I'm a postdoctoral researcher working in biodiversity genomics, comparative genomics, and evolutionary biology.

I have two major projects that I'm currently involved in: EBP-Nor and MarmaDetox

The Earth Biogenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor) aims to sequence and provide genomes for all eukaryotic species in Norway. In this project, I am involved in developing workflows for the generation and annotation of genomes of the many species we sampled. More info about EBP-Nor: https://www.ebpnor.org/ 

The MarmaDetox project aims to decode marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches. I am currently working on a comparative analysis of genes involved in chemical defense between different marine mammals and their close relatives. More info about MarmaDetox: https://www4.uib.no/en/research/research-projects/marma-detox

 

Course responsible for BINF201: Introduction to -omics

Previously co-course responsible for BINF301: Genome scale algorithms 

Academic lecture

• Danneels, Bram; Oliveira, Diogo; Ruivo, Raquel et al. (2025). Evolution of the Chemical Defensome in Mammals. (external link)
• Søderstrøm, Sofie; Mukundan, Anya; Zamani, Sara et al. (2025). Marma-detox: Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches. (external link)
• Søderstrøm, Sofie; Blévin, Pierre; Rikardsen, Audun H. et al. (2024). Marma-detox Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches. (external link)
• Søderstrøm, Sofie Karin; Blévin, Pierre; Rikardsen, Audun Håvard et al. (2024). The Marma-detox project ( 2023-2027) “Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches. (external link)
• Oliveira, Diogo; Danneels, Bram; Karlsen, Odd André et al. (2024). Massive gene loss and the making of xenobiotic-induced responses in Cetacea. (external link)

Academic article

• M, Araújo, Cristiano V; G, Bertram, Michael; Daniel, Cerveny, et al. (2025). Extended chemical defensome: emphasizing mechanisms of defense as key research avenues to tackle priority questions in environmental toxicology. (external link)
• Martin, Sarah Louise; Torre, Renato La; Danneels, Bram et al. (2025). Haplotype-resolved chromosome-level genome assemblies of four Diamesa species reveal the genetic basis of cold tolerance and high-altitude adaptations in arctic chironomids. (external link)
• Danneels, Bram; Carlier, Aurélien (2023). Whole-Genome Sequencing of Bacterial Endophytes From Fresh and Preserved Plant Specimens. (external link)
• Danneels, Bram; Blignaut, Monique; Marti, Guillaume et al. (2022). Cyclitol metabolism is a central feature of Burkholderia leaf symbionts. (external link)

Poster

• Oliveira, Diogo; Routti, Heli Anna Irmeli; Bytingsvik, Jenny et al. (2025). POPs in Barents Sea Marine Mammals: Accumulation vs Biotransformation. (external link)
• Danneels, Bram; Oliveira, Diogo; Ruivo, Raquel et al. (2025). Evolution of the Chemical Defensome in Marine Mammals. (external link)
• Danneels, Bram; Ruivo, Raquel; Oliveira, Diogo et al. (2024). Gene set annotation and pseudogene prediction using reference genomes. (external link)
• Ruivo, Raquel; Danneels, Bram; Oliveira, Diogo et al. (2024). Gene loss events shaped the chemical defensome in Cetacea. (external link)
• Danneels, Bram; Goksøyr, Anders (2023). Comparative analysis of the marine mammal defensome. (external link)

Lecture

• Danneels, Bram; Goksøyr, Anders; Jonassen, Inge et al. (2024). Gene loss in the chemical defensome of marine mammals. (external link)
• Danneels, Bram; Goksøyr, Anders; Jonassen, Inge (2023). A genomic approach to decode marine mammal toxicology. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.