Martin Kuiper

Martin Kuiper is a Professor in Systems Biology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He transitioned from industry to academia in 2008, previously working at VIB Institute in Gent, Belgium. His research focuses on integrating biological knowledge using ontologies, semantic web technologies, and logical modeling. The Kuiper lab develops tools like BioGateway and CausalBuilder, and contributes to initiatives such as DrugLogics and GRECO/GREEKC.

Education: M.Sc. (1982) and PhD (1987) in Biology from the University of Groningen, followed by postdoctoral work at Ohio State University and Utrecht University. Career highlights include roles in industry (KeyGene NV, GenScope, Aventis CropScience) before joining academia.

Research interests emphasize knowledge management, bioinformatics tools, and systems biology approaches to drug development and gene regulation. Key projects include modeling drug resistance in colon cancer (COLOSYS) and advancing causal interaction standards (MI2CAST).

Publications span bioinformatics, computational biology, and systems medicine, with contributions to journals like iScience, Nucleic Acids Research, and Bioinformatics. Collaborations involve interdisciplinary teams from medicine and humanities at NTNU.

Lab activities include developing ontologies for gene regulation and drug target identification, with applications in cancer therapy and systems medicine. Active in open science initiatives like the Gene Regulation Knowledge Commons.