Neurocrine Biosciences · 5 hours ago
Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Intern
San Diego, CA
Internship
Onsite
InternNeurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments. They are offering an internship opportunity to gain bioinformatics and computational biology experience in drug development, where the intern will support various activities related to computational methods and collaborate with different teams.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Supporting a range of activities, including applying cutting edge computational methods for drug discovery insights and biomarker identification in genetic, genomic, multi-omic and proteomic datasets
The candidate will have the opportunity to design, implement and run computational pipelines and workflows, including data processing, basic modeling, and visualization
Support biology groups in understanding disease mechanism, main scientific questions and building hypotheses
Assist with any data science related tasks including quality control, automation and determination of most appropriate algorithms and statistics to use
Interacting with IT, biology and lead generation teams within the company
Collaborating with a mentor team of cross-functional team members and the other interns in the class
Completing a special project and presenting the recommendations to senior management upon completion
Qualification
Required
Pursuing a PhD with an interest in bioinformatics, computational biology, bioengineering, data science, and or computer science or a related technical field
Expertise with at least one programming language (R, Python, Shell) and knowledgeable of LLM usage
Strong work ethic, good verbal and written communication skills, and excellent scientific skills are required
Ability to think creatively and be a team player
Interest in attending program events (e.g., career development workshops, social gatherings) is required
Offer flexibility with a willingness to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Bring to the Company a skill set complementary to its technology and development of therapeutics
Ability to commit to a 10-week, full-time (40-hours per week) summer program is required
Student must be on-site in San Diego, CA for the duration of the internship
Preferred
Prior experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry would be an asset but is not required
Familiarity with biopharmaceutical technologies, physical and life sciences, product development, and regulatory approval processes is desirable
Interest in attending various program events, including social gatherings, career development workshops, and more
Company
Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences engages in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of neurological and endocrine-related diseases.
Founded in 1992
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Neurocrine Biosciences has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (16)
2024 (9)
2023 (8)
2022 (2)
2021 (5)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$260MKey Investors
Venrock
2015-02-19Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2009-12-17Post Ipo Equity· $10M
1996-05-31IPO
Leadership Team
Matt Abernethy
Chief Financial Officer
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Dimitri Grigoriadis
VP, Research
Recent News
2026-01-06
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