Summer internship on epigenetics without barriers: AI, stem cells, environment and chromatin
Full time39 hrs/week
Neuherberg near Munich
We are Helmholtz Munich. In a rapidly changing world, we discover breakthrough solutions for better health.
Our research is focused within the areas of metabolic health/diabetes, environmental health, molecular targets and therapies, cell programming and repair, bioengineering, and computational health. We particularly excel in the fields of basic research, bioengineering, artificial intelligence, and technological development.
Through this research, we build the foundations for medical innovation. Together with our partners, we seek to accelerate the transfer of our research, so that laboratory ideas can reach society and improve people’s quality of life at the fastest rate possible.
This is what drives us. Why not join us and make a difference?
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT UNDERSTANDING LIFE?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE DAILY LIFE OF A SCIENTIST?
Then come and discover with us a truly interdisciplinary, cross-departmental research adventure during the summer!
New learnings, new experiences, new tools, new knowledge!
We are looking for highly talented and motivated undergraduates or first-year master’s students to join our exciting Summer internship on epigenetics without barriers: AI, stem cells, environment and chromatin.
WE OFFER a 2-months paid program, which will give you the opportunity to learn how to:
• ask scientific questions,
• plan and perform experiments and/or,
• develop and apply computational and machine learning approaches,
• discuss your data with our experts,
• enjoy a dynamic, international environment.
At the end of your stay, you are expected to give a short presentation and get feedback from peers and experts.
During your research stay, you will work alongside leading scientists on cutting-edge projects and participate in all activities of the epigenetics@HMGU research groups, including lab meetings and internal seminars.
- Projects: Explore a wide range of projects, spanning from fundamental epigenetic mechanisms to cutting-edge applications like deep learning and spatial transcriptomics.
- Experience: Immerse yourself in the daily routine of a prestigious research institution, obtaining hands-on experience in wet and dry lab environments.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with world-leading researchers, contributing to ground-breaking projects over an intensive 2-months period.
Read more about the Summer Internship: https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/epigenetics/summer-internship
"It is amazing that a single cell, the zygote, can form a whole organism. Discovering how the DNA and the chromatin organization enable that has been my driver over the years.”
Your tasks
As an intern, you will:
- Conceptualize your own research project in the host lab.
- Learn cutting-edge techniques from some of our experts.
- Be trained and supervised to perform independently wet lab experiments.
- And/or analyze computational data.
- Discuss your results in 1:1 meetings with your matched group leader.
- Present and discuss your data in front of an expert audience.
- Actively participate in lab meetings, retreats, seminars, and group activities.
- Network with a rich and vibrant community of crossdisciplinary researchers and summer students from other programs.
Your profile
To be one of the six accepted interns, you should have:
- A background in biological sciences, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biomedicine, or related discipline, with either some molecular biology or data analysis experience.
- Curiosity and Enthusiasm for Epigenetics and its various research areas (molecular biology, imaging, machine learning and other computational approaches, stem cell biology, and biochemistry).
- Intention to proactively engage in a team-oriented in-depth research work environment.
- Have completed at least two years of university studies and being enroled during the summer internship (masters included).
- Very good academic record.
- Good English language skills.
Since 2005, we hold the TOTAL E-QUALITY award for exemplary action in the sense of an equal-opportunity organizational culture.
Helmholtz Munich is actively committed to diversity and inclusion in practice and is sustainably committed to equality.
The Diversity Charter has set itself the goal of promoting diversity in the world of work. By signing the charter, we commit ourselves to create an appreciative working environment for all employees.
Accommodation is expected to be provided and an individual allowance (450 € per month) will be granted. This internship has a fixed term of 2 months (1st July - 31st August).
We are committed to promoting a culture of diversity and welcome applications from talented people regardless of gender, cultural background, nationality, ethnicity, sexual identity, physical abilities, religion or age. Qualified applicants with physical disabilities will be given preference. If you have obtained a university degree abroad, we will require further documents from you regarding the comparability of your degree. Please request the Statement of Comparability for Foreign Higher Education Qualifications as early as possible.
