Job Description
Summary
The Summer Research Intern will receive hands-on training in biomedical neuroscience and genetics, with experience in qPCR, immunofluorescent neuronal staining, Western blotting, and data analysis. The intern will apply these techniques to study Alzheimer’s disease–related genetic networks.
Additional training includes literature searches, primer design, gene and mRNA analysis, scientific figure preparation, and lab notebook maintenance. The intern will participate in wet-lab activities, shadow human iPSC differentiation, assist with neuronal cell culture, and analyze experimental data.
To build scientific communication skills, the intern will present one journal club and deliver a final PowerPoint presentation summarizing their summer research findings.
Job Purpose
Provides temporary administrative or laboratory support to a department while gaining practical work experience.
Job Duties
- Performs entry level administrative or laboratory duties.
- May observe tasks related to field of study or career interest.
- May assists with special projects/programs.
Minimum Qualifications
Must be enrolled in high school, trade/vocational school or higher education institution.
Preferred Qualifications
- For this internship, applicants are preferred to major in Neuroscience, Genetic, or Biological Science disciplines, or on the pre-med track. It is preferred, but not required that interns have previous lab research experience either from their college courses or from independent lab experience. Interns should have previously taken basic biology courses (biology, chemistry, cell and molecular bio etc.) to complement their training experience for their summer research.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
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