IBT Summer Fellowship Program

Job Description

About Twist Bioscience:

Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. They serve customers who are improving the world in fields such as medicine, agriculture, industrial chemicals, and data storage. Their unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable.

Twist IBT Summer Fellowship Program Job Description:

This is a quarter-long summer internship intended for upper-division students from top-tier undergraduate colleges and universities who want to work in a dynamic biotechnology environment for the summer after their sophomore, junior or senior year. The program provides practical experience and insight into how innovative academic and industrial research is translated into a great commercial product.

Summer Fellows will work on a focused technical project that they can call their own, ranging from synthetic biology information technology to optimization algorithms and statistical learning (AI) software to stepwise biotechnology manufacturing execution systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interns will be assigned a project that can be completed during the internship period.
• Work on a project in the areas of data sciences and bioinformatics.
• Perform data analysis and interpretation to support ongoing projects.
• Conduct research on new technologies or industry trends.
• Assist with software testing and quality assurance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.
• Provide general support to IT projects.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• A strong interest in biology and computer science.
• Demonstrated (projects or classes) skills to perform basic data analysis.
• Great communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• A desire to be in the office every day working with the team at Twist.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in any of the computer science, physical science, or engineering disciplines.
• Students who are familiar with any of the major programming languages.
• Students about to enter their Junior or Senior year or are just graduating.