Association analysis

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.

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

High-quality reference genome assemblies improve Genomic Selection and breeding

High performance BLAST implementation adapted to run in Spark clusters.

Acceleration and cost reduction in plant breeding with improved genotype/phenotype relations, utilizing linked variants.

CROPaware – A web based software platform for breeding and genomics data management.

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.

At Genetwister, tools are developed using distributed computing models and technologies like Spark and Hadoop.

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

Genetwister investigates new precision phenotyping methods to integrate phenotypic data into genetic models to support breeding