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Are you seeking a company that will offer you rewarding, challenging work and a chance to make a difference? Then you should consider Illumina's iAspire Internship Program. Our mission? To help improve human health by unlocking the power of the genome Each summer, over 75 undergrad, Masters and PhD students embrace these internship roles. No matter your background you are able to take up a position at Illumina; you have the option of positions from the highly technical to the more corporate functions: Finance, Bioinformatics, Engineering, Research & Development, Marketing, and Software, among others. Our 12-week program, iAspire, focuses on meaningful project work, professional and personal development, in addition to providing networking opportunities.  Internships in the Bioinformatics and Data Analysis at Illumina’s UK site just outside Cambridge offer an excellent opportunity to work on cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology in a fast-paced interdisciplinary environment.  Roles and Responsibilities   This is an excellent opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary environment where biomedical sciences intersect with clinical applications and to contribute transforming the way information from whole genome sequencing is harnessed for the benefit of patients.  Past intern projects have included: Cancer sequencing Cloud Software Improved detection of structural variants in DNA Improving the quality of human sequencing Automating cohort-scale genome analysis  Qualifications and Requirements: Currently studying a Bachelors or Master in Computer science, Bioinformatics or a Scientific course which has included modules in bioinformatics, data analyses or computer science An interest in cancer genomics and clinical applications of genome sequencing. Some experience in programming, ideally Python or R. Experience in next generation sequencing data analysis is advantageous.  The selection Process: Once your application has been submitted, our dedicated recruitment team will perform an initial review, and if successful we will invite you to complete a digital video interview. The culmination of our selection process is for the finalists to attend an assessment day at our offices at Granta Park, south Cambridge.  Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses will be reimbursed to applicants invited to an assessment day.  Applications will be accepted until 1st December 2019 with the assessment centres planned for the last two weeks of January 2020.  Internships are due to start July 2020

Deadline:  Applications will open in September Eligibility:  You can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship if you are a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom, applying to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study at the University of Cambridge: PhD (three year research-only degree); MSc or MLitt (two year research-only degree); One year postgraduate course (e.g. MPhil, LLM, MASt, Diploma, MBA etc.) The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge; this is the largest ever single donation to a UK university. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. The selection criteria are: outstanding intellectual ability leadership potential a commitment to improving the lives of others a good fit between the applicant’s qualifications and aspirations and the postgraduate programme at Cambridge for which they are applying While at Cambridge, Scholars pursue the full range of subjects available at the University and are spread across its departments and Colleges Building a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others The Alumni are pursuing further study or employment across many sectors of society and, despite the relative youth of the programme, are increasingly taking on leadership roles and applying their knowledge and skills to improve the lives of others. The aim of the Gates Cambridge programme is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.