Graduate Internship/RiSE - Uncovering novel regulators of …, Basel

La position The RiSE program (Roche Internships for Scientific Exchange) is a highly competitive student research program at Roche. It offers the most talented graduateand medical degree students the opportunity to be fully integrated into our interdisciplinary and international industry R&D environment. As a RiSE student you will enhance your competencies, gain valuable work experience with us, and eventually become part of a world-wide network of RiSE Alumni.

The Neuroscience and Rare Diseases Discovery and Translational Area (NRD DTA) is developing medicines for a range of serious neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, autism, spinal muscular atrophy, and Huntington’s disease.

As RiSE student in the NRD DTA you will join the Brain Delivery group at the Roche Innovation Center Basel, Switzerland, to perform omics data analysis and experimental in vitro work to map the regulatory landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease targets. You will be hosted and mentored by a Roche scientist who will guide you through your research and provide you with the needed work infrastructure and collaborative network.

The Opportunity

Collaborate closely with computational scientists to analyze sequencing datasets to drive biological insights.

Design rigorous in vitro experiments informed by your expertise in transcriptomic data interpretation.

Apply a comprehensive set of molecular cell biology methods in stem-cell derived models to test specific biological hypothesis.

Present and discuss your work in internal meetings.

Synthesize experimental data for the preparation and submission of high-impact manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication.

Who You Are

You graduated from a Master's program within the last year.

Or you are enrolled in a PhD or medical degree program at a university.

You are looking to expand your experience with an industry internship.

Extensive experience in the generation and analysis of scRNAseq data.

Hands‑on experience with engineering iPSC-based models of brain cell types for functional genomic approaches (e.g. CRISPR).

A broad skill set with cell and molecular biology assays.

Additional Information The preferred start date of the internship is 11/2026 or upon availability.

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