Summary
The Natural Products & Biomolecular Chemistry group is part of Global Discovery Chemistry (GDC) at the Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland, focusing on the discovery and development of compounds derived from natural sources for pharmaceutical use.
Oncology, Cardiovascular, Metabolic and Renal, Immunology and Neuroscience are the disease areas you will impact when collaborating across Biomedical Research (BR). This is the innovation engine of Novartis, focusing on powerful new technologies that have the potential to help produce therapeutic breakthroughs for patients.
About the Role
About the Role
Our work includes identifying new, biologically active natural products from microorganisms and optimizing producer strains through genetic and physiological strategies, combined with process development in our mid-scale fermentation plant.
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As an intern in our dynamic and multidisciplinary microbial engineering team, you will embark on a 6-month journey to evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies and processes for strain cultivation and genetic engineering, aimed at enhancing compound production.
Starting date: asap
Duration: 3-6 month
Location: Campus Basel
Your responsibilities:
- Perform standard and advanced cloning methods (Gibson assembly, recombination, CRISPR)
- Transform various microbial hosts
- Extract high-quality DNA for whole-genome sequencing
- Optimize cultivation conditions
- Evaluate data, generate reports, and contribute to the design and optimization of experiments
What you'll bring to the role:
- Recent Bachelor or Master graduate in a biology-relevant field (graduation no longer than one year ago)
- English, German/French is a plus
- Demonstrated expertise in microbiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry
- Experience and enthusiasm for developing and refining experimental methods
- Strong team player with a collaborative and proactive approach
- Experience in integrating wet lab data into databases to interpret results and plan future experiments (e.g. genome mining, cultivation optimization
Accessibility and accommodation:
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Division
Biomedical Research
Business Unit
Pharma Research
Location
Switzerland
Site
Basel (City)
Company / Legal Entity
C028 (FCRS = CH028) Novartis Pharma AG
Functional Area
Others
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Early Career (Fixed Term)
Shift Work
No