Arbor Biotechnologies
Computational Biology Internship
The Computational Biology team at Arbor Biotechnologies is seeking an intern to contribute their interest and skills toward enhancing our core data and analytical capabilities. As an intern, you will get the opportunity to interface with R&D scientists, handle NGS data at scale, and work with a variety of bioinformatics tools. This internship will provide a broad understanding of a variety of experimental and computational research in therapeutic discovery and development.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with R&D and compute scientists to conceive and develop new approaches and computational solutions to scientific problems.
- Process and/or analyze large-scale experimental datasets to generate insights.
- Develop new ways to access, visualize, and interpret molecular biology data
- Regularly communicate the results, interpretations, and conclusions of your work.
- Follow proper programming and documentation practices.
- Identify and address opportunities to improve processes and workflows.
- Explore more specialized work depending on the intern’s skills and interests.
Preferred Qualifications
- Student pursuing bachelor’s degree.
- Completed relevant coursework in data science, computer science, software engineering, statistics, molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, computation, etc.
- Proficiency in Python, Jupyter, and handling messy data.
- Familiarity with R, version control (git), and data visualization.
- Strong organizational skills; solid written and oral communication with the ability to work well within a team environment.
Our Values:
Our values govern the work we do at Arbor, and we’re hoping that they resonate as strongly with you as they do with us!
· Purposeful Action: Start with The Why
· Bold Resilience: Adopt a Growth Mindset
· Humble Authenticity: Start in the Heart
About Arbor:
At Arbor, we are discovering, developing and making available to all patients the next-generation of genetic medicines. We are disrupting the field through our proprietary discovery engine to develop a portfolio of differentiated genetic editing and delivery capabilities. We have an unencumbered portfolio of multiple CRISPR based genetic modifiers that can be tailored to correct the underlying pathology of each genetic disease. Our pipeline of genetic medicines will focus on bringing cures to all patients with genetic disease.
We seek highly-motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in an innovative company. Working at Arbor offers a unique opportunity that combines the fast pace and growth opportunities of a startup with the intellectual rigor and creativity of academia. Our salaries are competitive, our benefits are generous, and our team is exceptional.
We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but in everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplace is inclusive, positive, and free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs.