Internship in Oligonucleotide Synthesis (Basel, 8-12 months) (m/w/d)-1

Internship in Oligonucleotide Synthesis (Basel, 8-12 months) (m/w/d)-1

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

In Roche´s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs. At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines. Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed. This position is located in Preclinical Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (pCMC), a department within the small molecule research organization in pRED Therapeutic Modalities, where we pave, in a diverse, ambitious and innovative environment, the path to bring drug candidates from early research into development.

The Opportunity:

As an Intern in our team your main tasks will include:

• Discovery of new techniques for the synthesis of complex oligonucleotides or peptides.

• Purification and analysis of reactions involving oligonucleotides or peptides with state of the art chromatographic techniques.

• Scale up your findings into processes for the preparation of multi-gram quantities of desired target materials.

Who you are:

• An enthusiastic, motivated and scientifically interested person who enjoys teamwork and has a strong willingness to learn new techniques.

• Preferably a chemistry / biochemistry student with prior lab experience.

• Prior experience with solid phase synthesis, conjugation, purification and analysis of oligonucleotides or peptides is desirable.

• Excellent organizational skills and proactive knowledge sharing.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Please note that this internship isnot suitablefor a thesis.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.