In this interview, Twist chatted with Alexandra “Sasha” Nikolaeva (SN) and Lydia Smith (LS), two researchers studying the coast redwood tree. They are part of a research team at UC Berkeley studying the world’s tallest tree species. Together, they have applied a custom NGS panel and target enrichment reagents from Twist to explore the connection between the redwood genome, niche survival, and climate change.

What do you get when you apply high throughput genomics to plant and animal breeding programs? Healthier animals and improved crop production, thanks to cutting-edge trait mapping technology driven by Next Generation Sequencing. Join us  as Douglas Rhoads, PhD,University Professor of Biological Sciences from the University of Arkansas (UA) and Josh Clevenger, Faculty Investigator from Hudsonalpha explore the use of Low-Coverage WGS to map important traits in chickens and production plants like peanuts aided by Twist’s 96-plex library preparation kit.

Elinor Karlsson & Kate Megquier