Internship - Downstream process (m/f/d)

at  Merck Group

Work Your Magic with us!
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That’s why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
Start date: February 2025
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland

As part of the Global Drug Substance Development department, you will join a team of motivated scientists dedicated to develop and optimize process for production of new biological therapeutics.
As a member of the Downstream Purification team, you will have to define how to accelerate the purification process of an antibody, without affecting the robustness and efficiency of the process. You will explore new technologies such as membranes devices to support process development. To lead this project, you will be asked to support the development of a new molecule in early stage. Laboratory experiment, bibliographic research and collaboration between departments are the key for the success of this project. You will be trained to be autonomous and will have the opportunity to present your work during various meetings.