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Description

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative student intern to join our Cardiometabolic Disease Research department located at our Ridgefield, Connecticut facility. As a student intern, you will use hydrogel structuration and cellular micropatterning to study novel biology relevant to our therapeutic concepts. You will be responsible for developing this department’s micropatterning toolbox and applying that toolbox to generate novel hypotheses about disease pathomechanisms.

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 several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

+ Complete a research project focused on developing hydrogel structuration and cellular micropatterning techniques for mimicking physiological growth and differentiation conditions of kidney cell types. To perform this duty you will need to:

+ Forecast and adhere to realistic timelines and goals.

+ Understand how your studies support departmental goals.

+ Plan and execute experiments and analyze the resulting data.

+ Good record keeping. Maintain detailed lab notebooks.

+ Produce working protocols for others to continue using after your Co-Op period concludes.

+ Integrate within the cardiometabolic disease research department and identify collaborators who will benefit from your new techniques. Begin collaborations wherein you generate data useful to their projects.

+ Communicate your work in lab, group, and departmental presentations.

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** .

+ 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** .

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

Compensation:

This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - 33.00 USD / hr. commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/careers/benefits-rewards) .

**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

+ Cell culture experience with primary cells and cell lines.

+ Knowledge of micropatterning and hydrogel structuration.

+ Basic knowledge of data analysis

+ Experience in conducting small research projects

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.