Danny Arends

I have an open BBSRC PhD position in my lab at @northumbriauni.bsky.social to start Oct 2026

This exciting project will focus on the Resistance, resilience, & redundancy in the human gut microbiome

This is part in collaboration with the fantastic @stewartlab.bsky.social

Project details ⤵️

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Dynamic lighting, Shadows, Animations & Bump mapping on Android, Linux, and Windows

github.com/DannyArends/...

#Dlang #Programming #Vulkan #Graphics #FOSS

Genetic Modulation of Lifespan: Dynamic Effects, Sex Differences, and Body Weight Trade-offs The dynamics of lifespan are shaped by DNA variants that exert effects at different ages. We have mapped genetic loci that modulate age-specific mortality using a new actuarial method. We started with...

Finally online 🥳, the largest #QTL study ever done in mice, we use an actuarial approach to map #genetic factors affecting #aging in mice (Vita) and discover that genetics modulates the effect of #bodyweight on #lifespan (Soma).

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Production and Polymerisation of Bio-Based C2-C4 Diols for Industrial Applications. at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The Production and Polymerisation of Bio-Based C2-C4 Diols for Industrial Applications. at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Hi all, I have a fully-funded, four-year PhD studentship opportunity in my group: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... This is Synthetic Biology first and foremost, looking at replacing oil-derived diols, which are really important industrial monomers used in thousands of the objects we use every day.

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Sunshine 🌞 in Newcastle upon Tyne

A rare moment of sunshine in Newcastle upon Tyne

Thanks, a lot of people use tools as a blackbox, just push the data in and use what comes out. I think the underlying mechanisms are the most fascinating part of bioinformatics.

Screenshot of the pathway ORA analysis livestream on https://youtube.com/c/DannyArends

I thought this live-stream would perform a lot better, are people not interested in how pathway ORA works?

youtube.com/live/MJ4A5fmgW…

#Bioinformatics #RStats #Pathways #ORA #GeneOntology #fromScratch

A wordcloud of my (Danny Arends) research abstracts in PubMed

A wordcloud seems like it would fit on BlueSky, by @morinryan.bsky.social using scholargoggler.com

#wordcloud #science #pubmed #introduction #digitalart

Japanese maple 🍁 shedding it's leaves

Autumn 🍁 is here
Winter ❄️ is coming

Holiday decorations on a Palm Tree 🌴

Palm tree 🌴 suitable for all holidays

a cartoon of homer simpson is holding a newspaper that says old man yells at cloud Alt: An image of Abraham Jay "Abe" Simpson II (aka Grandpa Simpson) in a newspaper that reads "old man yells at cloud"

Got myself a #Vanity #Handle

All #Posts / #SkyDrops / #Clouds / #Skeets and 🐈 photos will come from @dannyarends.nl

I hope everyone is still able to see my old #SkyStuff, and I'm not just yelling at clouds in a #BlueSky

Taught my BSc students how to make a population pyramid plot today using base R. It's more of a pyramid of death ☠️, since it shows the number of UM-HET3 mice dying within a 75 day window.

#RStats #EduSky #AcademicSky #Aging #Research #Bioinformatics #DataViz

You're welcome, I thank covid for forcing me to record all of it.

You're welcome

Data analysis using R (2022) - YouTube This 50-hour lecture series is a great resource for any (biology) student who wants to learn how to use R for data analysis and visualization. The course is ...

Learn to code in the R language with 50 hours of online lectures, and assignments. The lecture series is aimed at MSc and PhD level students, and is inspired by my background in bioinformatics.

#Rstats #bioinformatics #education #youtube #coding

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Soft kitty, sleepy kitty, little ball of fur

Such a tough guy

Very fishy

Toebeans

More cat pictures

Working

He's the bestest old grumpy boy

1/2 a Horse

Who lost 1/2 a horse?

#rural #northeast #uk

Danny Arends World-class geneticist, Lecturencer, ESPRIT Fanboy, and Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Northumbria University. I live-stream my lectures (R programming & Bioinformatics) for MSc and PhD stud...

Reached 10,000 subs on YouTube. If you want to learn about bioinformatics and R programming feel free to check out my channel:

youtube.com/c/DannyArends

Oscar & Me

Sleepy kitty

Bleb

Cat Mohawk

Just joined, but it seems like >90% cats. So, let's add one more, introducing Oscar.