Simulation of a diffusion limited aggregation process, ``nutrient'' concentration is displayed in blue (light colours indicate a depletion of nutrients)

Simulation of a sponge with an accretive growth process (for example Haliclona oculata)

surface rendering of a CT scan of the coral Madracis mirabilis

Simulated flow density pattern around a 3D image of Madracis mirabilis

Morphological analysis of complex-shaped branching morphologies of the scleractinian coral Madracis mirabilis

Simulated growth of a scleractinian coral

Madracis mirabilis reef in Curacao (photograph Mark Vermeij)

Volume rendering of a CT scan of the coral Madracis mirabilis

Simulated growth and body plan of a branching sponge. The simulated regulatory network produces light blue spots indicating relatively high concentrations of Iroquois marking the future positions of the exhalant pores in the sponge

The sponge Haliclona oculat (Oosterschelde, the Netherlands, Photograph by Mario de Kluijver)

The Computational Biology Group (front row, from left to right: Evangelos Angelou, Carlos Tamulonis, Marcel Goksun, Max Filatov; back row, from left to right: Marten Postma Jordi, Vidal Rodriquez, Yves Fomekong Nanfack, Jaap Kaandorp, Jiangjun Cui)

1 PhD position available at the University of Amsterdam on understanding
and modelling biomineralization within the Marie Curie Initial Training Network
"Biomineralization: understanding of basic mechanisms for the design of novel strategies
in nanobiotechnology (BIOMINTEC)

1 PhD position available at the University of Amsterdam within the project
``Genetic and Cellular Mechanisms for Controlled Growth''. The project
is funded by Honda Research Europe

Postdoc or PhD student in Computational Biology of calcification of scleractinian coral

Postdoc Developmental biology and calcification in embryogenesis of scleractinian corals

Postdoc or PhD Student Computational Biology, visual analysis of Computer Tomography
Scans of scleractinian corals at Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science Amsterdam

6th International Symposium on Networks in Bioinformatics, April 22-23, 2009, Science Park Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dutch Coral Research Symposium, 17 December 2007, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The book ``The algorithmic beauty of seaweeds, sponges and corals'', J.A. Kaandorp & J.E. Kuebler, Springer-Verlag, 2001 see: abstract in pdf format and animations