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Thermo Fisher is seeking a highly motivated summer intern for the Capillary Electrophoresis R&D group. The focus of our group is to provide research tools for genetic analysis for the Life Sciences including reagents, protocols and instruments.

This analytical method development project is for a fast-growing molecular biology application widely used in expression analysis and biopharma QC.

A Day in the Life:

Our R&D summer interns typically work on a self-contained research and development project. The R&D intern is a fully integrated member of our R&D group and participates in all activities, such as research presentations and group meetings. They have their own office desk and bench space in the laboratory. They also have full access to the excellent resources available to employees of a large company like Thermo Fisher Scientific, such as an online R&D library, corporate network and laboratory equipment. As typical for industrial R&D scientists, time on any typical day will be split between the creation of ideas and development of hypothesis, experimental planning, laboratory work, data analysis, lab notebook documentation, review of results and summarizing results in presentations.

At the beginning of the internship the intern will receive detailed guidance from their mentor on the background of the project, assays and technology that will be used, and use of laboratory equipment and suggestions on how the question at hand might be addressed efficiently. Weekly one-on-one meetings with the project mentor offer an opportunity to address general and project-related questions, review progress and plan next steps.

KEYS TO SUCCESS

Education:

• Student currently enrolled in classes leading to an accredited Master's degree in a related engineering, science or life science field.

• Preferred majors: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology or other related engineering/science major.

• Strong desire and motivation to develop a career in research and development.

Experience:

• The successful candidate will have some prior experience in a molecular biology, diagnostic test, genetics, or analytical chemistry laboratory.

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