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 students on YouTube. I create educational streams about my work on genetics and multi-omics analysis using amongst others DNA and RNA sequencing techniques. Occasionally, you can find me playing games on my Twitch.tv channel.

I live together with my girlfriend Anna โค๏ธ and Oscar our ๐Ÿˆ in Newcastle upon Tyne. For my work I develop new methodologies and create (open-source) software for use in (systems) biology research ๐Ÿ”ฌ. I contribute to open-source software development ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ. If you are interested in my work, read my publications ๐Ÿ“, or check out my software contributions on GitHub.

Thanks for taking an interest in my YouTube channel ๐Ÿ˜„ Support me by giving a like (๐Ÿ‘) or subscribing (๐Ÿ””).


Danny Arends

Finally online ๐Ÿฅณ, 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).

See the paper at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.27.649857vโ€ฆ

20 hours ago | [YT] | 9

Danny Arends

๐Ÿš€ Get ready for some exciting NEWS ๐Ÿงฌ I've been working with the brilliant Prof Rob W. Williams from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and our preprint is ALMOST HERE! ๐ŸŽ‰

The upcoming paper, "Genetic Modulation of Lifespan: Dynamic Effects, Sex Differences, and Body Weight Trade-offs" is expected to go on bioRxiv next week. ๐Ÿคฉ Get ready for a deep dive into aging genetics โ€“ I'll share the link the second it's up!

We're introducing a game-changing concept: Actuarial QTL mapping! ๐Ÿคฏ Plus, we've developed a cool new way to map genetic regions influencing the correlation between lifespan and body weight, inspired by my PhD work.

I'll be hosting a couple of livestreams once the preprint is on bioRxiv to walk you through Actuarial QTL analysis, correlation mapping, and how we created awesome visualizations! ๐Ÿ“Š Stay tuned for dates and times! ๐Ÿ˜‰

#Genetics #AgingResearch #QTLmapping #Lifespan #BodyWeight #BioRxiv #Preprint #Science #Research #DataAnalysis #Bioinformatics #LiveStream #UniversityofTennessee #UTHSC #ExcitingResearch #StayTuned

1 week ago | [YT] | 36

Danny Arends

Exciting new genotype visualization ๐ŸŽจ!

Today I developed a method to visualize amplicon genotypes (reference vs. alternative alleles), with a unique twist: the alternative allele color reflects its collection site ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ. For comparison, I've included the original visualization using a uniform light-blue for all alternative alleles.

Let me know what you think in the comments.

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DataVisualization #ScientificCommunication

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 25

Danny Arends

Created a BlueSky ๐Ÿ’™ account. For dataviz using R, Bioinformatics, ๐Ÿˆ photos, upcoming YouTube content, and more. Follow me on bsky.app/profile/dannyarends.nl

5 months ago | [YT] | 26

Danny Arends

YouTube Bronze ๐Ÿ†
10.000 Subs ๐Ÿคฏ
Thank You ๐Ÿ™

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 15

Danny Arends

YouTube informed me that today is my channel's birthday ๐Ÿฅณ! A massive thanks to everyone who watches videos, follows the channel, and/or joins the live streams. It has been an amazing year with:

๐Ÿ‘€ 125.725 Views
โŒ› 14.000 hours watched (580 days of lectures per year ! ๐Ÿคฏ)
๐Ÿ”” 4.100 new subscribers.

Thank you all ๐Ÿ™ for your support, this would not have been possible without you !

6 months ago | [YT] | 38

Danny Arends

๐Ÿšจ Attention subscribers, followers, and viewers ! ๐Ÿšจ #ScamAlert ๐Ÿšจ

Just got notified two different platforms are using my name/lectures to sell fake certificates. The companies behind this scam are TERACOURSES (โ€ช@TeraCoursesโ€ฌ) and IT-SHARKS (โ€ช@itsharks3163โ€ฌ).

I am not affiliated with them in any way, and I am not (and will never) sell course certificates. My lectures are available for free on โ€ชYouTube at: โ€ชโ€ช@DannyArendsโ€ฌ

Please do not pay for any courses or certificates that are associated with my name. All of my content is available on YouTube for free. If you have already been scammed, please report it to the authorities.

Please like and share so that we can prevent others from becoming victims.

#ReportTheScam #ScamAlert #FakeCertificate #FreeEducation #YouTubeEducation

Ps. Enjoy the photo of Oscar sticking out his tongue to scammers

7 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 23

Danny Arends

๐—ช๐—›๐—ข๐—”! ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€!

I'm absolutely blown away to announce that we've officially surpassed ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ views ๐Ÿคฏ on YouTube! This is a HUGE milestone, and I couldn't have done it without ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ incredible support.

Thank you to each and every one of you who has watched, subscribed, commented, and shared my videos. Your engagement means the world to me.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—œ'๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚!

- What's your favourite video so far?
- What kind of content would you like to see more of?
- Got any burning questions you'd like answered in a future video?

Leave a comment below and let's chat!

Here's to many more views and an amazing community!

#YouTubeMilestone #ThankYou #Grateful #CreatorsCommunity

10 months ago | [YT] | 23

Danny Arends

R-bitrary Code Execution: an R deserialization exploit was recently discovered, which can be triggered by R packages (on loading) and RDS files.

Please take a moment to update R to the latest version. The exploit is patched in R4.4.0, all older versions are vulnerable.

For a more indepth detail/explanation of how the exploit works see: hiddenlayer.com/research/r-bitrary-code-execution

NIST link: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27322

Stay safe โ™ฅ๏ธ

#rlang #rstats #exploit #updatenow

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 6

Danny Arends

I have made some updates to the RNA-Seq lecture code based on your feedback.

Due to updates to STAR and PICARD tools, two additional steps (git checkout) are required to get the versions used in the video. I have updated the "0_installSoftware" script to make sure the correct versions are used.

Please let me know if this fixes the issues you were encountering, and of course if you get stuck on any additional steps feel free to reach out to me.

1 year ago | [YT] | 9