Science Gurus has been conducting a Cell-Science Summer Internship Program since 2012. The objective of this program is to educate next generation scientists about rational drug design & discovery in the biotechnology.
Program Director:
Jagath Reddy Junutula, PhD cellscience@sciencegurus.org
Sr Vice President, ModMab Therapeutics and Board Chairman at Science Gurus
What will you be learning and doing during the internship?
- Introduction to Biotechnology
- Overview to the drug discovery & development process
- Bioinformatics and its applications
- Cancer (What, Why, How) signaling and pathways
- Cancer therapies - Classification and Mechanisms
- Cancer Immunotherapy, Stem Cell and Nano particle therapies
- Project work that applies various Bioinformatics tools
- Visit to local Biotech company
Duration: 8 weeks during June - July months in every calendar year
Summer Internship program will also have featured guest lectures by experts from Pharma/Biotech companies and will host two unique workshops intended towards career development. Students will have an opportunity to work on the Bioinformatics project for 8-weeks and have to do oral presentations and submit assigned homework assignments and project reports.
Interested applicants can send to above listed e-mail IDs his/her CV along with a letter describing why he/she is interested in this Internship.
Eligibility: Students must complete Junior-year in the High School.