Intern, Nucleic Acid Research at Lila Sciences in Cambridge, MA

Your Impact at Lila

As a Nucleic Acid Research Intern, you will contribute to day-to-day experimentation in the nucleic acids research lab by learning and executing SOPs such as bacterial transformation, colony picking and preparation of samples for DNA sequencing. You will assist with the production of bacterial samples for large scale protein expression and purification. As well, you will be helping to maintain organization within the lab, including management of reagent inventory and sample accessioning.

What You'll Be Building

• Manage inventory for cloning workflows to ensure smooth operation.
• Help with laboratory workflows, including bacterial transformation, colony picking, sequencing sample preparation.
• Preparation of media and growth of bacterial cultures for large scale protein expression and purification
• Organize and track chemical, reagent and DNA libraries using our inventory system.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in the life sciences.
• Comfort working in wet-lab environments and following detailed SOPs.
• Effective written and verbal communication; ability to work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary team.

About Lila

Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.  We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at  www.lila.ai

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, we encourage you to apply.

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