1. Tjalling Jager Dept. Theoretical Biology

2. Where we are

3. Who we are Permanent staff Temporary staff Bas Kooijman Bob Kooi Jaap van der Meer Tjalling Jager Elke Zimmer + 8 non-local PhD’s

4. What we’re doing Develop coherent theory for energy and mass transduction in biological systems

5. What we’re doing Develop coherent theory for energy and mass transduction in biological systems  Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory

6. What we’re doing Develop coherent theory for energy and mass transduction in biological systems  Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory

7. CREAM projects DEB-1 (VU, Amsterdam, NL) –Population consequences of individual-level mechanisms related through DEB theory –Fellow: Elke Zimmer DEB-2 (INRA, Rennes, F) –Mechanistic modelling of reprotoxic effects of pesticides in populations of Lymnaea stagnalis through DEB theory –Fellow: Alpar Barsi DEB in other CREAM projects –Daphnia-2, Soil-3, Fish-1

8. More information on DEB: http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb on DEBtox: http://www.debtox.info Courses –International DEB Tele Course 2013 Symposia –2nd International DEB Symposium 2013 on Texel (NL)