contents:

• board
• secretariat
• membership
• activities
• representations
• newsletter

The goal of the Dutch Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering is (article 3 of its constitution): "to promote the Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering in the Netherlands". The society is organizing activities to develop and strengthen the physical and engineering aspects of medical and biological research. The main means are to bring together researchers working in a common area, and to stimulate the scientific discussion and exchange. Precursors of the present Society were the Dutch Foundation for Biophysics (founded 4 March 1933) and the Dutch Society for Biophysics. Since March 2000 the Society has its present name.

The Society covers a wide field of scientific interests. It is divided into 4 'departments', which are further subdivided into 'sections'. In the sections many workgroups participate.

Download here the flyer of the Society (in Dutch, in pdf format).

Board

President:

Dr. Raymond van Ee
Helmholtz Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht
Faculteit Natuur- en Sterrenkunde
Buys Ballot Laboratorium, Fysica van de Mens
Princetonplein 5, room 358
NL-3584 CC Utrecht
Tel. 030-2532829 / 2533985 (secretariaat)
Fax: 030-2522664
E-mail: r.vanee@phys.uu.nl or voorzitter@vvb-bmt.nl
URL: www.phys.uu.nl/~vanee/

Secretary: bestuur

dr. R. Krams
Dept Biomedical Engineering
Thoraxcenter; Erasmusmc
P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam
Tel. +31104087308
Fax +31104089494
e-mail: r.krams@erasmusmc.nl of secretaris@vvb-bmt.nl

Treasurer:

dr. ir. Ton Verbraak

Zwaluwenburg 73
3328 CR Dordrecht

Tel. +31-10-4633158

Email: penningmeester@vvb-bmt.nl or afmverbraak@chello.nl 

Bank account (Postbank) of "Vereniging voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie", Amsterdam: 121373

Board members:

dr. J. Tim Marcus

Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Afdeling Klinische Fysica en Informatica

Postbus 7057

1007 MB Amsterdam

Tel. 020-4440179

Fax: 020-4444147

Email: jt.marcus@vumc.nl 

 

dr. R. Krams
Dept Biomedical Engineering
Thoraxcenter; Erasmusmc
P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam
Tel. +31104087308
Fax +31104089494
e-mail: r.krams@erasmusmc.nl

Secretariat

The adress of the secretariat of the Netherland's Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering is: 

dr. R. Krams
Dept Biomedical Engineering
Thoraxcenter; Erasmusmc
P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam
Tel. +31104087308
Fax +31104089494
e-mail: r.krams@erasmusmc.nl or secretaris@vvb-bmt.nl

Annual reports (all in Dutch):
Secretary's Annual Report 1995
Secretary's Annual Report 1996
Secretary's Annual Report 1997
Secretary's Annual Report 1998
Secretary's Annual Report 1999
Secretary's Annual Report 2000
Secretary's Annual Report 2001

Commission of financial supervision 2001: dr. J.A. Hazelzet (Sophia Hospital R'dam) and ir. W.P.J. Holland (Erasmus University R'dam).

Membership

The annual contribution is: € 18,- (members of the Dutch Society for Physics NNV get € 9,- reduction on the fee of NNV in a combined membership). For PhD students are member at no cost during the first 2 years. This membership is transferred into a regular membership without notice.

The amount of the contribution can be modified by the board and/or the society's Council. The Board can give complete or partial release of contribution in special cases. See article 6.2 of the constitution. Members of the Society receive the Newsletter at no cost..

Registration for membership is through the treasurer, Dr. Ir. A. Verbraak, Dordrecht
fax 084-750 3960, penningmeester@vvb-bmt.nl. Registration can be done through signing and posting the registrationform.

Payment of the contribution is done by check sent by the treasurer. The bank account (PostBank) is: 121373. Use as name the Dutch name: Vereniging voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie, Amsterdam.

Activities

• Scientific meetings The Society organizes many scientific meetings with in the departments and the sections. These meetings form the core business of the Society. This webpage contains the up-to-date calender of events.
• Day of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. Once every two years the Day of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering is organized. This meeting, for all Society members, features parallel sessions for each department in the morning, and a plenary session in the afternoon.
• Prize for the best PhD thesis. The Society has established a bi-annual prize for the best PhD thesis in the field of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering of  € 2250.-. This prize is awarded on the Day of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering in a festive setting. For this prize rules have been established.
• Travel grant. The Society supports partial travel costs for PhD students and postdocs for laboratory visits in favour of their biophysical and/or biomedical engineering research, to a maximum of € 750,- per half year. For this travel grant rules apply. Report of trips made (in Dutch): Piet Lommers, visit to the Meeting of the Biophysical Society in San Francisco, US (23-27 February 2002), combined with a visit to the laboratory of prof. Ronald Vale.
• Financial support. The Society supports and can partly finance the organization of scientific symposia and conferences, typically through the departments and sections.

Representations

The Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering is represented and cooperates with a number of national ans international organizations:

• Commission for Biochemistry and Biophysics (CBB KNAW)
  • prof.dr. J. Greve
• International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) (through the CBB KNAW)
• International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
  • dr.ir. A.F.M. Verbraak
  • prof.dr.ir. C.A. Grimbergen
• European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA)
  • prof.dr. J. Greve

EBSA (European Biophysical Societies Association) is a regional organization of the IUPAB (International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics), IUPAB is a member ('scientific union member') of the ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions), KNAW (Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences) is an 'adhering body' of the IUPAB.

Newsletter of the Netherland's Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering

All members of the Society automatically receive the Email Newsletter, with announcements and messages for the Biophysical and Biomedical Engineering community in the Netherlands. The Newsletter appears approximately twenty times per year. The paper version is since May 2001 no longer distributed.

The "Email Newsletter" are periodical short announcements per email to the members. If you do not receive these, please send your email address to the secretary or treasurer of the Society.

Send your contributions for this member service to Newsletter@vvb-bmt.nl.

Paper Newsletters that have appeared (in Dutch):

Divisions and sections

Boards of departments and sections:

• Division of Organ Physics
  
  
  • Section Heart and Circulation
    • dr. J. T. Marcus (VU)
    • dr. P.L.M. Kerkhof (UU)
      

• Sectie Physics of Breathing
  • dr. L.J.C. Hoofd (secretaris, KUN)

   

• Division of Cellular and Molecular Physics
  • T. Schmidt (chairman, RUL)
  • Prof. dr. A.J.M. Driessen (RUG)
  • dr. R.J.M. Bindels (KUN)
  • dr. M. Kamermans (IOI)
  • dr. P.H.G.M. Willems (KUN)

• Section Molecular Biophysics
  • T. Schmidt (chairman; RUL)
  • dr. C. Otto (secretary, UT)
  • Prof. dr. R. van Grondelle (VU)
• Section Transport en Biomembranes
  • Prof. dr. A.J.M. Driessen (chairman, RUG)
• Section Cellular Biophysics
  • dr. M.B. Rook, (chairman, UU)
  • dr. A.C.G. van Ginneken (secretary, UvA)
• Section Electrophysiology
  • dr. W. Scheenen (chairman, UMCN)
  • dr. B. van Duijn (secretary, UVA)
• Section Vital Cell Imaging
  • P. Willems (chairman., KUN)
  • G.J.A. Ramakers (NIBR)
  • A.M.C. Emons (LUW)

• Division of Neuro Physics
  • dr. P. van Dijk (chairman, AZM)
  • dr. B.W. van Dijk (VU)
  • Prof. dr. C. Erkelens (UU)
  • dr. T.J.T.P van den Berg (UVA)

• Section Auditory System
  • dr. P. van Dijk (chairman, AZM)
  • dr. J. van Opstal (KUN)
  • dr. A.W. Bronkhorst (TNO-TM)
• Section Motor Control
  • Prof. dr. C. Erkelens (chairman, UU)
• Section Ophthalmological Physics
  • dr. T. Berendschot (chairman, UU)
• Section Visual informatics
  • dr. B.W. van Dijk (chairman, VU)
  • dr.ir. B.M. ter Haar Romeny (UU)

   

• Division of Technical Biophysics
  • prof. dr. T. G. van Leeuwen (chairman, AMC)
  • dr. H.J.C.M. Sterenborg (EUR)

• Section Biomedical Engineering
  • prof.dr.ir. H.J.  Busscher (RUG)
  • Prof.dr.ir. J. Dankelman (TUD)
  • Prof.dr. D. Slaaf (TUE/AZM)
  • dr. W.L.C. Rutten (chairman, TUT)
• Section Biomedical Optics
  • Prof. dr. T. van Leeuwen (UVA)
  • dr.ir. W. Steenbergen (TUT)

Every member can indicate with the payment of the annual fee to which section he or she likes to belong, so relevant information can be distributed.

Interesting links for Biophysics and BME on the internet:

• ESEM - the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
• IUPESM - the European Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
• International Biophysical Society Links
• Many teaching resources, courses on line
• NIBI
• BioMedNet
• ARVO

Webmaster: Geert de Vos 
Last updated: October 25 2004.