Genetwister is an innovative Dutch biotechnology company founded in 1998 specialized in molecular breeding and bioinformatics of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plants. Through our research projects we help our customers improve crop quality to enable more sustainable farming and a more reliable food supply for the future. Our shareholders are five internationally renowned vegetable and ornamental breeding companies we are proud to serve.

 

Team GT 2022

Our innovations

Genotyping array design
Genotyping array design

Genotyping array design

Tailored marker selection allowing for genotyping regardless of species, genome size and ploidy level.

14 Mar. 2021 View project
Long Read Sequencing
Long Read Sequencing

Long Read Sequencing

Using state-of-the-art long read sequencing technologies, Genetwister builds high quality genome assemblies of novel species and obtains long-range genomic information such as haplotypes and structural variants.

14 Mar. 2021 View project
Experimental Design
Experimental Design

Experimental Design

Appropriate experimental design and data analysis of breeding trials are essential. Genetwister offers assistance in the experimental design, taking into account all practical considerations of the breeding program.

1 Mar. 2021 View project
Association analysis
Association analysis

Association analysis

Advanced statistical models are needed to increase the power to discover (new) associations between genetic and phenotypic variation.

1 Mar. 2021 View project
Marker discovery
Marker discovery

Marker discovery

Discovery of markers in all plant species by next-generation sequencing for accelerated plant breeding

28 Feb. 2021 View project
Semantic Web
Semantic Web

Semantic Web

To interconnect different knowledge domains, we use different semantic web technologies.

14 Mar. 2021 View project
Lab automation
Lab automation

Lab automation

With increasing sample numbers comes the need for automating the most valuable and most often applied protocols at Genetwister.

14 Mar. 2021 View project