Bioinformatics Intern (Masters/PhD)
When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do important work. You'll have the opportunity to grow and learn in a culture that empowers your development. We have created an inclusive, global environment that values the power of diverse talent, backgrounds, and experiences to drive speed, productivity, innovation, and growth.
Our internship program will give you a chance to get real-world business experience and build your network before graduation. We are seeking an energetic, responsible intern to join our growing organization. In this position, you will be expected to learn the ins-and-outs of our daily routines and procedures. You will learn how our organization operates and will gain valuable insight that can further your interest in your chosen career field.
Summary:
We are seeking a creative and motivated bioinformatics scientist to join the bioinformatics team at Thermo Fisher Scientific to participate in the development of new products and evaluation of new technologies with a focus on Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine applications using high-density DNA oligonucleotide microarrays.
The position is paid, 40 hours/week, starting in May or June and running through July or August.
Responsibilities
- To test and optimize new microarray genotyping algorithms
- To automate, support and contribute to the development of novel analysis methods and other R&D activities
- Microarray data analysis and development of QC test methods for our pharmacogenomics array
- Help in developing tools and analysis pipelines advancing the state of art sample, reagent and array quality-control checks, through application of statistical modeling and/or machine learning techniques on microarray signal intensities.
- The project will involve both statistical and related data analysis programming tasks.
- The intern will support bioinformatics analysis of datasets from internal R&D labs as well as customers.
- Develop code for data analysis for internal use.
Required Experience
- Currently enrolled in M.S. or Ph.D. program
- Must be pursuing a degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, or a related field
- Experience with statistics and statistical programming (e.g. R or MatLab, or SAS)
- Experience with the UNIX/Linux environment
Desired Experience (not required, but any of these is a big plus)
- Experience in bioinformatics and microarray analysis
- Experience with scripting and/or programming (Perl, Python, C++, Java, etc.)
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 70,000 extraordinary colleagues has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission-enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Apply today
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