Singer Instruments - Intern

Singer Lab, Minehead, Somerset

Closing Date 31 January 2025

PIPs Intern

Singer Instruments designs robots that empower scientists in laboratories in over 60 countries to accelerate their research efforts on global challenges such as cures for cancer and solutions for renewable energies.

We’re looking for PIPs interns.

Located in Exmoor on the UK's South West coast, Singer offers world class culture. An engaged team makes great products!

General:

You don’t need any background knowledge for these roles, just a willingness to learn. Both our R&D Manager and Senior Scientist completed their PIPs internships here and came back to work full-time after finishing their PhDs… so we know just how rewarding a placement with us can be! Working with you, we will develop your project to suit you and deliver real business value whilst also ensuring you get exposure to the experiences that matter to you. The project you end up working on and people you collaborate with will vary greatly depending on our own department priorities, which can change very rapidly. Due to the short-term nature of our projects, we often won’t be able to confirm exactly what you’ll be working on until only a few weeks before you’re due to arrive.

Examples of previous projects include:

• Encoding an automated analysis report generation program to test our latest feature.
• Proof of Concept experiments for high-throughput UV mutagenesis on the ROTOR+
• Market Research and product testing of our new Liquid Handler
• Design and testing of the user interface for our PIXL Zone of Inhibition beta feature.

For further information on Singer Instruments, the variety of roles, please see the following flyer Singer Instruments - PIPs intern.pdf

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Apply to work with us on our website at: https://www.singerinstruments.com/jobs/

Open Innovation Associate Project Leader Placement Opportunity

TBC

Closing Date 31 January 2025

Open Innovation Associate Project Leader Placement Opportunity

yet2 is a global open innovation and technology scouting services company with offices in the US, Europe (Liverpool and Nottingham) and Asia and works across a range of company sizes and engages with: Global 1000, Small/Medium Enterprises, Venture Capitalists, Incubators, Accelerators, Research Institutions and Technology Brokers. We work across all disciplines but have a strong client base in consumer healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical devices, and agricultural technology – see our Active Projects page for an overview of the variety of work we cover.

Description:

yet2 is seeking a placement student to assist technology acquisition and commercialization projects with our global clients. The successful candidate will work with yet2 Project Leaders and Innovation Managers to help execute projects.

Key elements of the role will be to assist “tech-buy” clients in searching for, assessing, and acquiring new technologies (technology scouting).

The ideal candidate:

• has aptitude for technology, research, scouting and commercialisation
• is a self-starter
• has an appetite for delivering valuable projects

Major responsibilities and deliverables may include:

• project execution (i.e., work with project team to deliver work product that leverages yet2 capabilities and exceeds client expectations)
• report writing (i.e., contribute to drafting reports and presentations for clients

Skill Requirements:

• General - History of strong academic performance
• Analytics - Familiarity and comfort with some technical/scientific disciplines.
• Communication - Experience and skill in building and delivering projects / presentations; Attention to detail.
• Interpersonal - Excellent interpersonal and external relationship building skills. Team player interested in working in a team-oriented environment
• Must have strong conversational and technical English

If you are interested in this role and would like to be considered, please contact Hayden Hodges (hhodges@yet2.com).

Welsh Government - further PIPS opportunities

Various

Closing Date 31 December 2024

Further Welsh Government PIPS opportunities are made available at this link: Training – epwales.org.uk 

AskBio PIPS opportunity

Midlothian

Closing Date 31 December 2024

Project Outline

Development of regulatable circRNA’s for gene therapy 

Small molecule inducible gene expression systems enable precise control of therapeutic gene activity, improving the safety and effectiveness of gene therapy by allowing for adjustable and reversible expression. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are single stranded covalently closed RNA molecules which are more stable than their linear counterparts making them an attractive option for expressing therapeutic genes for gene therapy. Synthetic circRNAs have already been utilized in developing vaccines and biosensors. This project investigates novel methods of temporally controlling circular RNA gene expression through small molecule induction. The aim of this project is to generate and evaluate regulatable circRNAs in cell culture systems, using small molecules to turn on gene expression.

 

Essential skills

Experience with basic cellular and molecular biology techniques such as, molecular cloning, RNA and DNA extraction, RT-PCR, FACS analysis, Luciferase/SEAP assays and cell culture are desired but not essential as full training will be provided.

Timing of internship

10-12 weeks in one block

Contact Information

Interested candidates please email a CV to Victoria Torrance (vtorrance@askbio.com)

Academy of Medical Sciences Policy Internship Scheme

Various

Closing Date 30 November 2024

The Academy of Medical Sciences have recently re-opened recruitment for their policy internship scheme.

They are considering applications as they come in for following two time slots: October-December 2024 and January-March 2025.

All details are provided here: https://apply.workable.com/academy-of-medical-sciences/j/5B3403246A/

Please direct all questions to the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Obrizum Group - Developing adaptive learning programmes for internal training placement

Virtual or at the Cambridge Office

Closing Date 01 November 2024

OBRIZUM Group was established in 2015 to transform digital learning. We are a Cambridge-based EdTech company at the forefront of the AI-led digital learning revolution.

Our founders, who all have a life science background, discovered that the amount of information we need to consume and apply is increasing exponentially. However, existing eLearning methodologies — which present information linearly — cannot scale with this rapidly increasing body of global knowledge, and will eventually collapse.

Recognising this market need, we have developed an AI-led adaptive learning tool, OBRIZUM, that can tailor learning to meet the needs of each learner in real time. When it comes to learning, we don’t believe in ‘one-size-fits-all’: our technology allows learners to take their own, unique journey through content, increasing knowledge transfer and reducing times-to-competency.

Our cutting-edge adaptive, non-linear approach represents the future of digital learning and corporate training, and we are looking for motivated, capable interns who share our values to join our team.

Lead Contact 

 

Name              Michelle Ware, PhD

Email              michelle@obrizumgroup.com

Tel. No.           07791481346

Project Title

Develop adaptive learning programmes for internal training.

 

Project Outline 

 

As the company scales there is a need for producing our own adaptive learning training in areas such as onboarding new team members, soft skills training and health & safety.

Activities will include:

Manage the delivery of our internal training

Build digital learning programmes using AI tools

Get creative with the way we present the content and introduce interactivity

Create learning content such as multiple choices questions

Test and experiment with our portal and relaying your findings to the team

 

Essential Skills 

 

We ask that our interns:

 

Have a scientific background

Are highly organised and motivated

Have the ability to communicate strongly both in writing and in person

Possess excellent project management skills

Are capable of working well independently, as well as part of a team

 

Skills Developed 

The student will gain a greater understanding of how digital learning programmes are developed using cutting-edge AI technology. By the end of their internship, they will be confident with all aspects of creating a successful digital learning programme. The intern will also have a deep understanding of how non-linear, adaptive learning works and how this way of learning is disrupting corporate learning.

Key skills developed include organisation, problem-solving, and project management.

Number of placements offered: multiple

 

Possible Timeframe 

 

The start date is flexible: we accept intern students throughout the year.

Placement can be virtual or at the Cambridge office.

Obrizum Group - Placement supporting the onboarding processes of creating adaptive on-demand training programmes for Blue-Chip clients.

Virtual or Cambridge Office

Closing Date 01 November 2024

OBRIZUM Group was established in 2015 to transform digital learning. We are a Cambridge-based EdTech company at the forefront of the AI-led digital learning revolution.

Our founders, who all have a life science background, discovered that the amount of information we need to consume and apply is increasing exponentially. However, existing eLearning methodologies  — which present information linearly — cannot scale with this rapidly increasing body of global knowledge, and will eventually collapse.

Recognising this market need, we have developed an AI-led adaptive learning tool, OBRIZUM, that can tailor learning to meet needs of each learner in real time. When it comes to learning, we don’t believe in ‘one-size-fits-all’: our technology allows learners to take their own, unique journey through content, increasing knowledge-transfer and reducing times-to-competency.

Our cutting-edge adaptive, non-linear approach represents the future of digital learning and corporate training, and we are looking for motivated, capable interns who share our values to join our team.

Lead Contact 

 

Name              Michelle Ware, PhD

Email              michelle@obrizumgroup.com

Tel. No.           07791481346

Project Outline 

 

Intern projects will support the onboarding processes of creating adaptive on-demand training programmes for Blue-Chip clients. Projects will be flexible depending on the needs of the onboarding department at the time and the interests of the intern.

Activities could include:

Supporting the creation of eLearning programmes on our adaptive learning portal for various Blue-Chip clients, including biotech companies

Working with a content partner to create programmes for retail

Helping to create learning content such as multiple choices questions

Testing and experimenting with our portal and relaying your findings to the team

Working with our in-house business intelligence tool to gain insights into the performance of programmes

Promoting biotech programmes to scientists

 

Essential Skills 

 

We ask that our interns:

 

Have a scientific background

Are highly-organised and motivated

Have an ability to communicate strongly both in writing and in person

Possess excellent project management skills

Are capable of working well independently, as well as part of a team

 

Skills Developed 

The student will gain a greater understanding of how eLearning programmes are developed. By the end of their internship, they will be confident with all aspects of creating a successful eLearning programme. The intern will also have a deep understanding of how non-linear, adaptive learning works and how this way of learning is disrupting corporate learning.

Key skills developed include organisation, problem-solving, and project management.

Number of placements offered 

 

Possible Timeframe 

 

The start date is flexible: we accept intern students throughout the year.

Placement can be virtual or at the Cambridge office.

Glasshouse Health - Placements

Macclesfield

Closing Date 01 November 2024

Glasshouse Health is a life sciences consultancy that bridges the gaps between healthcare companies, patients and the medical community.  We have expertise in strategy, brand planning, clinical trials, market access, medical affairs, and marketing.  Our projects typically involve either paving the way for new drugs, devices, diagnostics, or digital solutions, or facilitating the adoption of marketed products so that they achieve their full clinical and commercial potential.   We have global reach from our locations at the internationally recognised Alderley Park campus in the North West of England, and from Kendall Square in Boston USA, which together give us access to world-leading centres for research and innovation.  It also provides opportunities to leverage a range of scientific services and high-specification workspaces to facilitate collaboration with tech companies and other forward-thinking, innovative businesses.  We have a huge amount of combined experience and expertise at our disposal, which we employ to create value for our clients.   For healthcare companies, we typically provide strategy guidance and operational support for the development and commercialisation of products and services.  For patient organisations, we provide advice on how to partner effectively with healthcare companies, to help improve the products and services developed to treat those conditions.  For the wider medical community, we provide advice on how to partner with healthcare companies on R&D initiatives and joint ventures that benefit the health system and/or patients.  For health tech start-ups, we provide advice on how to approach the development and commercialisation of healthcare technologies; we help them develop their value proposition statements, go‑to‑market plans, and investor pitch decks.  For health tech investors, we provide due diligence regarding product development plans, value proposition statements, and go-to-market plans.

Project Outline The work is varied. Recent projects have involved obtaining and analysing real world data in collaboration with a hospital department and writing it up for publication in a journal, gathering insights from clinicians and payers regarding the commercial potential of a device in development and writing a report for prospective investors, interviewing rare disease patients/clinicians about the standard of care in their therapy area to understand how prescribing could be improved, and developing a new value proposition for an implantable medical device. The role could be remote or hybrid with occasional visits to clients or the office at Alderley Park, Cheshire. Required hours are 35 each week within which there will be a need to attend team/client meetings. Essential Skills We are looking for an intern who is keen to gain experience of working as a strategy and med comms consultant. The ideal candidate will be undertaking a life sciences PhD and be prepared to undertake a broad variety of tasks. The role requires an ability to understand new information rapidly (about a new therapy area or healthcare technology, for example), good interpersonal skills to facilitate positive client interactions, strong attention to detail when processing qualitative and quantitative data, analytical abilities to derive meaning from primary and secondary research, and well‑developed written and spoken presentation skills to deliver reports and updates to clients. Skills Developed Strategy Marketing Medical communications Project management Client engagement

Number of Placements Offered Up to three placements are available, depending on the number and nature of projects underway. Possible Timeframe The opportunities are available throughout the year.

Application Process

For further details, email meg.smith@glasshousehealth.com.

Lead Contact

Name – Meg Smith

Email address – meg.smith@glasshousehealth.com

Phone number – 0161 327 2644

Website - https://www.glasshousehealth.com/

PIPs opportunity with CABI Global Burden of Crop Loss programme

Remote or hybrid

Closing Date 01 November 2024

Organisation
Name	CABI
Team	Digital Development
Placement base location	Remote or hybrid Offie location: CABI Head Office, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford OX10 8DE
Website	https://www.cabi.org/
Contact	Dr Anna Szyniszewska (Technical Lead – Global Burden of Crop Loss)
Contact details	Email:  A.Szyniszewska@cabi.org                  Telephone: 07944698117

 

 

Internship
Job title	Technical Development Intern - Global Burden of Crop Loss
Potential start date	Flexible
Potential working pattern	Daily work pattern: Flexible (core hours 10 – 12 and 2 - 4). Total hours per week: 35                                                               FT/PT: Full Time
Application method	To apply, please send a CV and cover letter outlining your expression of interest and how your skills match the requirements to Dr Anna Szyniszewska (A.Szyniszewska@cabi.org)
Application closing date	Ongoing

 

 

Organisation overview

CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International) is an international not-for-profit organization that improves people’s lives by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment. We bring science-based agricultural knowledge to millions of smallholder farmers helping to increase their yields and adopt data-driven approaches to support informed decision making. CABI is the only organisation worldwide that incorporates a dedicated publishing arm and an independent science media organisation alongside conducting its own scientific research and applying practical expertise in digital and other approaches to reach farmers and other stakeholders. Digital Development in CABI is comprised of several themes of work, including Data Policy and Practice, Digital Advisory Tools, and Modelling and Data Science. Under Modelling and Data Science, the Global Burden of Crop Loss (GBCL) initiative is an ambitious global research collaboration that will support informed action to reduce crop loss globally.

 

 

Placement offered

An internship with CABI and the GBCL team will be a highly rewarding experience to help develop the proof-of-concept estimates on wheat loss and economic burden globally, for at least one year on a country/regional level. This is an exciting time for GBCL – we are rapidly forming partnerships, developing solutions, and refining our analytical framework. Interns will therefore be able to have a strong contribution to a highly ambitious initiative that aims to have a transformative impact on plant health. The global challenge of crop loss The impacts of biotic and abiotic factors on crop yield are significant, with around 20-40% of the world’s major crops lost to pests alone (Savary et al. 2019). While it is clear that crop loss causes significant impacts on food systems globally and that reducing losses represents a major opportunity to increase yields with minimal environmental impact, we lack robust evidence on the problem to mobilize action. Data on the scale, scope, spatial patterns, and drivers of loss are outdated, lacking in granularity, not shared, or missing altogether. Scientists often focus on a limited number of pests and geographies and often work in isolation, resulting in small pockets of disconnected information that are often not easily accessible to other researchers and decision makers. Without knowing how much of our food supply we are losing, where we are losing it, and what we are losing it to, actors across the plant health system lack clarity on how to take effective action and on which interventions to prioritise. Internship The 3-month internship may involve various aspects of technical development across the GBCL initiative. Which areas you may focus on will be mutually agreed during the application process. There are many exciting areas you could be involved in, including:  modelling the impact of biotic and/or abiotic factors on crop losses, supporting the development of crop growth models, developing layer representing predominant global farming systems, and much more! The themes of our analytical framework include: Attainable yield in context Actual crop production and yield Yield loss Apportioning losses: biotic vs. abiotic Costs of control Burden This internship would suit a student who is interested in developing their data analysis and technical skills, and who is interested in the interface between science, policy, and decision-making. Please note, if you are specifically interested in working with crop growth models, specifically the impacts of extreme weather on crop yields, there is scope to undertake a joint internship with CABI and Assimila (www.assimila.earth). Assimila use satellite data and weather information to address real world problems. They work closely with leading universities and institutions to translate cutting edge research into practical applications, developing innovative techniques to transform data into useful information for sustainable environmental management. Essential skills Knowledge of plant health or agricultural systems Data analysis, visualisation, and reporting Spatial analysis/GIS Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language, such as R or Python Investigative and analytical with a willingness to embrace new approaches and technology Good quantitative skills (maths or statistics) Curious and creative Flexibility when faced with change Accurate; attention to detail and quality Desirable experience Experience with crop statistics and crop growth models Experience using earth observation data Working knowledge of crop pests and pathogens

 

 

Financial contribution/benefit(s)

CABI are not able to provide any financial contribution or benefit. Expenses related to the role (e.g., travel for work purposes) will be reimbursed.

UKRI Policy Internships Scheme for 2024/25

TBC

Closing Date 02 October 2024

The UKRI Policy Internships Scheme for 2024/25 is now open and the closing date for applications is 4.00pm on 2 October 2024.

The scheme provides the opportunity for doctoral students funded by the Research Councils of UKRI to undertake a three-month placement at one of a selected group of highly influential policy organisations. During their internship, the student undertakes training and experience on a policy topic agreed with their host partner that is relevant to both parties. The intention of the scheme is to embed students in an environment where they can engage with the process of converting research outputs into policy. These internships equip students with transferable skills and training relevant to the future career paths that the student may choose.

Full details of how to apply, including links to the online application form and guidance documents are available through the  UKRI Policy Internships Scheme webpage.

The Policy Internships Scheme is coordinated by NERC on behalf of the other Research Councils of UKRI. Any queries relating to the application process should be directed to the NERC Talent and Skills team (researchcareers@nerc.ukri.org) or the relevant host partner.