van Liedekere (UGent): Agent-based modelling for multicellular systems: overview and some examples
Registration: free
11:30 (seminars), 16:00 (lecture)
ULB, Campus Plaine, Quartier Jaune – Building N.O.
5th Floor, Solvay room
BOULEVARD DE LA PLAINE – ACCESS 2, Brussels
SEP
04
Joint lab meeting
Gelens Lab (KUL) | de Buyl Group & Peeters Lab & Vranken Lab & Leclercq Lab (VUB, UCLouvain)
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Nikita Frolov: Modeling temperature scaling of biological processes
Bartosz Prokop: Data-driven model identification in dynamical biological systems
Sebastian Joseph: Modeling the Enterohepatic circulation
Martain Dagnelie: Synthetic biology for 3HP production with E. Coli
10:00 – 13:00
KU Leuven, Kartuizerklooster
Local 02.100
Tervuursevest, 242C, Leuven
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