Parasiticide Discovery Co-Op

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, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Execute biochemical assays including culturing, lysis, SDS-PAGE, etc.
• Contribute to development of image analysis models, including analysis of parasite morphology from phenotypic assays
• Maintain accurate record of experiments
• Contribute to innovative assay development

Requirements

• Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing
• Student must be enrolled at a 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
• 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
• PAGE for proteins, immunoassays
• 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 advantageous
• Experience working with C. elegans or parasite species is advantageous