Summer Intern - Assay Development

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!

The intern will work alongside experienced personnel to develop assays for the detection of infectious agents in the Laboratory-in-a-tube (Liat) System. The Liat enables healthcare workers to perform rapid molecular diagnostic testing in a point of care setting, closer to patients and with minimal training.

·  Testing new reagent formulations
·  Examining assay performance (e.g., sensitivity, specificity)
·  Testing samples, including clinical samples
·  Analyzing data
·  Presenting data in lab meetings

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 other activities.

Qualifications

·  Must be a current student/recent graduate of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or related program.
·  Experience with nucleic acid purification and PCR would be useful, but not required

Program Requirements:

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Currently enrolled in an accredited college/university during program calendar year 2019

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Completed at least 2 years of college/university to be eligible for the program.

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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

What You Will Learn:

·  Development of assays for a point-of-care system
·  Presentation of work in team meetings
·  Participate in workshops and in a mentor program
·  Describe work in a poster symposium

·  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.