Immunology & Respiratory - Intern

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join the Immunology & Respiratory department located at our Ridgefield, CT facility. As an Intern, you will assist the protein biomarker group in performing cellular and biochemical-based assays on samples obtained from healthy volunteers and patients with inflammatory and/or autoimmune disease for novel biomarker and pathway discovery.

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, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct cellular and biochemical based in vitro assays using primary human cells.
• Perform data analysis in a timely manner.
• Document experiments and maintain electronic notebook.
• Learn how to interpret results and apply insight to help guide further experiments.

Requirements

• Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student 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
• 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:

• Basic understanding of basic cellular biology.
• Experience and background knowledge of ELISA.
• Ability to analyze data generated during experiments.
• Cell isolation methods.
• Knowledge of immune cells is a plus.
• Basic understanding and experience with PCR and TaqMan are a plus.

Compensation Data

This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - $33.00 USD 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