The Production Lab Intern

Internship Program Description

NYGC’s Summer Internship Program is designed to provide students hands-on mentorship from an assigned mentor. You will gain exposure to Laboratory Automation, working in a Next Generation Sequencing wet lab , and the research that we do, as well as have the opportunity to interact with top genomic researchers. In addition, NYGC interns will be able to attend and participate in a wide variety of other events scheduled specially for our Summer Intern group, including weekly workshops, presentations, career panels, social events (optional) and much more. The expected duration of the internship is June 2nd, 2025 – July 25th, 2025.

The Production Lab Intern:

The Production Lab supports NYGC’s disease-research areas with the use of cutting-edge next generation sequencing technology. Using automated platforms and instruments we process a high throughput of samples from nucleic acid extractions through to sequencing. Within the Production Lab the Automation Engineering team ensures these automated platforms and instruments are running smoothly, develops new workflows and onboards new instruments.

The Production Lab intern will design and test an Automated Liquid Handler program. This position will involve hands-on bench work, working with manual pipettes. The intern will develop and write improvements to the automated liquid handler program, test the improvements in the laboratory, and record and document their results. The intern will learn about commonly used laboratory instruments and learn the parts of an Automated Liquid Handler program used in the lab. They will receive general laboratory training, an understanding of best practices in the lab, and will be trained in the use of pipettes. They will gain a general knowledge of how a high throughput lab operates, a detailed introduction to various automation and laboratory equipment, an understanding of basic software development methodology and knowledge of experimental design and documentation.