singapore national supercomputing center nscc singapore and the singapore governmentbacked global gene corp ggc recently signed an agreement to bolster the countrys genomicsdriven precision medicine initiativethe colaboration will help ggc deliver the first ever genomic beacon for indian population the company said ggc is a genomics data platform and applications company the nscc supports high performance scientific and engineering computing needs in singapore the countrys precision medicine initiative leverages advanced computing technology to help clinicians determine genetic risk factors and predict the likelihood of developing cardiovascular diseasethe collaboration will allow ggc and nscc to use each others expertise to create the next generation supercomputing infrastructure for genomic precision medicine as a singapore origin company we are delighted to partner with nscc to achieve the ambition of democratising healthcare through genomicsthis partnership represents a strategic collaboration building on our work to deliver ggcindia the first ever genomic beacon for indian population in collaboration with ga4gh said sumit s jamuar chairman ceo of global gene corpwe are delighted to embark on this collaboration with global gene corp a singapore company with support from singapores economic development board while we are already backing initiatives in genomicsdriven precision medicine with high performance computing capabilities we also want to boost projects with wider aspirations executive director of singapores nscc tin wee tan said