Student Internship in Bioinformatics and Exploratory Data Analysis (6 months)

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Student Internship in Bioinformatics and Exploratory Data Analysis (6 months)

At Roche, we believe it's urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients' lives. We are brave in both decision and action, we believe that good business means a better world.

As an intern in the Bioinformatics and Exploratory Data Analysis group (BEDA), located in Basel, you will work in close collaboration with scientists in Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) using state-of-the-art bioinformatics and biostatistics tools and methods. The main focus of this bioinformatics position is the implementation of a pipeline to process and analyse metagenomics/microbiomics data in the context of pharmaceutical research.

During your internship your tasks will include:

·  Evaluate tools and methods for meta-genomics analysis
·  Develope a channel to process meta-genomics data
·  Pursing data management
·  Visualization of meta-genomics data
·  Data mining of public and internal microbiomics data

We are keen to discover talents who are passionate about learning and show great curiosity in discovering new things. At the Roche Headquarter site in Basel/Kaiseraugst, employees from over 90 countries are doing now what our patients need next. We contribute our share towards achieving our mission and to make our vision of personalized healthcare happen. We offer you a multicultural workplace in a modern environment, which at the same time requires you to be open-minded and adaptable. You provide us with examples that prove your ability to cultivate collaborations with different partners. This also means that you continuously contrast your results with others and acknowledge the benefit of teamwork and communications. As an intern you will be a member of the Roche Interns Network that offers you chances to connect, have fun and get to know Basel, in the heart of Europe.

You are an enrolled student in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics or a related field who is looking for a meaningful internship in a professional environment. You are highly self-motivated, passionate about working in a multinational company and you have good programming skills.

Furthermore, you have:

·  Proficiency in working with bioinformatics tools and methods
·  Good knowledge of Python, R or at least one programming language
·  Good communication skills in English
·  Experience in meta-genomics/microbiomics data analysis is beneficial
·  Basic knowledge in biological sciences is a plus

The preferred starting date is May 2018 or upon availability.

Application need to include a CV and a motivation letter. Due to regulations non-EU/EFTA citizens have to provide a certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory as part of the application documents.

Get in touch with the Recruiting Team Switzerland At Roche, 94,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity

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