NVP

Dear NVP Members,

Here we announce the 2026 NVP Spring Meeting, which will be organized in collaboration with the Belgian Society for Parasitology and Protistology (BSPP).

Location: University of Antwerp, the stadscampus.

 

Provisional Schedule:

Wednesday, May 20

Start: 17:00

Boehringer Ingelheim Award for Parasitological Research lecture

Networking drinks and (light) food.

Thursday, May 21

Start: 09:00

Full-day scientific program including 2 international key-note speakers, a lunch- poster session, members meeting, best young presenter award.

Closing around 17:00

 

Registration Fee

Only Wednesday the 20th of May - €20

Only Thursday the 21th of May - €45

Both the 20th and the 21th of May - €60

Registration is open till May 10th: https://forms.uantwerpen.be/en/fbd/registration-joint-meeting-bspp-nvp/

 

Call for abstracts

Abstracts should include a title, authors, affiliations and main text with a limit of 250 words. We have a limit of one abstract submission per person.

Abstracts of parasitologist based in the Netherlands and/or members of NVP should be sent to: pthoekstra@lumc.nl . Abstract submission will close April 9th.

 

Young Dutch parasitologists will have the opportunity to apply for a €200 grant from the NVP to cover travel and accommodation expenses.

The eligibility criteria are:

• Master's or PhD student, or (junior) postdoc, based in the Netherlands
• Accepted abstract (oral or poster) as presenting author
• Membership of the NVP in 2026
• Registration and participation in the full programme (20–21 May)

To apply, please send an email to e.a.van_lieshout@lumc.nl (deadline May 10th)

 

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

Warm regards,

 

The Organising Team:

NVP

Pytsje Hoekstra

Maarten Sarink

Lisette van Lieshout

BSPP

Sarah Hendrickx

Sarah Gabriel