The Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) is:
A purpose-built facility for undertaking state-of-the-art clinical-grade genomic sequencing and analysis

The Centre contains two Illumina HiSeq 2500s, that combined are capable of sequencing 175 clinical-grade exomes or 10 clinical-grade whole genomes per week. In January 2014, the Garvan Institute announced its acquisition of the HiSeq X Ten sequencing platform, which will provide KCCG with the most powerful genome sequencing potential in Australia with a capability of sequencing up to 18,000 whole human genomes per year. KCCG is also equipped with ultra-high performance computing that has been tailored for genome informatics. The system, which is housed within the Garvan IT data-centre, comprises a 1400 CPU core cluster, 10 TB of aggregated memory, 1 PB of backed-up storage and a 350 TB parallel file system for very high-speed disk access. All these devices are connected via a 10 Gb Ethernet network.

A collaborative research centre

KCCG undertakes collaborative research projects with scientists at the Garvan Institute as well as external partners, in all areas of medical research. The Centre also undertakes research to improve the interpretation of genomes and genome variants with the overall aim to further the use of genomic information in patient care.