Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy.
Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel) in 2017. Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.
Legend Biotech is starting their Summer Internship program for 2024! The Research and Development team is seeking an Intern for a 10-week Internship Program that will run from June 10th, 2024, to August 16th, 2024. We are looking for students or recent grads who are passionate about helping others and building something that matters.
Role Overview
Intern candidate will analyze the cytotoxic potential of αβ and γδ T cells or other immune cells by various assays in particular, cytokine analysis.
He/She will try to correlate the polyfunctional index with serial cytotoxicity in various donors.
Key Responsibilities
He/She will perform γδ T cell isolation.
He/She will perform transfection of virus production and Flow based virus titration.
He/She will perform assays in particular cytokine analysis
He/She will perform tumor killing assays with Xcelligene or LDH assay.
He/She will interpret data, analyze and present results to the manager and share with the group in group meetings.
Requirements
Intern candidate interested in working in cellular therapy space.
Candidate (College student(s) with essential course work training in cell biology or immunology) interested in learning new technology and available to devote time in lab bench work (70%) and desk work (30%).
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