Mark your calender: Next annual meeting of the NVMB will be on May 24 and 25 2012. The deadline for submitting your abstract and registration for the meeting is April 27. On site registration after April 27 is possible but with higher costs. Information about the abstract format can be found here. Subscribtion for the meeting can be done here.

Ever imagined what you would look like without the firm matrices produced by a large variety of tissues? Exactly, like a sophisticated jelly fish and this immediately underlines the importance of the Dutch Society for Matrix Biology. The Society for Matrix Biology (in Dutch: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Matrix Biologie, abbreviated as NVMB) aims at promoting scientific research of both fundamental and applied nature into the characteristics and function of the extracellular matrix in health and disease. 

The NVMB unites researchers in the field of matrix biology from a great many Dutch universities and other research institutions. The two-day meeting that is held once a year is an excellent opportunity for establishing and renewing contacts and has a special focus on the PhD students working in matrix biology, offering them to present their work in a friendly, yet knowledgeable and critical environment and to start or expand their network.

Among other activities, the NVMB awards a number of prizes during the meeting, among which the prestigious Pauline van Wachem and van den Hooff awards, and, as custodian of the funds from the Foundation for the Promotion of Connective Tissue Research (“Stichting Bevordering Bindweefselonderzoek”) awards every year the “Bertus Kemp Prize” for the best doctoral thesis defended during the preceding year.

In short, becoming a member of the NVMB has many advantages for both junior and senior researchers in the area of Matrix Biology. See for conditions and contact details elsewhere on the website.

Please visit and join the dicussion forum of the NVMB at LinkedIn.

The NVMB is member of the FMWV (Federatie van Medisch-Wetenschappelijke Verenigingen).