In honor of and Rare Disease Day on February 28th, Illumina participated in a global company wide fundraising initiative to support RDSS along with Unique – Understanding Chromosome Disorders in the UK, Global Genes and Rare Voices in Australia.
During the week employees were encouraged to post photographs of themselves and their team members wearing jeans and posting on the internal Illumina social media outlet using the hashtag #jeansforgenes
A total of USD$2,184.44 for RDSS.
We would like to thank Illumina and Unique for supporting RDSS!
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