Description
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Co-Op to join our Immunology & Respiratory Discovery Sciences department located at our Ridgefield, CT facility. As a Co-Op, you will implement your experience to accelerate drug discovery programs towards designing better treatments for patients. Leveraging their hands-on skills, the individual will design and validate assays based on biochemical, functional, and cellular techniques to support Discovery Sciences biology research. The individual will participate in the design and execution of experiments and perform all work in conformance with applicable regulations and in a safe manner. This position requires strong technical proficiency, a strong passion for learning and applying new skills, and the ability to work as part of a team with a collaborative spirit.
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, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheims high regard for our employees.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Design, plan and execute experiments in an independent manner leveraging scientific and technical expertise to achieve defined objectives. Independently initiates and carries out the process for assay development, optimization and validation in a timely manner as required.
- Utilizes various biochemical, molecular, cellular, and functional techniques to develop and validate complex assays using mammalian cells, tissues, and recombinant proteins to interrogate biological pathways of interest and support emerging biological concepts.
- Communicates own work effectively orally and in writing; Contributes to writing protocols, procedures, technical reports, and publications; Collaborate efficiently with other team members.
- Complies with applicable regulations, performing all work in a safe manner while maintaining proper records in accordance with SOPs and policies
Requirements
- Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student (PhD desired) in good academic standing.
- 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 (Pharmacology, Biochemistry, or Cell Biology)
- 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:
- Experience in biochemical assays development, enzymology research methods, and enzyme kinetics and activity characterization studies via techniques including spectroscopy (absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence), and mass- spectroscopy.
- Hands on experience with culturing primary cells and cell lines, and experience processing tissues or samples for cell isolation or other downstream applications
- Demonstrated ability with cell-based assays and molecular biology techniques including, but not limited to, immunoassays (ELISA, western Blots), PCR, qPCR, genetic engineering (transfection, transduction, etc.) and flow cytometry
- Ability to create written scientific reports and protocols; Strong verbal communication skills are required; Reports and treats data with a high level of integrity and ethics.
- Ability to function in multi-disciplinary teams.
Compensation Data
This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - $33.00 USD / hour 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
