Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we use technology and the power of teamwork to discover new ways to prevent and overcome the world’s most significant healthcare challenges. Our Corporate, Consumer Health, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceutical teams leverage data, real-world insights, and creative minds to make life-changing healthcare products and medicines. We're disrupting outdated healthcare ecosystems and infusing them with transformative ideas to help people thrive throughout every stage of their lives. With a reach of more than a billion people every day, there’s no limit to the impact you can make here. Are you ready to reimagine healthcare?

Here, your career breakthroughs will change the future of health, in all the best ways. And you’ll change, too. You’ll be inspired, and you’ll inspire people across the world to change how they care for themselves and those they love. Join us!

Responsibilities

Johnson & Johnson innovative medicine is recruiting for a Summer Intern/Co-Op – Immunology, located in Spring House, PA. The Immunology Discovery group is focused on discovering novel therapeutics to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The broader group focuses on adaptive immune mechanisms and pathways, and includes members at the Spring House, PA; La Jolla, CA; and Cambridge, MA campuses.

• The Summer Intern/Co-Op in Immunology will actively engage in early discovery efforts to support Janssen’s Immunology discovery strategy.
• This internship will work in large pharmaceutical R&D units. Learn and implement immunological laboratory techniques in cell biology, and molecular biology such as primary T cells culture, immunological functional assays, flow cytometry, CRISPR, siRNA and ELISA.
• This individual will work together with their mentor to design and execute experiments, including primary T cells culture, Treg biology assays, characterizing surface markers and cytokine production by flow cytometry and ELISA.
• The candidate will be responsible for interpret data, troubleshoot issues, and effectively present the findings to the project team and senior colleagues.
• Conduct literature searches and reviews using public online databases.
• Follow all Environmental, Health & Safety laboratory safety standards and maintain company compliance requirements.

Qualifications

In order to be eligible, you must meet the following criteria:

• Legally authorized to work in the US and must not require sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future (ex. H1-B, F-1)
• Currently pursuing a University degree, completing minimum undergraduate sophomore year prior to internship or co-op start date.
• Must be available to work full time.
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Power Point
• Be detail-oriented with excellent organizational, record-keeping and documentation skills.
• Preferred for experience with primary human cells/tissue culture and sterile technique.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Push the boundaries of science to transform health—and your career.

Join us and advance life-changing treatments for people who need them most. At Johnson & Johnson, our focus is on improving global health equity and developing MedTech and pharmaceutical innovations that impact the future of health. Using AI and robotics to transform surgery or helping data scientists and clinicians formulate new ways to diagnose and treat disease, this work may sound like sci-fi, but it’s all science, all real, and could be your career. Whatever your background, skills, or career goals, there’s a place for you to help solve some of the world’s most pressing health challenges with us.

Accelerate your career while changing the world.

Each of our broadly-based family of companies offers an inclusive and empowering culture and employee benefits (like paid time off to volunteer, transgender-inclusive and same-sex partner health insurance coverage, and more) designed to help you live your best life, however you define it. And our best-in-class learning and development approaches, mentorship, and access to innovators across the world will help you grow your skills and reach your career goals. Because when you're at your best, nothing stands between you and your next breakthrough.