Intern, Super-Resolution Microscopy

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 several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative student intern to join our Cardiovascular-Renal Metabolic Diseases Research department located at our Ridgefield, Connecticut facility. As a student intern, you will use super-resolution microscopy to study novel biology relevant to our therapeutic concepts. You will be responsible for expanding this department’s super-resolution microscopy toolbox in the context of cell, tissue, and extracellular vesicle imaging and applying that toolbox to generate novel hypotheses about disease pathomechanisms.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Complete a research project focused on developing super-resolution microscopy techniques for studying cell-cell and protein-protein interactions, subcellular localization, and live-cell phenotypes of our molecular targets and cell types. To perform this duty, you will need to:
  • Forecast and adhere to realistic timelines and goals.
  • Understand how your studies support departmental goals.
  • Plan and execute experiments and analyze the resulting data.
  • Maintain detailed lab notebooks.
  • Produce working protocols for others to continue using after your internship period concludes.
  • Integrate within the Cardiovascular-Renal Metabolic Diseases Research department and identify collaborators who will benefit from your new techniques. Begin collaborations wherein you generate data useful to their projects.
  • Communicate your work in lab, group, and departmental presentations.

Requirements

• Must be a current graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing
• Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the intern period
• Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred
• Major or minor in a field related to the intern project
Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university

Compensation:

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.

Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

• Cell and molecular biology
• Fluorescence microscopy
• Basic knowledge of data analysis
• Experience in conducting small research projects