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Intern, Machine Learning - Yeast Gene Regulation (MS or PhD)

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Calico Life Sciences

Feb 15, 2024

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Data
  • San Francisco

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing a MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or a related technical field
  • Experience working with Python, including deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and/or JAX
  • Knowledge of molecular biology and genetics
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Detail-oriented and organized
  • Strong teamwork and communication skills
  • Self-motivated with a “can-do” attitude
  • Flexible, able to respond quickly to shifting priorities and able to multitask
  • Nice to have:
  • Experience applying deep learning to model biological sequences
  • Prior experience collaborating with biologists

Responsibilities

  • Implement state of the art machine learning models applied to yeast genome and transcriptomics data, ranging from fully self-supervised approaches to methods for efficient transfer learning
  • Apply and extend computational methods related to sequence analysis and genomics
  • Evaluate models trained on large scale genomics data against reference resources
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Calico Life Sciences

We're tackling aging, one of life's greatest mysteries

Science & Healthcare
Industry
201-500
Employees
2013
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Calico is an Alphabet-founded research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies and model systems to increase our understanding of the biology that controls human aging. We will use that knowledge to devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives. Calico’s highly innovative technology labs, its commitment to curiosity-driven discovery science and, with academic and industry partners, its vibrant drug-development pipeline together create an inspiring and exciting place to catalyze and enable medical breakthroughs. Calico is currently seeking exceptional candidates who share our passion for understanding the science of aging and developing therapeutics to address age-related diseases.