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Description
Multicellular simulations have become indispensable in understanding complex biological phenomena, from tissue development to disease progression. However, the diversity in simulation methods, ranging from agent-based models to lattice-free models and stochastic particle simulations, poses challenges in terms of reproducibility, modularity, reusability, and integration within multi-scale simulations. The Open VT (Virtual Tissues) project is an engaged international 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.
This minisymposia is part of a pair which aim to present the variety of multicellular simulations being used by the community, along with the efforts to make these simulations replicable and reproducible.
In this part we present the myriad of modelling frameworks and simulation tools available. We present seven simulation frameworks who are part of the Open VT project. We also present the winner of the 2026 OpenVT Reproducible Agent-Based Multicellular Model Competition.
