Students: Be an Intern and get the practical skills that could help you get a job in biotechnology.

What is an internship?
Internships are paid or unpaid opportunities to get on-the-job practice in job skills. Internships typically last for a few months or for a summer term and can be part-time or full-time. It is an excellent way to find out more about the industry. In addition, the skills learned in an internship can make someone a better job candidate when they interview for their career job of choice.

Life Sciences Summer Institute: Student Internship and Teacher Externship Programs

• Teacher Externships
• College Students
• High School Students

What is the Teacher Externship Program?

The Teacher Externship Program, a part of the Life Sciences Summer Institute (LSSI), increases awareness of the local life sciences industries (biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, and related areas) to those individuals who are most influential in the development of our future workforce, teachers. Teachers gain exposure to the industry through hands-on laboratory curriculum training, company externship experiences, curriculum integration, along with sharing and networking among peers.

More information on Teacher Externship opportunities may be found on MATSC's Externship pages at www.matsc.org/Externships.htm.

College Student Boot Camp Program

The College Student Boot Camp Program, a part of the Life Sciences Summer Institute (LSSI)has been developed to help increase awareness of the life science industry and related fields of research to students in the San Diego region.  During this one week Biotechnology Boot Camp, students will refine their lab skills using the AMGEN Bruce Wallace Laboratory Curriculum. This curriculum is designed to parallel some of the important steps the biotechnology industry uses to create novel therapeutic proteins and develop products. The AMGEN Laboratories incorporates three Nobel Prize techniques and are built around four central paradigms: 1) recombinant DNA technology, 2) gene expression, 3) protein purification, and 4) the polymerase chair reaction (PCR). Combined with a San Diego industry overview, the students will appreciate the role of the biotechnology industry and its potential impact on the future. The "Boot Camp" will run in the summer at the Southern California Biotechnology Center at Miramar College.

To sign up for the program or find out more information please contact Sandra Slivka.

High School Student Internship Program

The High School Student Research Program, a part of the Life Sciences Summer Institute (LSSI) Student Internship Program, has been developed to help increase awareness of the life science industry and related fields of research to students in the San Diego region. Students gain exposure to career options, hands-on laboratory experience, work readiness skills, and mentoring by a company or research scientists. Throughout the eight-week program, which includes one week of non-paid pre-internship training followed by a seven-week paid internship, students are involved with a full-time research project. The pre-internship Biotechnology "Boot Camp" training provides attendees with hands-on training in basic lab skills used in biomedical research At the end of the program, students present their research projects to their mentors, lab members and families. In addition, students will develop scientific posters reflecting on their summer experience and highlighting their research and future career goals. Posters will be displayed during a culminating event. Students may obtain an internship position (through an interview process) at one of San Diego 's world-renowned scientific research institutes, including: Burnham Institute for Medical Research , La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies or The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).

More information on High School Internship opportunities may be found on MATSC's Internship pages at www.MATSC.org/Internships.htm.

For more information on the Life Sciences Summer Institute programs visit the Miramar Amgen Teacher Support Center at www.matsc.org.

Links to Other Internship Programs:

Biogen Idec
http://www.biogenidec.com
Go to the Career section and choose Intern Program.

Biospace
http://www.biospace.com
Search for intern positions in the Biotech Beach section to find positions in Southern California.

Life Sciences Summer Institute
http:/www.biocomworkforce.org
Find out how to obtain a summer position.

Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company
http://www.pfizer.com
Go to the Career section and choose Campus Recruiting.

Salk Institute
http://www.salk.edu
Search Education and Outreach to find information on the High School Summer Enrichment Program.

San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoointernquest/participate.html
Life science learning opportunities for high school and college students.

Scripps Research Institute
http://www.scripps.edu
Look under Job Opportunities for Internships and UCSD Workstudy program.

University of California San Diego
http://see.ucsd.edu
Internships and student resources available through UCSD.

Youth Connect Network
http://sdyouthwork.sandiegoatwork.com
Students between the ages of 16 and 21 who are residents of San Diego County can apply for internships through Youth Connect Network.

Employers: Mentor an intern and help open a door to someone's future.

Does your company have an opportunity to mentor a student intern or teacher extern?

Contact Sandra Slivka to learn how to participate in MATSC.