2026 Fall Intern - Translational Medicine/Oncology

Genentech • Daly City, CA

1d • $50 • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Translational Medicine leads biomarker discovery and development efforts for programs in Early Stage Research through Phase III clinical trials. We use relevant pharmacodynamic biomarkers to evaluate target-engagement and mechanism of action of candidate therapies as well as prognostic biomarkers to guide patient selection. Our department is responsible for developing biomarker strategies, designing and implementing biomarker assays, and interpreting biomarker results. The Translational Medicine department also conducts reverse translation activities to further understand the target biology and mechanism of action of the molecules in the clinic. This internship is in the Oncology department. This internship position is located in South San Francisco, on-site.

Requirements

• Must be pursuing a PhD (enrolled student) or have attained a PhD.
• Majors: Oncology, Immuno-oncology, Computational Biology or Bioinformatics.
• Experience with isolating and handling immune cells, running multicolor flow cytometry, sorting immune cells, running ELISA.
• Experience with unsupervised flow cytometry analysis using computational tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with R, Python or other programming tools is a plus.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.

Responsibilities

• Analyze high dimensional flow cytometry results with unsupervised clustering.
• Analyze biomarker data for early stage programs.
• Conduct experiments that require experience with immune cells isolation, staining and flow cytometry.
• Interpret the results and present the findings.
• Analyze single cell data.

Benefits

• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.
• Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.
• Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.
• paid holiday time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree