If you want to contribute to the aims of AquaDEB, you might consider to join our platform and contact Marianne Alunno-Bruscia for possibilities.

The 3rd international DEB Symposium will occur in Texel (The Netherlands) from 23 to 25 April 2013. This symposium will be hosted and organized by NIOZ. It will be preceded by a 8-days course on the fundamentals of DEB theory.   

The 2nd international Symposium on Metabolic organisation occured from 13th to 15th April 2011 in Lisbon (Portugal). This conference have been organised by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).

The 1st international Symposium on Metabolic organisation occurred from 19th to 22nd April, 2009, in Brest (France). This conference has been organized jointly by Ifremer, the Department of Theoretical Biology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Universities of Brest, Marseille and Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico), the IRD, the INRA, the NIOZ, the IMARES Wageningen, as all these research teams are involved in research on DEB theory. About 82 participants from 13 different countries (Croatia, Denmark, France, Finland, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America) participated to this symposium.


The 8th and final AquaDEB meeting took place in Crozon in early December 2010 (from 30 Nov. til 3 Dec. 2010). Previous meetings were on 30-31 October 2006, on 25, 26 & 27 April 2007 in Nantes (France); on 17, 18 & 19 December 2007 in Rennes (France) and on 21-23 May 2008, 28-29 October 2008, 5-6 November 2009 and 27-28 April 2010 in Nantes again.

Three PhD graduations for a double French/Dutch doctoral degree occured in December 2007 (France) and in Januray 2008 (The Netherlands; more information on the defense in Amsterdam):
    ** 'Ecophysiological approach of Brown Ring Disease in the Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum: experiments and modelling'   by Jonathan Flye Sainte-Marie
 ** 'Bioenergetic modelling of growth, development and reproduction of a small pelagic fish: the Bay of Biscay anchovy'     by Laure Pecquerie
** 'Bacterial degradation of dissolved organic carbon in the water column - An experimental and modelling approach'  by Marie Eichinger


For some interactive discussions via internet about the DEB theory and its applications, you can join the DEBteam (without fees) and make use of its exchange facilities. Please contact Bas Kooijman.