Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company · 2 months ago
2026 AI/ML Bioinformatics Intern (PhD)
North Chicago, IL
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$59K/yr - $100K/yr
Start in 2026 SummerAbbVie is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines. The AI/ML Bioinformatics Intern will work with the Neuroscience Bioinformatics team to curate data, fine-tune models, and collaborate with colleagues to analyze gene expressions and disease signatures.
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Responsibilities
Curate and preprocess neuroscience-relevant perturb-seq data for LLM model training
Fine-tune single-cell foundation model using perturb-seq data
Train and validate classifier to predict gene perturbations from transcriptomic profiles
Simulate reversal of transcriptomic disease state based on disease-specific gene expression signatures and pathways
Consistent collaboration with Neuroscience colleagues to determine transcriptomic disease signatures and prioritize genes for follow-up experiments
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in bioinformatics, AI/ML, computational biology or other related field
Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
Expected graduation date between December 2026 – July 2027 (2028 PhD)
Strong programming skills in Python and/or R
Experience in deep learning/machine learning and TensorFlow or PyTorch
Exposure to bioinformatics
Strong written, verbal and oral communication skills, good self-organization
Preferred
Exposure to RNA-seq and/or DNA-seq analysis
Experience with computational biology
Exposure to neuroscience projects
Benefits
Competitive pay
Relocation support for eligible students
Connect with AbbVie leaders and scientists
Opportunity to apply cutting edge generative AI to medicine
Company
Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Nicole Mowad-Nassar
Senior Vice President, AbbVie and President, Global Allergan Aesthetics
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2025-12-04
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