{"id":2736,"date":"2026-03-11T17:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:05:54","slug":"lighting-up-newcastle-for-the-international-rare-disease-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/2026\/03\/11\/lighting-up-newcastle-for-the-international-rare-disease-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting up Newcastle for the International Rare Disease Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the 28th of February, after our Genetics Matters event, Dr Helen Walker and the Rare Disease NUCoRE team lit up Newcastle iconic buildings (the Civic Centre, the Millennium Bridge and the St Mary&#8217;s Lighthouse) in the International Rare Disease Day colours, to raise awareness of rare diseases and support patients living with rare conditions in our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"2739\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_191730_0_1772308154272_photo-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"2738\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_184850_0_1772308148855_photo-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2737\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/files\/2026\/03\/dji_mimo_20260228_180720_0_1772308147237_photo-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 28th of February, after our Genetics Matters event, Dr Helen Walker and the Rare Disease NUCoRE team lit up Newcastle iconic buildings (the Civic Centre, the Millennium Bridge and the St Mary&#8217;s Lighthouse) in the International Rare Disease Day colours, to raise awareness of rare diseases and support patients living with rare conditions &hellip; 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