Open Virtual Tissues (OpenVT) is an Open Source Agent-Based Multicellular Modeling and Simulation Community Interested in Model Publication Standards and Reproducibility
The Open Virtual Tissues (OpenVT) initiative leads a community of experts in complex multicellular modeling. We are united by a commitment to open-source solutions and cross-disciplinary collaboration. By advancing reproducible and impactful models, we're setting new standards, moving Virtual Tissue Modeling and Simulation from the lab to the global stage.
OpenVT seeks to build an engaged community of researchers - modelers and software engineers who use and develop open source multicellular modeling frameworks. These frameworks allow virtual experiments (simulations) of cell behaviors within tissues and organs.
Announcing the 2025 Multicell Virtual Tissue Modeling Workshop and Hackathon
Time
Python Bootcamp (optional), July 19, 2025
Basic CC3D Monday July 28-Friday August 1, 2025
Advanced CC3D Monday August 4-Wednesday August 6, 2025
Virtual Tissue Modeling Hackathon Friday August 8-August 10, 2025
Venue
Online; Register for details To apply, CC3D 2025 Class
2025 CompuCell3D Workshop & HackathonNew Open Source Community
Launched in 2024, this initiative brings together top biologists, computer scientists, and virtual tissue modelers to advance multicellular virtual tissue modeling and address real-world problems.
Global Expert Collaboration
We convened 72 expert participants from around the world who are helping collect best practices from industry, researchers, regulatory agencies, and practitioners to understand and support advanced multicellular virtual tissue modeling. Currently we are focusing on horizontal solutions and tools in the areas of model validation, reproducibility, and calibration.
Why Virtual Tissue Modeling?
Those working in the community of Multicellular Modeling or Virtual Tissue Simulation, provide tools that are a new lens through which we can explore and quantify the intricacies of biological systems. These models aim to decipher the dynamics resulting from the interplay of computer science, biochemistry, biology, and physics. A virtual tissue model encompasses cells as active agents, network models within cells, spatial contexts such as diffusible chemical fields, and sometimes non-spatial models, such as pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PBPK) models for whole-body transport.