Spatial Biology Co-op: Tumor Microenvironment & Imaging

BioCT Innovation Commons; Ridgefield (CT); On-site; USD 33,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Disability and life insurance

Other company-sponsored benefits

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim in Ridgefield, CT is seeking a Co-Op student in Spatial Biology to join the Oncology Research – Oncology Pharmacology and Disease Modeling team. The project combines spatial transcriptomics and multiplex imaging to study tumor microenvironment, cross-species comparisons, and integration of computational analysis with experimental work.

This internship is ideal for a PhD student eager to work at the interface of biology, spatial technologies, and quantitative imaging.

Qualifications

• Must be a current graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.
• Student must be enrolled at an accredited college or university for the duration of the co-op.
• GPA 3.0 on 4.0 scale preferred.
• Major or minor in related field.
• Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours.
• Graduate/advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours.

Responsibilities

• Perform spatial biology experiments using human and mouse tissues, including staining, assay execution, imaging, and experimental QC.
• Support optimization and implementation of spatial transcriptomic and high-plex protein imaging workflows, including tissue- and assay-specific optimization.
• Analyze spatial transcriptomic and multiplex imaging datasets, including data QC, visualization, cell/tissue annotation, segmentation, phenotyping, and spatial analysis.
• Integrate spatial RNA, protein imaging, and histopathology data to characterize tissue architecture, cellular phenotypes, and spatial relationships.
• Apply cross-species approaches to compare mouse tumor models with human disease and identify conserved and divergent biological features.
• Collaborate with scientists across in vivo pharmacology, pathology, translational research, spatial biology, and computational sciences to interpret results and communicate findings.

Skills

Single-cell analysis

Spatial transcriptomics

Python

R

Image analysis

Cross-species modeling

Education

PhD student

GPA 3.0+ preferred

Graduate degree in related field

Job description

Boehringer Ingelheim in Ridgefield, CT is seeking a Co-Op student in Spatial Biology to join the Oncology Research – Oncology Pharmacology and Disease Modeling team. The project combines spatial transcriptomics and multiplex imaging to study tumor microenvironment, cross-species comparisons, and integration of computational analysis with experimental work.

This internship is ideal for a PhD student eager to work at the interface of biology, spatial technologies, and quantitative imaging.