Summer Intern, Computational Biology

About the position

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is seeking two outstanding Computational Biology Summer Interns to join our team! These interns will work collaboratively, merging AI-driven insights with large-scale genetic and multi-omics data to accelerate siRNA target discovery. By leveraging machine learning, NLP-based literature mining, and genomic analysis, they will play a crucial role in prioritizing therapeutic targets and enhancing drug discovery pipelines. This is a 12-week, fully onsite Summer Internship Program paying $25.00/hr.

Responsibilities

• Genetic & Multi-Omics Analysis for siRNA Drug Discovery Position
• Analyzing All of Us and UK Biobank datasets
• Conducting GWAS, PheWAS, and eQTL analyses
• Integrating multi-omics data for neurodegenerative disease, obesity, pulmonary, and kidney disease
• Developing computational pipelines to prioritize siRNA targets
• AI & LLMs for siRNA Target Discovery Position
• Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI for target identification
• Extracting insights from scientific literature, clinical trial data, and multi-omics datasets
• Developing NLP models to automate literature review and knowledge graphs
• Optimizing AI-driven workflows for siRNA efficacy and safety prediction

Requirements

• Currently enrolled doctorate student at an Accredited University or College focused on statistical genetics, bioinformatics, or computational biology or a related area of study
• Experience in multi-omics data integration
• Familiarity with drug discovery pipelines
• Ability to work with machine learning methods in genomics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills

Nice-to-haves

• Python/R programming, statistical genetics, cloud computing (AWS, DNAnexus)
• Experience with GWAS, PheWAS, eQTL, and large-scale genetic datasets
• Background in computational biology, bioinformatics, or statistical genetics
• Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, NLP, LLMs (e.g., Hugging Face, OpenAI API)
• Experience in biomedical text mining, AI-driven drug discovery, and knowledge graphs
• Familiarity with multi-omics integration and AI for biomedical research

Benefits

• $25.00/hr pay
• 12-week fully onsite Summer Internship Program