Kjell Petersen

Kjell Petersen holds the position of Researcher at the Department of Informatics and the Computational Biology Unit at the University of Bergen. His research focuses on computational biology, bioinformatics, and genomics with applications in cancer biology, epigenetics, and environmental toxicology. He has contributed to the development of national e-infrastructure initiatives like NeLS (Norwegian e-Infrastructure for Life Sciences) and ELIXIR.NO, promoting data management and interoperability in life sciences research.

• PhD in Structural Biology (2002), University of Bergen
• Postdoctoral research in bioinformatics and computational methods

Key research areas include transcriptomics, gene expression analysis, and viral metagenomics. He has published extensively on topics such as immune response characterization in fish, genomic profiling of cancer metastasis, and the integration of omics data across disciplines. Petersen's work bridges computational methods with experimental biology, addressing challenges in data-driven biomedical research.

His articles highlight contributions to understanding cellular responses to environmental toxins, developing bioinformatics tools for variant visualization, and exploring phenotypic differences in brain cancer models. Petersen collaborates widely with institutions across Norway and internationally, contributing to projects like FUGE Bioinformatics and Digital Life Norway, which aim to advance national research infrastructure.