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 โค๏ธ and Oscar our ๐ in Newcastle upon Tyne. For my work I develop new methodologies and create (open-source) software for use in (systems) biology research ๐ฌ. I contribute to open-source software development ๐ฅ๏ธ. If you are interested in my work, read my publications ๐, or check out my software contributions on GitHub.
Thanks for taking an interest in my YouTube channel ๐ Support me by giving a like (๐) or subscribing (๐).
Danny Arends
Finally online ๐ฅณ, 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/10.1101/2025.04.27.649857vโฆ
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๐ Get ready for some exciting NEWS ๐งฌ 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! ๐
The upcoming paper, "Genetic Modulation of Lifespan: Dynamic Effects, Sex Differences, and Body Weight Trade-offs" is expected to go on bioRxiv next week. ๐คฉ 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! ๐คฏ 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! ๐ Stay tuned for dates and times! ๐
#Genetics #AgingResearch #QTLmapping #Lifespan #BodyWeight #BioRxiv #Preprint #Science #Research #DataAnalysis #Bioinformatics #LiveStream #UniversityofTennessee #UTHSC #ExcitingResearch #StayTuned
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Exciting new genotype visualization ๐จ!
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 ๐บ๏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
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Created a BlueSky ๐ account. For dataviz using R, Bioinformatics, ๐ photos, upcoming YouTube content, and more. Follow me on bsky.app/profile/dannyarends.nl
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YouTube Bronze ๐
10.000 Subs ๐คฏ
Thank You ๐
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YouTube informed me that today is my channel's birthday ๐ฅณ! A massive thanks to everyone who watches videos, follows the channel, and/or joins the live streams. It has been an amazing year with:
๐ 125.725 Views
โ 14.000 hours watched (580 days of lectures per year ! ๐คฏ)
๐ 4.100 new subscribers.
Thank you all ๐ for your support, this would not have been possible without you !
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๐จ Attention subscribers, followers, and viewers ! ๐จ #ScamAlert ๐จ
Just got notified two different platforms are using my name/lectures to sell fake certificates. The companies behind this scam are TERACOURSES (โช@TeraCoursesโฌ) and IT-SHARKS (โช@itsharks3163โฌ).
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 โชYouTube at: โชโช@DannyArendsโฌ
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
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๐ช๐๐ข๐! ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐!
I'm absolutely blown away to announce that we've officially surpassed ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ views ๐คฏ on YouTube! This is a HUGE milestone, and I couldn't have done it without ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ 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.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐'๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐!
- 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
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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 โฅ๏ธ
#rlang #rstats #exploit #updatenow
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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.
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