Long Read Sequencing

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

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

With the increasing demands for DNA molecule size and purity on the newest long read sequencing platforms, comes the need for developing new protocols for DNA isolation from different biological sources in the laboratory at Genetwister.

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

High parallel computing version of a sequence alignment application.

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

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

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

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

Genomic selection (GS) is an alternative to marker-assisted selection, which can accelerate the genetic gain through shorter breeding cycles. Genetwister is implementing new breeding schemes and methods that integrate GS for crop improvement.