Summer Intern - Research, Sample Preparation

Job description

·  Job facts

The Summer @ Roche Intern Program has been developed to provide students with a fun yet rewarding summer through hands-on experience and numerous opportunities to network with other interns as well as employees in the organization. Additionally, we help our students meet their career development and educational goals while potentially building a future with the Roche organization. Leveraging the education you received already, we hope to give you an opportunity to grow and develop with us!

Additionally, the selected intern will be asked to participate in various intern activities, which may include workshops with leaders in the organization, our mentor program, and our Poster Symposium among otheractivities.

Project Descriptions and tasks:

·  Optimize workflows and reaction conditions for library preparation protocols, to meet assay and system performance specifications
·  Optimize workflows and reaction conditions for sequencing preparation protocols, to meet assay and system performance specifications
·  Perform hands-on assay development and analysis
·  Perform hands-on sequencing runs on breadboard/prototype instrumentation, and data analysis
·  Integrate sample processing workflows on custom configured automation platforms
·  Characterize assays on the sequencing platform

Qualifications:

·  Majors: molecular biology, biology, cellular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering,
·  Minimum Years of college: 2 years
·  Basic Skills: Good wet lab skills, good pipetting skills, experimental troubleshooting, good attention to detail
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Must have a ≥3.0 GPA

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Minimum availability of 12 weeks (Required start on or before program Welcome Reception and end date on or after Summer End Poster Symposium).

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Previous experience in the job duties listed, either through course work or industry/academia

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Participation in student organizations and/or other leadership experience

Preferred Experience:

·  Laboratory molecular biology techniques; gel analysis, western and southern blots, PCR, qPCR, nucleic acid and protein quantitation
·  Optimization of molecular biology reactions, including nucleic acid isolation, fragmentation, purification, enrichment, and ligation.
·  DNA data analysis, computer databases, statistical software (JMP, Matlab), or computer programming languages (Python, R.)

·  Who we are

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.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.