2025 Summer Intern - Biological Research - AI Development

2025 Summer Intern - Biological Research - AI Development

Department Summary

At Genentech Research & Early Development (gRED) we have initiated an exciting journey to bring together and further strengthen our computational talent and capabilities by forming a new, central organization - gRED Computational Sciences (gCS). gCS is on a mission to partner across the organization to realize the potential of data, technology and computational approaches that will revolutionize how targets and therapeutics are discovered and developed, ultimately enabling novel treatments for patients across the world. We stand at the beginning of this exciting journey.

We are looking for a highly motivated ML Research Intern to join our team in the BRAID department (Biology Research | AI Development). Our team is dedicated to developing and applying innovative statistical and ML/AI methodologies to uncover valuable biological and clinical insights by leveraging foundational models in the single-cell and spatial domains.

This internship position is located in South San Francisco, on-site.

The Opportunity

• Develop graph-based and ML approaches over single-cell foundation models to enable down-stream statistical frameworks suitable for a number of possible applications: target identification, integration of GWAS information with single cell data, or identifying shared biological mechanisms across multiple diseases and conditions.

• Apply the aforementioned framework on large scale pre-assembled corpus of single-cell RNA-seq data and propose shared indications for the diseases in the internal proprietary pipeline.

• Work alongside other members of the BRAID department and get exposed to the landscape of cutting-edge clinically-relevant AI problems in single cell genomics space.

Program Highlights

• Intensive 12-weeks, full-time (40 hours per week) paid internship.

• Program start dates are in May/June (Summer).

• A stipend, based on location, will be provided to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.

• Ownership of challenging and impactful business-critical projects.

• Work with some of the most talented people in the biotechnology industry.

Who You Are (Required)

Required Education:

• Must be pursuing a PhD (enrolled student).

Required Majors:

• Computer science, Statistics, Computational Biology, Mathematics, Bioinformatics.

Required Skills:

• Solid foundation in statistics and/or machine learning.

• Proficiency in Python.

• Experience in data analysis of scRNA-seq.

• Interest in early therapeutic discovery and development.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

• Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.

• Experience in R.

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

The expected salary for this position based on the primary location of California is $50 hour. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position also qualifies for paid holiday time off benefits.

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace the increasingly diverse world around us. Genentech prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status and veteran status.