Internship, Multimodal Bioimage Analysis (6-12 months)

Location: Basel, Basel-city, Switzerland

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The Position

The Developmental Systems and Computational Biology group led by Gray Camp at the Institute of Human Biology (IHB) at Roche in Basel, Switzerland is hosting an internship position for a talented researcher to advance integrative multimodal data analysis. The main involvement will be working within a small team to support large-scale bioimage analysis of complex human model system data.

Your Profile

• You are currently enrolled in a university (B.Sc. or M.Sc. program) in relevant subjects such as bioinformatics, computer science, biotechnology, or related fields, or you have completed your degree within the past 12 months. in relevant subjects such as bioinformatics, computer science, biotechnology, or related fields, or you have completed your degree within the past 12 months.
• Strong coding skills in Python, being familiar with scientific libraries: Numpy, Scikit-image, Scikit-learn, Scipy, Pandas and Anndata.
• Knowledge with deep learning libraries like Keras, Tensorflow or Pytorch are a plus.
• R coding skills and being familiar with the Tidyverse, especially Ggplot and Dplyr are seen as a plus.
• Experience in microscopy image analysis frameworks, viewer tools (e.g. Napari) and high-performance computing environments. 
• Desire to understand biological systems through exploratory data analysis.

Employment: 100%

Start date: As soon as possible

Duration: 6-12 months

Location: Basel, Switzerland

Application

Your complete application includes the following documents:

• A current CV and a Motivation Letter
• A certificate of enrollment (if you are currently studying)
• For Non-EU/EFTA citizens: Due to regulations, you must provide a letter from your university stating that an internship is mandatory for your studies and specifying the required length of the internship. Please upload this letter, along with your enrollment certificate, CV, and motivation letter.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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