SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illumina, Inc., (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 10:00pm ET/PT the National Geographic Channel will premier their latest episode of Explorer, featuring Leslie Lyons, Ph.D., and her team of scientists at the University of California, Davis as they uncover the genetic history of worldwide domestication of cats. Already, more than 700 of the project’s 2,000 samples have been analyzed using Illumina’s VeraCode technology and BeadXpress® Reader. Dr. Lyons will present her group’s research during an Illumina-hosted webinar on July 9, 2008 at 9:00am PST. To register for this event, please visit www.illumina.com/webinars.