Pacific NW Research Institute

Mentoring the Next Generation of Scientists

Mentorship is an integral part of science. Each summer, scientists at PNRI mentor college students as part of our eight-week Summer Undergraduate Science Internship Program

Q&A With Dr. Rick McLaughlin on the Implications of Mapping the First Complete Human Genome

PNRI’s Dr. Rick McLaughlin weighs in on the promise of sequencing the first complete genome

The Evolution of Genomes and Grapes

PNRI Scientist Rick McLaughlin, PhD, shares how genomes evolved by stealing pieces of viruses to make new genes and why that matters now. Denise and Brett Isenhower, owners and winemakers at Isenhower Cellars (and both former Pharmacists), discuss clones and the evolution of grapes. Part of the Science and Wine Club, a quarterly conversation series

The McLaughlin Lab Prioritizes Curiosity, Putting Basic Science First

“The kind of science that I like to do is to find a question that’s really motivating, that’s fundamental, that’s fascinating, and chase that question.”

– Rick McLaughlin, PhD

Watch the video from Dr. McLaughlin , the third installment of PNRI’s Science Perspectives video series.

PNRI scientists ask questions, pursue their curiosity, and practice basic, fundamental science. Rick McLaughlin, PhD and his lab

Meet PNRI Scientist: Rick McLaughlin

Rick McLaughlin, PhD spent his childhood observing nature. As an adult, he turned that love of nature into an exciting research career at PNRI

Mentoring the Next Generation of Scientists

Q&A With Dr. Rick McLaughlin on the Implications of Mapping the First Complete Human Genome

The Evolution of Genomes and Grapes

The McLaughlin Lab Prioritizes Curiosity, Putting Basic Science First

“The kind of science that I like to do is to find a question that’s really motivating, that’s fundamental, that’s fascinating, and chase that question.”

– Rick McLaughlin, PhD

Meet PNRI Scientist: Rick McLaughlin

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