High-Throughput Flow Cytometry Internship - Summer 2023
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Position Summary
Leads Discovery & Optimization (LDO) is a diverse group of scientists and engineers, providing critical assay information to therapeutic research centers (TRCs) throughout research and early development (R&ED). We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative intern to join the High-Throughput Flow Cytometry team within LDO. Project objectives include the development of multi-color flow cytometry panels to enable deep immune cell phenotyping.
We invite undergraduates with appropriate training from all backgrounds to apply for this internship in our muti-disciplinary team. You will work in a highly dynamic environment at the center of the R&ED drug discovery engine to apply cutting-edge flow cytometry technologies to drug discovery. You will be assigned a project that integrates with the flow cytometry team’s objectives and core mission to establish high-throughput flow cytometry panels to profile immune cell phenotypes. Importantly, this opportunity will expose you to a broad range of experimental techniques, such as flow cytometry, cell culture, high-dimensional data analysis and advance your technical skills to the next level!
Key Responsibilities
- Execute general mammalian tissue culture for maintaining cell lines.
- Execute cell-staining experiments and perform sample analysis using flow cytometry.
- Analyze flow cytometry data from multi-color flow cytometry experiments. Experience with FlowJo software is a plus.
- Maintain accurate record of experiments and procedures.
- Prepare and present results to team members.
- Perform literature/data review, and/or computational analyses.
Qualifications & Experience
- Junior, Senior, or Sophomore undergraduate enrolled in a full-time university program which includes or approves a 12-week intern experience at BMS, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in technically relevant field, such as Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology etc.
- Hands-on experience with wet lab techniques such as mammalian cell culture, cell staining, and/or imaging are preferred.
- Knowledge or familiarity with flow cytometry is a plus.
- Experience with data analysis is preferred.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and ability to work in a team is required.
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