Intern diary – Apoorva on annotating the genome of an ash tree

by | May 7, 2025 | Blog | 0 comments

ash twig with green leaves

Apoorva spent her six month internship working with researchers at RBG, Kew as part of the ash pangenome project. She was annotating a reference genome from an individual tree that seemed to be less susceptible to the devastating fungal tree disease ash dieback.

You can find out more about Apoorva’s experience in her intern diary here, and watch her give a talk on her research here.