Job Description

Description

The non-clinical drug safety department is seeking a talented and self-motivated intern to join our Integrative Toxicology group located at our Ridgefield, Connecticut facility. The successful candidate will contribute to building preclinical biomarker excellence and develop new skills and techniques related to immune cell activation biomarker identification.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for ouremployees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop experimental plans/protocols with guidance and execute experiments with minimal supervision.

• Develop and optimize novel human and non-human primate in vitro and ex vivo assays to assess immune function

• Design and perform immune cell isolations and functional assays, cytokine ELISA, RNA isolation and sequencing.

• Work in highly collaborative manner in a multidisciplinary team in a matrix- environment

• Write protocols, methods and provide scientific interpretation of results with guidance.

• Present data at the end of internship in a poster or an oral presentation in the department meeting.

Requirements

• Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing within molecular biology, immunology, cell biology, biochemistry or related field

• Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship

• Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred

• Major or minor in related field of internship

• Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university

• Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university

Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Must have good understanding of basic scientific principles and research practices in the field of immunology and molecular biology.

• Familiarity with RNA isolation techniques, RT-PCR, immunoassay technologies (e.g. ELISA, cytokine assays) and/or RNA-sequencing using Illumina platform is a plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; highly organized and efficient record keeping

• Strong ability to multi-task and willingness to work effectively in a highly collaborative and diverse environment

Compensation Data

This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - $33.00 USD / hr. commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here ( .

Eligibility Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)

Must be 18 years of age or older

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.

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