Immunology Co-op Spring 2025

The Role:

The Moderna Research Co-op program is a 6-month experiential training program for students currently working towards an undergraduate or advanced degree in life/computer science. We are seeking talented and motivated students to be part of the vaccine discovery team for a wide range of disease targets. The Coop will work with other members of Infectious Disease Research group on the discovery and development of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine and immunotherapy candidates. You will work under the supervision of an experienced Moderna team member and have opportunities for cross-team collaboration, networking, and mentorship. You will learn how to apply programming skills for data collection, processing, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and visualization to support program/project development. Also, you will learn about general experimental design and scientific strategy planning. The candidate will be part of the computational immunology team and support their own projects.

If you are bold, relentless, collaborative and obsess over learning, a co-op at Moderna will help augment your research experience and accelerate your career. 

All applicants must be available for the entire duration of the program: January 21st-June 20th 2024.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• Develop analytics pipelines for different types of high-dimensional data, including but not limited to data from next generation sequencing, flow cytometry, mass spectrometry, ELISA, Luminex, or imaging.

• Work on benchmarking the best methods for integration of single cell RNA-seq datasets (TCR/BCR-seq, CITE-seq and scRNAseq) from different sources.

• Work on advanced statistical modeling for the study of immune correlate discovery.

• Work with the IT teams to establish and maintain an automated workflow for data acquisition and processing in a cloud-based environment.

• Develop customized code in R or Python to streamline data collection and management.

• Implement and benchmark the existing statistical algorithms for specific data analysis as well as predictive machine-learning modeling.

• Manage and improve computational immunology team’s code and data repository and training documents.

• Align with infectious disease research group members for specific data analysis or data visualization plan and deliver the results.

• Prepare documents and present strategy, results, project updates, and summaries.

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Currently enrolled in an advanced degree program in computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational science, or bioengineering.

• Currently enrolled or recently graduating from a PhD program is a plus.

• Good coding experience in Python is required, experience with R also beneficial.

• Experience in cloud-based computing environment and data science development platforms, such as GitLab, Jupyter, R shiny, Anaconda, and Docker container, is needed.

• Experience analyzing single cell RNA-seq, and other ‘omic datasets is a plus.

• Good understanding of Biology and Immunology is a plus.

• Curious in exploring new discovery, bold in trying new ideas, willing to work collectively and relentless in pursuing successful outcomes.

• Self-motivated and possess the desire to drive a project to completion. Flexible and capable of working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

• Legal authorization to work in the US

Moderna is pleased to provide you with an innovative suite of benefits, including:

• Free premium access to meditation and mindfulness classes
• Free parking or subsidized commuter passes
• Generous paid time off, including:
  •    Vacation, sick time and holidays
  •    Volunteer time to participate within your community
  •    Discretionary year-end shutdown
• Location-specific perks and extras!

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world. 

By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities.

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innov