Two Paths, One Mentor: How a PNRI Internship Helped Launch Careers in Medicine and Research
Behind every great scientist is someone who opened a door. Meet two former PNRI interns whose careers were shaped by research, mentorship, and discovery.


Behind every great scientist is someone who opened a door. Meet two former PNRI interns whose careers were shaped by research, mentorship, and discovery.

Like hearing a full orchestra instead of a single instrument, the Carvalho Lab’s new platform reveals genetic causes of disease that traditional methods can miss.

From cancer in clams to rare disease genomics, PNRI’s 2025 SURI interns spent the summer tackling big questions through hands-on research.

New research from PNRI’s Carvalho Lab reveals how complex genomic rearrangements like inversions may help solve rare disease cases that defy standard diagnosis.

PNRI welcomes new COO Mark Rieder, PhD, and honors retiring CEO Jack Faris, PhD, marking a new chapter in advancing genetic research.

Listen now to PNRI Science: Rare Disease, Real Progress – our latest podcast series featuring conversations from our 2025 Rare Disease Day Symposium with scientists, advocates, and industry leaders accelerating rare disease research.

Explore the groundbreaking TEDDY Study’s 20 years of research into type 1 diabetes (T1D). Discover how genetics and the environment interact to shape T1D risk and prevention strategies.

Dr. Cláudia Carvalho and her team at PNRI are on a mission to diagnose rare diseases that have long baffled the medical community. With a focus on genetic structural variants, often undetected in standard tests, their work is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in genetics.

Explore how two decades of diabetes research by Dr. Bill Hagopian and Michael Killian at PNRI have paved the way for groundbreaking discoveries in type 1 diabetes prevention.

PNRI Science: Mystery & Discovery goes beyond the jargon to explore the passion and people at the forefront of genetic research. Our host, Jack Faris, PNRI CEO, interviews PNRI’s brilliant scientists to share what excites them about genetic research, what inspired them to become scientists, and those myths about science they would love to bust.…