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SPRINT internships offer a wide variety of opportunities in both emerging and established companies across the life-science industry in Connecticut. Internships available will span across scientific, commercial, finance, and administrative functions and all applicants will be eligible to participate in skill workshops. 

2024 SPRINT Internship Postings

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    Undergraduate

Bioinformatics Student Intern

Bioinformatics Student Intern – Carter Lab

Downstream Process Development Intern (3)

Electrical Engineer Intern

Robotics & Automation Development Intern

Sustainability Student Intern

 

 Undergraduate and Graduate

All Functional Areas

Analytical Development & QC Intern

Biological Drug Substance Process Development Intern (3)

Global Clinical Supply Intern

Human Resources/People Operations Intern

Injectable Drug Product Development Intern (3)

Injectable Drug Product Development Intern II

Machine Learning Student Intern

Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Neuroscience/Platform Biology Intern

Software Engineering Intern

Translational Biology Intern

 

Graduate

Immuno-Oncology Intern

Microscopy Image Analysis Intern

Platform Chemistry Intern

Venture Capital Intern

Undergraduate Student Postings

Bioinformatics Student Intern

The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME

The Computational Sciences (CS) department is seeking an intern this summer. Over 12 to 14 weeks, the intern will work under the direct supervision of a Sr. Computational Scientist collaborating on a research project to identify genomic loci that are related to allele loss (or gain) in the Diversity Outbred mouse.

As an intern, you will analyze ten years of genotype data and search for alleles whose frequency has changed at a rate higher than expected. You will then prioritize candidate genes and structural variants within these regions for biological follow-up. The challenges will be in wrangling large amounts of data, understanding three-dimensional tensors, and writing clean, efficient, well-documented code.

About Your JAX Internship Experience

Join peers selected from educational institutions across the country for a summer of professional growth and career exploration. As a JAX Intern, you will receive a dedicated mentor in your department and connect with your fellow interns through JAX-sponsored activities.

The ideal start date for this position is by June 3, 2024

Key Responsibilities

  • Understand the structure of the Diversity Outbred mouse population, including the contribution of the eight founder strains
  • Develop R scripts to analyze allele frequencies in Diversity Outbred mice
  • Communicate progress regularly with supervisor, show initiative in finding solutions to problems, and actively ask for help when stuck
  • Develop creative and informative graphics to show results

Desired Qualifications

JAX encourages applications from a diverse mix of educational backgrounds and experiences. Preferred qualifications include:

  • Must be enrolled in a college or university program
  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in biology, genetics, bioinformatics, computer science or related field
  • Experience with R
  • Familiarity with genetics
  • Enthusiasm to learn new skills and techniques

Submission of a cover letter and resume are required for this position

The hourly pay rate is $17.00 – $25.00. Hourly rate will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Bioinformatics Student Intern – Carter Lab

The Jackson Laboratory Farmington, CT

Over the course of 8-10 weeks, the Bioinformatics Student Intern will join the Carter Lab efforts to understand the molecular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. The successful candidate will analyze multi-omic data sets in mice and humans to identify the biological processes that drive dementia and determine which mouse models might serve as preclinical platforms for precision approaches to Alzheimer’s treatment.

About Your JAX Internship Experience

Join peers selected from educational institutions across the country for a summer of professional growth and career exploration. As a JAX Intern, you will receive a dedicated mentor in your department and connect with your fellow interns through JAX-sponsored activities.

The ideal start date for this position is June 3, 2024.

Key Responsibilities

  • Machine learning methods to identify key drivers of disease through the integration of molecular and physiological data.
  • Cross-species data analysis to find common disease signatures in big genomics data.
  • Scientific computing to create analysis scripts that operate in high-performance computing environments on large data sets.

Desired Qualifications

JAX encourages applications from a diverse mix of educational backgrounds and experiences. Preferred qualifications include:

  • Must be enrolled in a college or university program
  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, Computer Engineering
  • Familiarity with large genomic data sets
  • Experience in scientific computing
  • Knowledge of statistical modeling
  • Experience in analyzing Alzheimer’s disease data

Submission of a resume and cover letter is required for this position.

The hourly rate is $17.50 – $25.00. Hourly rate will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Downstream Process Development Intern 1

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The development intern is responsible for performing assigned experimental and/or theoretical tasks to support the development of Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. The intern will learn and apply principles of biologics process development in one or more of the following: chromatography, robotics and automation, and high throughput analytical support. The intern will also be responsible for performing literature searches on assigned project, work with cross-functional teams, perform experimentation with guidance, and be able to present on the work performed as a presentation and technical report.

We would prefer for you to have experience with protein purification, Tecan or other robotic pitpetting instruments, experimental design; and basic lab skills (ie: pipetting, weighing components, pH/conductivity measurements).

The successful candidate will be working on BS in biology, chemistry, or engineering are welcome to apply and 0-2 years experience working in relevant laboratory setting. The candidate will have coursework completed in biology, chemistry, engineering, or related field.

Downstream Process Development Intern 2

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The development intern is responsible for performing assigned experimental and/or theoretical tasks to support the development of Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. The intern will learn and apply principles of biologics process development in one or more of the following: chromatography, robotics and automation, and high throughput analytical support. The intern will also be responsible for performing literature searches on assigned project, work with cross-functional teams, perform experimentation with guidance, and be able to present on the work performed as a presentation and technical report.

We would prefer for you to have experience with protein purification, Tecan or other robotic pitpetting instruments, experimental design; and basic lab skills (ie: pipetting, weighing components, pH/conductivity measurements).

The successful candidate will be working on BS in biology, chemistry, or engineering are welcome to apply and 0-2 years experience working in relevant laboratory setting. The candidate will have coursework completed in biology, chemistry, engineering, or related field.

Downstream Process Development Intern 3

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The development intern is responsible for performing assigned experimental and/or theoretical tasks to support the development of Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. The intern will learn and apply principles of biologics process development in one or more of the following: chromatography, robotics and automation, and high throughput analytical support. The intern will also be responsible for performing literature searches on assigned project, work with cross-functional teams, perform experimentation with guidance, and be able to present on the work performed as a presentation and technical report.

We would prefer for you to have experience with protein purification, Tecan or other robotic pitpetting instruments, experimental design; and basic lab skills (ie: pipetting, weighing components, pH/conductivity measurements).

The successful candidate will be working on BS in biology, chemistry, or engineering are welcome to apply and 0-2 years experience working in relevant laboratory setting. The candidate will have coursework completed in biology, chemistry, engineering, or related field.

Electrical Engineering Intern

identifeye HEALTH Inc. Guilford, CT

We’re looking for someone who enjoys hands-on work, who has a strong curiosity about how things function, has a history of taking things apart, likes learning, and does electronic and embedded hardware projects on their own. Areas of contribution include board bring-up and testing, manufacturing automation, quality control and optionally firmware.  Mentorship from senior engineers of many different backgrounds is available to strengthen and expand your skills and introduce you to new challenges.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be to:

  • Assist in maturing existing designs by design verification testing (DVT) and identifying areas for design improvement
  • Assist in the development and execution of system level design Verification and Validation (V&V) testing
  • Review existing designs and evaluate component selection, focusing on reducing common component count and obsolescence
  • Work with our existing schematic capture software to help standardize components and schematics across all parts of our device
  • Assist with everyday engineering lab work

Internship roles are temporary, and will run for approximately 12 weeks. This role is based around a full-time schedule of 40 hours/week. Start and end dates can be flexible. This role must be able to work onsite in our Guilford, CT office. If not local, must be relocated prior to start of the internship.

What We Are Looking For

Baseline Skills, Experiences, & Attributes:

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Experience with reading electrical schematics following a PCB layout
  • Basic knowledge of electronics troubleshooting / repair and using lab equipment such as power supplies and oscilloscopes, etc.
  • Strong desire for practical “hands on” work
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently
  • Excellent communication and engineering documentation skills
  • Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Basic electronics design and hands-on skills (read schematics, solder, use test equipment)
  • Familiarity with Altium, Mentor Graphics, or other schematic/PCB design tools
  • Circuit simulation experience using LTSpice, PSpice or other SPICE software

What We Offer

Anticipated Salary Range: $29/hour to $40/hour. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, operational needs, potential employee qualifications and other considerations permitted by law. 

Robotics & Automation Development Intern

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

Alexion’s Product Development and Clinical Supply (PDCS) organization is seeking a rising college sophomore or junior student working towards a degree in a science or engineering disciplines including, but not limited to, chemistry or biology, computer science, chemical, electric or mechanical engineering, robotics or equivalent discipline for a 12 week, full time, internship during the summer of 2024 with the Synthetic Process Development (SPD) Team.

Successful candidates will work with robotics, automation, and/or associated data to help in the operation and optimization of a variety of orchestrated automation tools. You will present on the problems they are assigned to work on, as well as provide updates and a final presentation demonstrating your approach and what you have learned from working with these tools and technologies.

Sustainability Student Intern

Sustainability Student Intern Bar Harbor, ME

The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is seeking an undergraduate student interested in a dynamic summer internship focused on identifying and implementing organization-wide sustainability solutions. Over 8+ weeks, you’ll have the opportunity to be responsible for completing short-term projects and a longer-term independent project.

As a Sustainability Student Intern in the Facility Services department, you will report to the Sustainability Program Manager to determine the focus of the independent project based on the needs of JAX and your experience and interests, and will work with them to develop specific milestones and expectations to assess your progress throughout the summer.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about sustainability and eager to engage in a wide range of duties, including hands-on activities, program planning, research, and partnering with employees across the organization. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, adaptable, collaborative, and enjoys problem-solving.

About Your JAX Internship Experience

Join peers selected from educational institutions across the country for a summer of professional growth and career exploration. As a JAX Intern you will receive a dedicated mentor in your department and connect with your fellow interns through JAX-sponsored activities.

Key Responsibilities

Assessment and Reporting

  • Conduct hands-on audits or inventories (e.g., waste audits) and generate concise reports outlining findings.

Sustainability Programming

  • Identify, prioritize, and present recommendations to support or enhance sustainability efforts within laboratory operations.
  • Support existing sustainability programs like the JAX community garden and JAX Green Teams.
  • Assist with developing new sustainability initiatives or employee engagement programs. 

Communications and Collaboration

  • Support organization-wide sustainability efforts through written communications, presentations, and direct employee engagement.
  • Host tabling events and other campus activities to engage with the JAX community.
  • Partner with community and municipal organizations as appropriate.
  • Receive and synthesize feedback from various stakeholders.
  • Meet regularly with the sustainability program manager to discuss internship activities, challenges, and goals.

Research and Planning

  • Independently research relevant subjects and case studies to inform program plans, community outreach materials, reports, and proposals.
  • Participate in sustainability planning exercises.

Desired Qualifications

JAX encourages applications from a diverse mix of educational backgrounds and experiences. Preferred qualifications include:

  • Must be enrolled in a college or university program
  • Have an interest or an educational background in sustainability.
  • Experience or commitment to programming that emphasizes sustainability as a broad, interconnected concept and intentionally integrates environmental justice and equity connections.
  • Flexible and can transition quickly to different tasks.
  • Ability to plan and execute tasks to meet deadlines.
  • Strong communication skills with an ability to constructively share and receive feedback.
  • Ability to work independently while also being comfortable collaborating with others.
  • Recognizes sustainability as a broad, holistic concept.
  • Ability to lift/carry up to 40 pounds.
  • Proficient with the Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

The hourly pay rate is $17.50-25.00. Hourly rate will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Undergraduate and Graduate Opportunities

All Functional Areas

Boehringer Ingelheim – Ridgefield, CT & Multiple Locations

Internships are currently being accepted at Boehringer Ingelheim across all functional areas.

Boehringer Ingelheim internships are paid full-time roles within functional areas such as Research, Development, Medical, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, HR, Legal and Operations. Internships typically are over the summer months for 10-12 weeks. Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to apply based on skills and requirements.

All Functional Areas

Yale Ventures – New Haven, CT & Remote

Yale Ventures has several opportunities for college students interested in working as Summer Associates with Yale Ventures. These paid full-time roles are assigned to one of our teams working in functional areas ranging from corporate prospecting, data analysis, communications and writing, market strategy, technology assessment, and project management. Our Summer Associates can also participate in monthly learning opportunities with Yale innovators to help deepen their understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship at Yale Ventures, in New Haven, and across the University.

Qualifications: Strong analytical skills and business acumen. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Passion for commercialization and entrepreneurship. Attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.

Benefits: Access to mentorship from industry experts. Exposure to cutting-edge innovations and technologies. Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the university’s entrepreneurship activities.

Commitment: Each opportunity is full-time (35 hours per week, unless otherwise noted), with work starting early June through mid-August.

Analytical Development and QC Intern

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare DiseaseNew Haven, CT

The Analytical Development intern is responsible for supporting the development and optimization of analytical methods, release and stability testing for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. You will learn and apply skills related to analytical method development and troubleshooting, pertaining to chromatography, by working in collaboration with scientists in the Analytical Development team.

The intern will work with analytical scientists to support the development of analytical methods. Activities may include:

  • Learning and optimzing analytical methods in the lab for characterizing drug CQA such as protein size and charge variants, structure confirmation, as well as excipient analysis to support process development and manufacturing.
  • Participate the operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of analytical instrumentation.
  • Learn UPLC systme setup, data acqusition, processing and reporting in Waters Empower environment.
  • Supporting SOP, study plans, method drafting and development documentations thorughout the lifecycle of Analytical Development.
  • And more!

The successful candidate will have an understanding/coursework in the fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Protein Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences  or Pharmaceutical Sciences, and is actively enrolled in an accredited University for the duration of a intern assignment pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree.

Biological Drug Substance Process Development Intern 1

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare DiseaseNew Haven, CT

The Development intern is responsible for performing assigned experimental tasks to support the development or optimization of upstream or downstream processes for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. The intern will work in collaboration with other scientific staff in Product Development and Clinical Supply functions.

You will be responsible for:

  • Executes experimental studies to develop, optimize, or characterize cell line development, upstream or downstream processes for therapeutic protein candidates under supervision (60-70%)
  • Document study results in notebooks, forms, and technical reports (10-20%)
  • Communicate and present scientific findings in process development groups (10%)

A successful candidate will typically complete most of core courses, or hold a BS degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited university.

Biological Drug Substance Process Development Intern 2

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare DiseaseNew Haven, CT

The Development intern is responsible for performing assigned experimental tasks to support the development or optimization of upstream or downstream processes for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. The intern will work in collaboration with other scientific staff in Product Development and Clinical Supply functions.

You will be responsible for:

  • Executes experimental studies to develop, optimize, or characterize cell line development, upstream or downstream processes for therapeutic protein candidates under supervision (60-70%)
  • Document study results in notebooks, forms, and technical reports (10-20%)
  • Communicate and present scientific findings in process development groups (10%)

A successful candidate will typically complete most of core courses, or hold a BS degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited university.

Biological Drug Substance Process Development Intern 3

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare DiseaseNew Haven, CT

The Development intern is responsible for performing assigned experimental tasks to support the development or optimization of upstream or downstream processes for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. The intern will work in collaboration with other scientific staff in Product Development and Clinical Supply functions.

You will be responsible for:

  • Executes experimental studies to develop, optimize, or characterize cell line development, upstream or downstream processes for therapeutic protein candidates under supervision (60-70%)
  • Document study results in notebooks, forms, and technical reports (10-20%)
  • Communicate and present scientific findings in process development groups (10%)

A successful candidate will typically complete most of core courses, or hold a BS degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline from an accredited university.

Global Clinical Supply Intern

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare DiseaseNew Haven, CT

The Global Clinical Supply Intern is responsible for supporting the Alexion Clinical Supply Management team in developing and understanding supply strategies in order to facilitate conduct of clinical studies.  The intern will have the opportunity to partner with multiple CSM team members, learn the activitites associated with the clinical supply chain, and focus on one or two unique areas of clinical supply that can support a presentation at the end of their internship.

The successful candidate has an understanding/coursework in the fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering, and is actively enrolled in an accredited University for the duration of a co-op assignment pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree.

Human Resources/People Operations Intern

identifeye HEALTH Inc.Guilford, CT

Interns will have the opportunity to contribute to the exciting work happening within identifeye, build long lasting professional relationships with our team and most importantly – have fun!

As a People Ops/HR Intern, you will partner closely with the identifeye HEALTH People Operations team to support our organization as we execute on our mission to democratize healthcare. You will have the opportunity to make a true impact on critical projects within identifeye, while expanding your knowledge and developing the skills necessary to be a successful HR professional. The People Ops/HR Intern will work cross functionally with industry leaders to learn more about how the People Operations function supports team members in being their best and contributing their best work. 

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be to:

  • Support and drive strategic People Ops initiatives related to organizational development, compliance and talent management
  • Conduct research and data analysis to evaluate identifeye’s HR vendors – assessing cost, business need, performance and ROI. Benchmark current vendors against competing services. 
  • Drive enhancement of identifeye’s onboarding and orientation programs 
  • Draft, update and organize HR documentation including but not limited to; job descriptions, company policies, agreements and other compliance documents
  • Support identifeye’s initiatives related to team member engagement and learning and development 
  • Provide support for day-to-day HR activities

Internship roles are temporary, and will run for approximately 12 weeks. This role is based around a full-time schedule of 40 hours/week. Start and end dates can be flexible. 

What We Are Looking For

Baseline Skills, Experiences, & Attributes:

  • Currently pursuing or recently graduated with a degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field
  • Passionate about exploring a career within Human Resources
  • Energetic and enthusiastic, with a people-first mindset
  • Excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, small team environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior work experience or internships within a Human Resources function
  • Passionate about the healthcare industry
  • Familiarity with Google Workspace

What We Offer

Anticipated Salary Range: $23/hour to $35/hour. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, operational needs, potential employee qualifications and other considerations permitted by law. 

Injectable Drug Product Development Intern 1

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The Injectable Drug Product Development Intern is responsible for supporting the development and optimization of formulation, manufacturing processes and /or characterization for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. You will learn and apply skills related to product and process characterization by collaborating with other engineers and scientists in the Injectable Drug Product Development team.

The intern will work with engineers/scientists to support the characterization of biologic products. Activities may include:

  • Developing and executing studies in the lab to characterize proteins or nucleic acid products.
  • Learning variety of analytical techniques (e.g. UPLC, imaged capillary electrophoresis, micro-flow imaging, light obscuration) and biophysical methods (e.g. differential scanning calorimetry, light scattering).
  • And more!

The successful candidate will have an understanding/coursework in the fundamentals of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Pharmaceutical Sciences, and be actively enrolled in an accredited University for the duration of a co-op/internship assignment pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree.

Injectable Drug Product Development Intern 2

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The Injectable Drug Product Development Intern is responsible for supporting the development and optimization of formulation, manufacturing processes and /or characterization for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. You will learn and apply skills related to product and process characterization by collaborating with other engineers and scientists in the Injectable Drug Product Development team.

The intern will work with engineers/scientists to support the characterization of biologic products. Activities may include:

  • Developing and executing studies in the lab to characterize proteins or nucleic acid products.
  • Learning variety of analytical techniques (e.g. UPLC, imaged capillary electrophoresis, micro-flow imaging, light obscuration) and biophysical methods (e.g. differential scanning calorimetry, light scattering).
  • And more!

The successful candidate will have an understanding/coursework in the fundamentals of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Pharmaceutical Sciences, and be actively enrolled in an accredited University for the duration of a co-op/internship assignment pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree.

Injectable Drug Product Development Intern 3

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The Injectable Drug Product Development Intern is responsible for supporting the development and optimization of formulation, manufacturing processes and /or characterization for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. You will learn and apply skills related to product and process characterization by collaborating with other engineers and scientists in the Injectable Drug Product Development team.

The intern will work with engineers/scientists to support the characterization of biologic products. Activities may include:

  • Developing and executing studies in the lab to characterize proteins or nucleic acid products.
  • Learning variety of analytical techniques (e.g. UPLC, imaged capillary electrophoresis, micro-flow imaging, light obscuration) and biophysical methods (e.g. differential scanning calorimetry, light scattering).
  • And more!

The successful candidate will have an understanding/coursework in the fundamentals of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Pharmaceutical Sciences, and be actively enrolled in an accredited University for the duration of a co-op/internship assignment pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree.

Injectable Drug Product Development Intern II

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease New Haven, CT

The Injectable Drug Product Development Intern is responsible for supporting the development and optimization of formulation, manufacturing processes and /or characterization for Alexion’s therapeutic protein candidates. You will learn and apply skills related to product and process characterization by collaborating with other engineers and scientists in the Injectable Drug Product Development team.

The intern will work with engineers/scientists to support the development of biologic products. Activities may include:

  • Developing scripts to enable computation modeling of protein structures and protein-protein interactions.
  • Learning variety of in silico tools (e.g. MOE) and biophysical methods (e.g. differential scanning calorimetry, light scattering).
  • And more!

The successful candidate will have an understanding/coursework in the fundamentals of Computational Biology, Computational Science and Engineering, or Mathematics, and be actively enrolled in an accredited University for the duration of a co-op/internship assignment pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree.

Machine Learning Student Intern

The Jackson Laboratory Farmington, CT & Remote

The ML and Imaging team within the Computational Sciences (CS) department at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is looking for a motivated summer intern interested in spending 10-12 weeks working on graph neural network (GNN) interpretability. Our group has ongoing efforts to develop deep learning methods for integrating multi-omics and cross-species data to enable translational research. The intern will have the opportunity to work under the supervision of computational scientists on the existing effort toward developing and implementing methods for improving GNN explainability.

About Your JAX Internship Experience

Join peers selected from educational institutions across the country for a summer of professional growth and career exploration. As a JAX Intern, you will receive a dedicated mentor in your department and connect with your fellow interns through JAX-sponsored activities.

The ideal start date for this position is by June 3, 2024.

Key Responsibilities

  • Survey the relevant research literature space (deep learning, biomedicine, AD, multi-omics/cross-species data integration, model interpretability, etc.)
  • Implement and experiment with GNNs and GNN explanation methods applied to omics data.
  • Present findings periodically in group meetings
  • Participate in other lab activities (journal clubs/seminars, etc.)

Desired Qualifications

JAX encourages applications from a diverse mix of educational backgrounds and experiences. Preferred qualifications include:

  • Must be enrolled in a college or university program
  • Junior/Senior undergraduate, or graduate student pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or a related field
  • Experience with programming in Python
  • Familiarity with machine learning and deep learning
  • Practical experience with ML modeling
  • Some research experience at the intersection of ML and biomedicine is a plus

Submission of a cover letter is required for this application.

The hourly rate is $17.50 – $25.00. Hourly rate will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Manufacturing Engineering Intern

identifeye HEALTH Inc.Guilford, CT

The Manufacturing Engineering Internship provides an opportunity for individuals to apply engineering principles in a fast-paced new product development environment. We’re looking for someone who enjoys being hands-on, thrives in a small team environment and is excited to contribute to identifeye’s mission.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be to:

  • Develop and document manufacturing procedures and work instructions
  • Assist in the qualification and validation activities related to manufacturing processes
  • Support partnership with our contract manufacturing organization (CMO)
  • Measure and track key metrics to support efficiency and CMO performance
  • General manufacturing engineering tasks

Internship roles are temporary, and will run for approximately 12 weeks. This role is based around a full-time schedule of 40 hours/week. Start and end dates can be flexible. This role must be able to work onsite in our Guilford, CT office. If not local, must be relocated prior to start of the internship.

What We Are Looking For

Baseline Skills, Experiences, & Attributes:

  • Currently pursuing or recently graduated with a degree in Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline
  • Basic knowledge of lean manufacturing principles
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong engineering documentation skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and organization
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite and/or Google Workplace

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience in a manufacturing setting
  • Interest in medical devices

What We Offer

Anticipated Salary Range: $29/hour to $40/hour. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, operational needs, potential employee qualifications and other considerations permitted by law.

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Enrich Biosystems Inc. Branford, CT

This is a 6-12 months internship position to support machine assembly and improvement. The candidate will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the design, assembly, and enhancement of machinery within our organization. This internship is designed to provide you with valuable insights into the practical application of mechanical engineering principles in a real-world manufacturing setting.

The selected candidate must be currently enrolled at a higher education institution as an undergraduate or graduate in mechanical engineering or a related major and must be eligible for full-time hire within two years of the internship’s conclusion.

The company is located in a modern business park in Branford, CT.

Mechanical Engineering Intern

identifeye HEALTH Inc. Guilford, CT

The Mechanical Engineering Internship provides an opportunity for individuals to gain hands-on experience in an R&D setting, while contributing to the exciting engineering work happening at identifeye. We’re looking for someone who enjoys hands-on work, who has a strong curiosity about how things function, has a history of taking things apart, enjoys learning, and has experience with hardware projects. Areas of contribution include mechanical design, prototyping, testing, assembly, and quality control. Mentorship from senior engineers of many different backgrounds is available to strengthen and expand your skills and introduce you to new challenges.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be to:

  • Assist in investigating and developing new medical products and technologies
  • Mechanical subcomponent design, testing and assembly
  • Mechanical jig design, testing and assembly
  • Testing and documentation of production units for V&V
  • Assembly and testing of prototypes
  • Assist with everyday engineering lab work

Internship roles are temporary, and will run for approximately 12 weeks. This role is based around a full-time schedule of 40 hours/week. Start and end dates can be flexible. This role must be able to work onsite in our Guilford, CT office. If not local, must be relocated prior to start of the internship.

What We Are Looking For

Baseline Skills, Experiences, & Attributes:

  • Currently pursuing or recently graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline. Advanced degree is a plus, but not required.
  • Experience with reading mechanical drawings
  • Knowledge of 3D Solidworks or other 3D CAD Software
  • Experience prototyping mechanical and electromechanical assemblies
  • Experience using machining and prototyping tools (lathe, mill, bandsaw, CNC, etc.) and 3D printers
  • Strong desire for practical “hands on” work
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent engineering documentation skills and attention to detail
  • Experience with data collection and analysis
  • Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of FEA for Stress Analysis of mechanical systems
  • Experience with laser cutters
  • Experience with MATLAB, python, or C++

What We Offer

Anticipated Salary Range: $29/hour to $40/hour. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, operational needs, potential employee qualifications and other considerations permitted by law. 

Neuroscience/Platform Biology Intern

Arvinas New Haven, CT

This Neuroscience/Platform Biology Intern will contribute to building our cellular and biochemical mechanism of action toolbox to support our exciting tau PROTAC discovery efforts. The intern will be embedded in the Arvinas Discovery Research team, and will work with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team of biologists, biochemists, and chemists. This position will center on cell biology to support mechanism of action studies for our lead degraders, including multidisciplinary assay development to harness orthogonal biochemical and biological approaches. After training, the individual will work under general guidance and prioritize their time, analyze and communicate experimental data to supervisor and team, and write up experimental procedures for colleagues and their electronic lab notebook. 

This cross-functional position reports to a Research Investigator, Platform Biology and Senior Research Scientist, Neuroscience and will be located at our headquarters in New Haven, CT.

Principal Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Cell culture (cell lines, iPSC-derived neurons, primary neurons); including cell line maintenance, transfection, compound treatment
  • Plate based assays and other molecular biology techniques; e.g. western blot, qPCR
  • Data analysis and interpretation
  • Major areas of training focus will include utilizing published literature to guide assay development and technical optimization, evaluating appropriate controls, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

  • The candidate should be a highly motivated, fast learner, with flexibility and ability to multi-task, as well as a good lab citizen. 
  • A passionate individual who wants to contribute in a quick moving team to implement cutting edge approaches to assess biochemical target interaction, protein: protein interaction, target degradation, and cell health.
  • Prior experience (beyond academic lab classes) in mammalian cell culture and molecular biology required

Education

  • Preference to rising junior / senior in an undergraduate program or master’s student

Graduate Student Postings

Immuno-Oncology Intern

Arvinas – New Haven, CT

This position will be laboratory-based, working directly with a team of scientists within Immuno-Oncology, Biology. The individual will gain first-hand experience in cancer drug discovery by helping to execute and analyze immune cell biology experiments. Within a fast-paced, collaborative environment the individual will be expected to learn quickly in order to meaningfully contribute to the progression of potential cancer therapeutics.

This will be a full-time, on-site position located at our headquarters in New Haven, CT.

Principal Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Training on various assays which will then be performed and analyzed with minimal supervision
  • Learn methods for assessing protein levels in various bioassays from in vitro cultures (western blots [JESS], flow cytometry)
  • Trained to perform immunological cellular functional assays including: cytokine production, cell killing, co-cultures
  • Learn how to assess various assay readouts through different techniques (flow cytometry, Incucyte, MSD, ELISA, microscopy)
  • Learn to analyze and communicate experimental data to team members, write up experimental procedures for colleagues, and provide thorough documentation using an electronic lab notebook
  • Build productive networking relationships
  • Apply excellent organizational and prioritization skills

Qualifications

  • Prior experience with cell culture is required (preferably immune cells such as T cell, NK cells, cell lines, etc.)
  • Prior experience with flow cytometry is a plus
  • Basic understanding of cell and molecular biology and immunology
  • Open to constructive feedback, eager to lean, and freely ask questions
  • Capable of independent work and communicating progress or problems
  • Excellent data handling, attention to detail, and recording skills as well as oral and written communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite

Education 

  • Preference to experienced Masters or Ph.D. level students in immunology, cell biology, or relevant discipline
  • Completed advanced coursework in cell biology and/or immunology

Microscopy Image Analysis Student Intern

The Jackson Laboratory – Bar Harbor, ME & Remote

Are you a graduate student interested in image analysis using deep learning methods? The Computational Sciences department is seeking a student intern who will work under the supervision of a Sr. Scientific Software Engineer to find features in microscope images using deep learning with the goal of identifying parts of the eye. Over 12-14 weeks, the intern will work closely with the computational science and imaging sciences teams to ensure that the project is a success.

About Your JAX Internship Experience

Join peers selected from educational institutions across the country for a summer of professional growth and career exploration. As a JAX Intern, you will receive a dedicated mentor in your department and connect with your fellow interns through JAX-sponsored activities.

The ideal start date for this position is by June 3, 2024.

Key Responsibilities

  • Apply Transfer learning approaches & pre-trained ResNet XX to Histo-Path problems
  • Develop a strategy to apply the probability output of YOLO networks to identify the optical nerve in eyeball sections by:
    • Generating training set based on the CS/MS group’s specifications, ideally within the capabilities of JAX Image Tools software (Slidescropper)
    • Using HPC resource to retrain all weights of the full network
    • Investigating on how exchanging different Resnets improves results
    • Converting the script to use Cuda to classify test samples
    • Investigating running classification on low-power devices, such as RaspberryPi

Desired Qualifications

JAX encourages applications from a diverse mix of educational backgrounds and experiences. Preferred qualifications include:

  • Must be enrolled in a college or university program
  • Pursuing a Master’s degree in computer science, biology, electrical engineering, or related field
  • Experience with Pytorch or other ML framework
  • Experience with programming languages (i.e. Python, Java, Typescript)
  • Interest and familiarity with ML and/or Image Analysis
  • Familiarity with CUDA programming is a plus

The salary range is $17.50 – $25.00. Hourly rate will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Platform Chemistry Intern

Arvinas – New Haven, CT

We are looking for a summer intern to strengthen our VHH nanobody screening process.  This committed internship position will be responsible for developing small to medium scale high throughput VHH nanobody protein expression in E. coli cells and VHH protein purification.

This position reports to the leader of the selection team and will be located at our headquarters in New Haven, CT.

Principal Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Test and develop small to medium scale protein expression and purification protocols by column and/or plate-based purification methods.
  • Carry out expression and purification experiments.
  • Assay to rank order VHH proteins based on EC50.
  • Analyze, interpret, and report experimental results at internal meetings.
  • Maintain detailed records of experiments in electronic lab notebooks in line with company policy.
  • Contribute to conceptions, presentations, publications, and patents.
  • Maintain a knowledge of literature related to areas of research.
  • If there is time left in the internship, the intern may clone peptide or nanobody libraries and/or carry out selection (bio-panning).

 Qualifications

Required skills:

    • Experience in protein expression in E. coli culture
    • Experience with protein characterization and protein purification such as SDS-PAGE, IMAC and/or ion exchange purification
    • Experience in standard molecular biology applications (PCR, cloning).
    • Maintaining safe working environment for self and others
    • Maintaining orderly and timely record of experiments and results in accordance with company policy and legal requirements
  • Preferred skills:
    • Experience with ELISA and/or other protein interaction assays
    • Sanger and/or NGS sequencing
    • Good aseptic technique
  • A successful candidate will have an enabling attitude, be a problem solver, and have a desire to work in a collaborative manner with peers and pan-disciplinary colleagues in a project setting.

 Education

  • Pursuing M.S./PhD in protein engineering, biochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, or a related field

Venture Capital Intern

Connecticut Innovations – New Haven, CT

We are seeking MBA/PhD/MS/MPH students with a strong interest in venture capital with a desire to match her/his academic work with professional work experience. Preference will be given to candidates demonstrating research and/or practical experience, particularly in life sciences and/or healthcare, alignment with our mission and enrolled in a Connecticut college or university or a resident of Connecticut. Responsibilities may include:

  • Data collection and analysis of portfolio activity
  • Data collection on Life Science and Healthcare industries, markets, and product/company competitive landscapes etc.
  • Research and document preparation for internal and external stakeholder meetings
  • Assistance with investment monitoring activities such as financial analysis, market research, etc.
  • Participation in lead generation, business development activities
  • Sourcing potential investments though online research and in person visits
  • Assistance with initial assessments of business plans in relation to Connecticut Innovations (CI) investment criteria
  • Assistance with “due diligence” activities to obtain and analyze pertinent information relative to the management, market, technology, products, competitors, financial history and projections, and business strategy and plan
  • Cash flow modeling for individual projects, programs, or investments
  • Assistance in preparing analyses and presentations to the CI Investment Committee

Skills & Competencies

  • High personal passion for a fast-developing innovation ecosystem
  • Detailed, action-oriented person who takes initiative to follow-up on items
  • Project management and organization skills to solicit and follow up on meetings
  • Communicate comfortably with a wide range of stakeholders
  • Ability to synthesize data into a compelling story
  • A seeker and learner mentality and someone that likes to laugh

This is a paid full-time internship located at the CI office in New Haven, CT.

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