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2026 Summer Intern - Cell Biology

CompanyCellanome
LocationFoster City
Work ModeOn Site
PostedApril 21, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will work on projects involving cell onboarding, cell state transitions, and CRISPR screening on the Cellanome Platform. They will contribute to experimental design, execution, and data analysis in collaboration with scientists and engineers.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
120
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Reveal Cellular Choreography | See Biology in Motion Cellanome enables scientists to capture the intricacies of cells and their interactions, with the scale, resolution and context necessary to unravel biological complexity. Our live-cell analysis platform captures cellular dynamics at scale, integrating time-lapse imaging with single-cell transcriptomics to reveal how cells evolve, interact, and respond over time. This generates AI-ready datasets with the context and continuity needed to advance therapeutic development and mechanistic understanding across immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and aging.
About the Role

We’re a well-funded start-up. You’ll get a chance to wear many hats, be a part of a growing team, and have the potential for exciting financial and career growth.

Here’s what sets us apart. We’ve set our sights on some of the biggest challenges facing biology today. We’re amassing a world class team of engineers, scientists, team builders and problem solvers to tackle these challenges heads-on. We’re passionate about developing the next generation technologies that will unravel the complexities of biology.

This is a unique opportunity to build, be part of an exciting start-up and be surrounded by good humans who are super capable, humble and down-to- earth.

As a Summer Intern reporting to the Staff Scientist, you will gain hands-on experience working across multiple cell types on the Cellanome Platform and contribute to projects advancing our core cell biology capabilities.

 Position overview:  

  • You will take on one or more projects spanning areas such as cell onboarding (human primary cells and mammalian cell lines), cell state transitions (proliferation, differentiation, senescence) across diverse cell types including human preadipocytes, and CRISPR screening. You’ll contribute to experimental design, execution, and data analysis alongside scientists and engineers in a fast-moving environment where your curiosity and creative thinking directly shape how we advance the platform.

What makes you a good fit: 

  • Currently enrolled PhD student in a biology-related field.
  • Able to commit to a 9-12 week program during Summer 2026.
  • Hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture and aseptic technique; familiarity with viral transduction, CRISPR-based experiments, primary cell differentiation, flow cytometry, or microscopy is a plus.
  • Self-motivated and curious, comfortable working in a fast-paced, cross-functional team.
  • Comfortable organizing, analyzing, and interpreting complex experimental datasets; scripting experience (e.g., Python or R) and exposure to sequencing- or image-based readouts are a plus.

The pay rate for this position is $45/hour. 

What you can expect from us:

You’ll feel the energy when you walk in our door – we work hard, we have fun and we have ambitious plans to grow. Cellanome offers a comprehensive employment package that includes a competitive salary, generous stock options, great individual, and family health plans, a 401(k) and flexibility to balance work and life.

We embrace and celebrate the diversity of our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Key Skills
Mammalian cell cultureAseptic techniqueViral transductionCRISPRPrimary cell differentiationFlow cytometryMicroscopyPythonRData analysisExperimental designCell biologySequencingImage-based readouts
Categories
Science & ResearchTechnologyEngineeringData & Analytics
Benefits
Competitive salaryStock optionsHealth plans401(k)Work-life balance
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