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Social Impact & Volunteering

Illumina’s Singapore Team Fights Cancer
For the second year in a row, Illumina’s Singapore team participated in the annual overnight Relay for Life Charity Run for the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS). Starting in the early evening on April 20, about 40 employees took to the track, and they completed 125 kilometers.

Education

Students and Illumina Employees Come Together for a STEM Boot Camp
Samantha Goldbaum, age 16, runs a STEM club at her charter high school in Chula Vista, California, 7.5 miles from the US-Mexico border. The club, and her school, are both very small, and she finds it difficult to share her interest in science with others in her community.

Health & Healthcare

Expanding Hope to More Families With Rare Diseases in China
This year may be the most impactful yet in the short history of iHope China. In Changsha, Hunan Province, the program’s leaders recently announced plans to deepen its impact by increasing reagent donations and expanding its coverage area.

Education

Inspiring Young Minds: HRH the Princess Royal Helps Illumina Celebrate DNA Day
On April 25, Illumina opened its doors in Granta Park, Cambridge, to celebrate DNA Day. This annual event marks a significant milestone in the history of science: the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the groundbreaking discovery of DNA’s double helix.

Education

Engineering a Cool Career in Biotech—and Volunteering Along the Way
Inside a lab that is off-limits to most employees, Staff Engineer Allie Duchnak coordinates hundreds of details for highly confidential projects. Based at Illumina’s San Diego headquarters, her interdisciplinary team, Advanced Platforms, builds test beds for components.

Education

Giving Students a New Window on Genomic Technologies
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) provides amazing insights into health care, agriculture, food safety, and many other disciplines, making it increasingly essential for students to have access to this technology to enhance their career options.

Health & Healthcare

A Biobank for the Americas and a Genomics Lab Power Precision Health for All
In the early days of the pandemic, personal and professional aspects of Carlos D. Bustamante’s life were converging. His daughter had just fallen ill with a post-infectious condition at a time when he was partnering with a team at Stanford University.

Research, Reports & Publications

What 5000 Ancient Human Genomes Can Reveal About European Health and Heritage
Call it archaeology by other means. Rather than sifting through tons of dirt and carefully cataloguing human artifacts, Eske Willerslev and his colleagues have used Illumina NovaSeq Systems to sequence 5000 ancient human genomes, revealing previously unseen historical nuance.

Health & Healthcare

Aegis Writes a New Chapter on Pathogen Surveillance
Before SARS-CoV-2, Aegis Sciences Corporation was a small, well-established lab with a specific niche. Founded in 1990, the Nashville-based company focused on anti-doping testing and medication compliance.

Education

Yes, It’s Possible: Students Visit Illumina and See Their Potential Careers
Illumina recently hosted 16 San Diego students for an intensive two-week paid summer program, thanks to a partnership with local nonprofit SD2, which gives underrepresented students unique access to STEM education and mentorships.
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