Dr Danny Arends

Associate Professor

Department: Applied Sciences

Dr Arends is an Associate Professor in Bioinformatics within the Department of Applied Sciences at Northumbria. He graduated from the University of Groningen with a BSc in Lifescience and Technology, a MSc in Molecular Biology, and a PhD in Bioinformatics in 2014.

Prior to joining Northumbria University, Dr Arends completed his postdoctoral research in Professor Gudrun A. Brockmann her lab at the Humboldt University in Berlin working on development of Bioinformatics tools for the analysis and integration of biological datasets. During the COVID-19 pandemic he live-streamed his lectures (R programming & Bioinformatics) for MSc and PhD students on his YouTube channel.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr Arends develops novel analysis methodologies and creates (open source) software for use in (systems) biology research, such as the addition of Multiple QTL Mapping (MQM) into R/qtl. Furthermore, Dr Arends his interests are in the development of novel computational method to support day to day biological research.

The focus of his research is computational methods in quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis, data visualizations, and integration of big data sets in a useful / comprehensive manner. Open-source software he developed can be found on Github.

Key Publications

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R/qtl: high-throughput multiple QTL mapping, Arends, D., Prins, P., Jansen, R., Broman, K. 1 Oct 2010, In: Bioinformatics
A platform for experimental precision medicine: The extended BXD mouse family, Ashbrook, D., Arends, D., Prins, P., Mulligan, M., Roy, S., Williams, E., Lutz, C., Valenzuela, A., Bohl, C., Ingels, J., McCarty, M., Centeno, A., Hager, R., Auwerx, J., Lu, L., Williams, R. 17 Mar 2021, In: Cell Systems
Transmission distortion and genetic incompatibilities between alleles in a multigenerational mouse advanced intercross line, Arends, D., Kärst, S., Heise, S., Korkuc, P., Hesse, D., Brockmann, G. 4 Jan 2022, In: Genetics

Professional Activity

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Other: YouTube livestream: Setting up a local Large Language Model (LLM) 2023
Invited talk: Genetic modulation of lifespan and post-reproductive longevity in heterogeneous mice 2023
Invited talk: Novel Methods in Quantitative Trait Analysis (QTL) 2022
Visiting an external academic institution: University of Tennessee Health Science Center 2022
Other: YouTube livestream: RNA Sequencing - Read counts, RPKM, Volcano plot, and a Heatmap 2022
Other: YouTube livestream: RNA Sequencing - Building a FASTQ to BAM pipeline 2022
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Northumbria University - Undergraduate Open Day 2022
Other: YouTube livestream: RNA Sequencing - Setup and Prerequisites 2022
Oral presentation: Data analysis using R (2022) 2022
Oral presentation: Bioinformatics for Plant and Animal sciences (2021) 2021

Qualifications

Bioinformatics PhD October 17 2014
Molecular Biology MSc

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