• Co-Op, Screening Parasitology

    Boehringer Ingelheim (Athens, GA)


    Description

    Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative co-op to join our Parasitology Research department located at our Athens, GA facility. As a co-op, you will participate in development of new assays to benefit parasiticide discovery to address parasite control needs with impacts on animal and human health worldwide. You will join a multidisciplinary team of highly motivated scientists employing diverse approaches to discover and characterize novel parasiticides and elucidate compound mode of action.

     

    As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees

    Duties & Responsibilities

    + Contribute to innovative development of whole organism phenotypic screening, biochemical or cellular approaches applied to the discovery and profile of antiparasitic compounds

    + Contribute to development of image analysis models, including analysis of parasite morphology from phenotypic assays

    + Maintain accurate record of experiments

    Requirements

    + Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.

    + Student must be enrolled at an accredited college or university for the duration of the **internship/co-op** .

    + Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.

    + Major or minor in related field of **internship/co-op** .

    + Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.

    + Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.

    **Eligibility Requirements** :

    + Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

    + Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).

    + Must be 18 years of age or older.

    Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

    + Experimental design

    + Experience with studying nematodes _in vitro_ (parasitic species or _C. elegans_ )

    + Strong interpersonal and communication skills; high value for collaboration

    + Assay development

    + Strong creative problem-solving skills

    + Data analysis using excel, GraphPad prism, or other analysis software

    + Familiarity with the python programming language is also advantageous

     

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.