Undergraduate Summer Research Intern

The Pennsylvania State University
📍 State College, Pennsylvania, United States 💼 Part time 🕒 Posted June 22, 2026

Job Description

Description

 – Assist in transforming, culturing, and inducing bacterial or insect cell lines for recombinant protein production. – Perform affinity, ion exchange, or size-exclusion chromatography under supervision. Run SDS-PAGE gels to verify protein purity and integrity. – Maintain a detailed lab notebook. – Work with the research associate to optimize expression conditions or purification yields as needed.

 – Write or modify Python scripts to preprocess and analyze NMR spectral data. – Assist in applying machine learning tools to NMR spectral interpretation. – Generate plots and summary statistics for lab meetings and progress reports.

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled undergraduate student (any year) at an accredited institution
  • Completed at least one college-level biology course (with laboratory preferred)
  • Completed at least one college-level programming course or demonstrated equivalent experience (e.g., Python, R,...
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    Job Details

    • Location State College, Pennsylvania
    • Job Type Part time
    • Category Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians
    • Posted Date June 22, 2026
    • Application Deadline August 01, 2026