Job ID: 9973BR
Job date: 2018-01-21
End Date:
Company : Vertex Pharmaceuticals Country : Role : Student
Job date: 2018-01-21
End Date:
Company : Vertex Pharmaceuticals Country : Role : Student
Job Description:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Preclinical Safety Assessment department is seeking a Summer Intern (Graduate Level or Advanced Undergraduate) to pilot cutting-edge computational analysis approaches, as applied to translational drug development. Possible projects include:
Additional Info:
Company Information: Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex today has research and development sites and offices around the world. For several consecutive years, Science magazine has named Vertex one of its Top Employers in the life sciences. For additional information and the latest updates from the Company, please visit www.vrtx.com. Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Preclinical Safety Assessment department is seeking a Summer Intern (Graduate Level or Advanced Undergraduate) to pilot cutting-edge computational analysis approaches, as applied to translational drug development. Possible projects include:
- Design and modeling concepts for text mining to rapidly investigate and explain new observations.
- Develop fit-for-purpose automation approaches to transform, consolidate and/or structure data into more useful forms.
- Data analytics to bridge qualitative description of disease/toxicity features with quantitative laboratory measurements.
- With supervisor and key stakeholders, use your scientific skills and interests to co-develop a limited-duration project aimed at delivering new and innovative computational approaches for generating scientific insight into novel therapeutics.
- Proactively communicate updates on progress, limitations and thoughtful options to make adjustments, if needed.
- Deliver a presentable synopsis of project contributions and outcomes (oral and/or poster).
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:- At a minimum, must be currently enrolled (and continuing in fall 2018) as an undergraduate science student (mathematics, computer science, information science, data analytics, biomedical engineering or similar) at the junior level or above.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Be highly-motivated and have an excellent work ethic.
- Experience with one or more of: Python or similar language, natural language processing, machine learning algorithms, semantic analysis, text classification, information extraction (un-, semi-, and/or structured) or similar areas of information science.
- Examples contributing to automated analyses or meta-analyses of large data sets
- Demonstrated understanding of computer-aided data visualization
- Exposure or experience with advanced semantic analysis concepts (e.g., LSA, PLSA, etc.)
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Additional Info:
Company Information: Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Mass., Vertex today has research and development sites and offices around the world. For several consecutive years, Science magazine has named Vertex one of its Top Employers in the life sciences. For additional information and the latest updates from the Company, please visit www.vrtx.com. Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]