Organising committee
The Optical Biology Conference is organised each year by PhD students from the Optical Biology programme (UCL) together with a local host institute. For 2026 the host institute is the Kavli Institute (NTNU) in Trondheim.
Serkan Shentyurk
serkan.shentyurk.24@ucl.ac.uk
UCL organiser
Michael Schellenberger
michael.schellenberger@ntnu.no
NTNU & Kavli organiser
Mihaela Gerova
mihaeladimitrova.gerova@kuleuven.be
VIB organiser
General enquiries
For questions about attendance, speaker invitations or to discuss sponsorship options, please contact the organising committee.
For sponsors: please see our For Sponsors page or email the same address to request the Sponsorship Information Pack.
Press & media
For press enquiries (images, speaker bios or interviews) please contact the organising committee and indicate “press” in your subject line.