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Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., is part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies. Janssen Research and Development, L.L.C., a member of Johnson and Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Summer Neuroscience Intern. This position will be located in San Diego, CA.

We are seeking a summer intern for the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area. The summer intern will advance ongoing in vitro human iPSC-derived neuronal modeling efforts to discover cellular disease phenotypes associated with neuropsychiatric disorders such as Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia. The summer intern will be responsible for planning, conducting, interpreting, and reporting experimental results while interacting with an interdisciplinary team of scientists.

RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• Develop, conduct, and interpret in vitro experiments using human iPSC-derived neurons to investigate neuronal activity and plasticity.

• Use various experimental approaches, including qRT-PCR, RNAScope, immunocytochemistry, and MEA electrophysiology, to generate expression and functional data.

• Provide project updates and experimental findings in oral and written communication.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be enrolled in an accredited college pursuing a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in neuroscience, biology, pharmacology, or related field.

• Students entering their final year of studies (graduation in 2024) preferred.

• Candidates must be available in Summer of 2023 and able to work full-time during the duration of the internship.

• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H1-B status) now or in the future.

• Should be comfortable working independently as well as on a team.

• Candidates need to be proficient with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Additional technical competencies in GraphPad Prism or other statistical software are highly desirable, as is experience with PubMed or other literature databases.

• Excellent organization, communication, presentation skills and scientific/technical writing skills.

• A minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 is strongly preferred.

• Housing will not be offered for this internship.

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