Our Mission

The New York Genome Center (NYGC) is an independent, nonprofit academic research institution at the forefront of transforming biomedical research with the mission of advancing critical care.

A collaboration of premier academic, medical and industry leaders in New York and other partners across the globe, the NYGC has as its goal translating genomic research into the development of new treatments, therapies and therapeutics against human disease.

Its member organizations and partners are united in this unprecedented collaboration of technology, science and medicine, designed to harness the power of innovation and discoveries to advance genomic services. Their shared objective is the acceleration of medical genomics and precision medicine to benefit patients around the world.