Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Intern

Neurocrine Biosciences • San Diego, CA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) is offering the opportunity to gain bioinformatics and computational biology experience in the world of biotechnology and pharmaceutical drug development. Our intern program offers exposure to the application of computational biology to drug discovery in the Data Science, Biology and Neuroimmunology groups to help guide decision making in early clinical development. The Bioinformatics team has a strong reputation in the industry for development and application of statistical, machine learning and AI tools to complex multidimensional biological datasets to advance drug discovery. The successful candidate will have expertise and an interest in computational biology applications to advance drug discovery.

Requirements

• Pursuing a PhD with an interest in bioinformatics, computational biology, bioengineering, data science, and or computer science or a related technical field
• Expertise with at least one programming language (R, Python, Shell) and knowledgeable of LLM usage
• Strong work ethic, good verbal and written communication skills, and excellent scientific skills are required
• Ability to think creatively and be a team player
• Interest in attending program events (e.g., career development workshops, social gatherings) is required
• Offer flexibility with a willingness to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to commit to a 10-week, full-time (40-hours per week) summer program is required
• Student must be on-site in San Diego, CA for the duration of the internship

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry would be an asset but is not required
• Bring to the Company a skill set complementary to its technology and development of therapeutics
• Familiarity with biopharmaceutical technologies, physical and life sciences, product development, and regulatory approval processes is desirable
• Interest in attending various program events, including social gatherings, career development workshops, and more

Responsibilities

• Supporting a range of activities, including applying cutting edge computational methods for drug discovery insights and biomarker identification in genetic, genomic, multi-omic and proteomic datasets
• The candidate will have the opportunity to design, implement and run computational pipelines and workflows, including data processing, basic modeling, and visualization
• Support biology groups in understanding disease mechanism, main scientific questions and building hypotheses
• Assist with any data science related tasks including quality control, automation and determination of most appropriate algorithms and statistics to use
• Interacting with IT, biology and lead generation teams within the company
• Collaborating with a mentor team of cross-functional team members and the other interns in the class
• Completing a special project and presenting the recommendations to senior management upon completion

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees