Bram Danneels

Bram Danneels is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, actively contributing to the Earth Biogenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor) and the Marma-detox project. His work focuses on developing genomic workflows for structural and functional annotation of newly sequenced genomes, with particular emphasis on marine mammal toxicology and biodiversity genomics.

His research interests center on comparative genomics, chemical defensome analysis, and marine mammal adaptation. Dr. Danneels investigates gene loss events in cetaceans, particularly examining how the absence of key xenobiotic receptors like PXR and CAR has reshaped detoxification pathways in whales and dolphins. His work integrates computational approaches with evolutionary biology to understand how environmental contaminants interact with marine mammal physiology.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong focus on genome assembly, gene annotation, and comparative analysis of detoxification pathways across species. His research spans from Arctic chironomids to marine mammals, demonstrating expertise in both structural and functional genomics across diverse taxonomic groups.

Dr. Danneels is actively involved in the Marma-detox project (funded by the Research Council of Norway, reference 334739), which aims to decode marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches. His work contributes to ELIXIR Norway's efforts in harmonizing computational solutions for life science data processing, particularly for biodiversity datasets.

He collaborates extensively with researchers from the University of Porto, University of Oslo, NTNU, and international institutions, working within the Computation Biology Unit at UiB. His current research involves developing computational pipelines for genome analysis and contributing to the Earth Biogenome Project's mission to sequence all eukaryotic species in Norway.