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Summer 2024 - Informatics and Predictive Science Bioinformatics Internship

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Bristol Myers Squibb

Nov 1, 2023

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Science
    Software Engineering
  • San Francisco

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a graduate program in Computer Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences or a similar field
  • Fluency with Linux, Docker , GitHub, and Cloud computing (preferably AWS)
  • Experience with standard NGS sequencing technologies, tools and databases used for processing of NGS data (e.g., BWA, Samtools, GATK, NCBI, Bismark, etc)
  • Good programming skills using scripting languages (e.g., Python, R/Bioconductor) and notebooks (e.g., R markdown, Jupyter notebook) would be a plus.
  • Experience with DNA methylation, public resources of DNA methylation datasets and associated R packages is a plus.
  • Experience with machine learning packages (e.g., Random Forest, linear models etc) is a plus.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Must be able to work full-time for the program duration.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the design and implementation of methods for data mining and data analysis to facilitate the interpretation of methylation signatures across tissues and cfDNA.
  • Evaluate performance of difference approaches to detect methylation signatures and build classification models.
  • Provide written documentation and specifications for developed methods and workflows.
  • Expect to present to larger audiences and meetings at the completion of the internship.
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Bristol Myers Squibb

Manufacturing & Electronics
Industry
10,001+
Employees

Mission & Purpose

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science. That work inspires some of the most interesting, meaningful, and life-changing careers you’ll experience. Join us and pursue innovative ideas alongside some of the brightest minds in biopharma, collaborating with a team rich in diversity of experiences, and perspectives. We have built a sustainable pipeline of potential therapies and are leveraging translational medicine and data analytics to understand how we can deliver the right medicine to the right patient, at the right time, to achieve the best outcome. Whether in a scientific, business or supporting function, a career at BMS means you’ll be inspired every day to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope. Here, you’ll be on the cutting edge of powerful innovation in oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis, with colleagues united in the mission to help patients. Through the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, we also promote health equity and seek to improve health outcomes of populations disproportionately affected by serious diseases and conditions. Our mission is to give new hope to help patients prevail over serious disease – it drives everything we do.