Internship
Central to preparing students for careers in regenerative medicine is a rigorous internship at a company or academic laboratory focused on Regenerative Medicine and/or Stem Cell Research. The Internship will occur over ten months (July 15 - May 15) at one of our partner institutions. The Internship Project(s) will be designed to allow the students to progress from supervised to independent work, with the goal of collecting results of a publishable volume and quality. The Internship will culminate with a written report and oral presentation of the Internship Project, and an evaluation by the Intern’s Supervisor. Overall, the Internship will provide trainees the opportunity to master their laboratory skills, and develop their critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Industry Sites
- Development of engineered T-cell and immuno-oncology therapies for solid-tumor cancers and auto-immune indications
- Intern Hosts: Clinical Pharmacology & Safety Sciences Team
- Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived insulin-producing organoids as a functional cure for Type 1 Diabetes
- Intern Hosts: Research & Development Team
- Development and engineering of 3D cell culture bioreactors for high throughput, reproducible, scalable iPSC propagation and maintenance workflows
- Intern Hosts: Bioprocess Research & Development Team
- Pharmacological approach to induce apoptosis in senescent cells to improve stem cell function in multiple tissues to mitigate effects of chemotherapy toxicity
- Intern Hosts: Drug Discovery Team, In Vitro Pharmacology Team
- Development and screening of viral and RNA-based gene therapies to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and other rare genetic conditions
- Intern Hosts: Non-clinical Research Team
- Cell therapy workflows spanning all stages of drug discovery pipeline, from pre-clinical research to manufacturing and quality control
- Intern Hosts: Cell Biology Team, Research & Development team
Academic Site
University of California, San Diego
- A variety of projects related to cell biology, tissue engineering, genetics, directed differentiation, molecular screening, gene editing, and disease modeling
- Intern Hosts: Dr. Nicole Coufal, Dr. Gene Yeo, Dr. Stephanie Cherqui, Dr. Dan Kaufman, Dr. Shiri Gur-Cohen, Dr. Karl Willert