NRF launches cybersecurity and synthetic biology consortiums to help companies tap new technologies

SINGAPORE (Sept 20): Two new consortiums in cybersecurity and synthetic biology were launched today to spur collaborations between industry players, government agencies and research institutions.

The Singapore Cybersecurity Consortium (SGCC) and the Singapore Consortium for Synthetic Biology (SINERGY) are supported by the National Research Foundation. They will be hosted at the National University of Singapore.

“The idea of a consortium is to [bring together] our researchers who have received funding from us [NRF], and have created a portfolio of IPs and know-how through their research. The intent is to bring the industry [the companies that are interested in these technologies] now to them,” says CEO of NRF, Professor Low Teck Seng, at the opening of the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH).

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