Genome Institute, Fluidigm Set Up Asia's First Single-Cell Genomics Research Centre

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- The Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Fluidigm Corporation have announced the setting up of the first research centre in Asia, exclusively to accelerate understanding of how individual cells work and how diagnosis and treatment might be enhanced through insight derived from single cells. The GIS-Fluidigm Single-Cell ‘Omics Center (SCOC) is expected to act as a focal point for collaborative efforts among single-cell genomic researchers across the region. The SCOC will be a visionary academic-industry partnership designed to provide integrated analytics for single-cell genomic applications to the region’s researchers. This inter-disciplinary centre will bring together, molecular and cell biologists, and provide them with genomics and genotypic data for their assessment of biological pathways, disease mechanisms and the characterisation of healthy and diseased tissues. It will provide single-cell analytics across a diverse collection of stakeholders such as drug discovery firms, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academia and clinics. The SCOC is targeted to provide single-cell infrastructure across Singapore and Asia that will engage various disciplines in an adaptive multi-source platform. -- BERNAMA