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Job Title: 2026 Spatial Transcriptomics Intern (PhD)
Company Name: AbbVie
Location: Cambridge, MA
Position Type: Internship
Post Date: 08/29/2025
Expire Date: 02/22/2026
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Job Description
2026 Spatial Transcriptomics Intern (PhD)

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.


Job Description

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

Bioinformatics for Immunology, Genetic and genomic sciences (BIGGS) under the umbrella of Quantitative Medicine and Genomics (QM&G) is seeking a highly talented, creative, and motivated summer intern to analyze cutting-edge spatial transcriptomics and histopathology data. The candidate will work in close collaboration with members of BIGGS and Discovery immunology and will work on advancing our capabilities in spatial data analysis and pipeline development.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Test new algorithms on spatial transcriptomics data for accuracy and efficiency.
  • Assist in the expansion and optimization of our spatial data analysis pipeline.
  • Work within an interdisciplinary team to integrate cutting-edge tools and technologies and advance the understanding of disease biology.
  • Contribute easily maintainable, robust, and flexible code for spatial analysis pipelines.
  • Interpret and communicate results to team members and a wider audience of interdisciplinary scientists.

Qualifications

MinimumQualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field.
  • Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
  • Expected graduation datebetween December 2026 July 2027
  • Experience working with spatial transcriptomics required, preferably Xenium
  • Fluent in R and/or Python
  • Fluent in single-cell RNA-seq analysis
  • Excellent organizational, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Expertise in immunology is a plus
  • Experience with image analysis is a plus
  • Experience with nextflow and GitHub

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.

Benefits and Amenities

  • Competitive pay
  • Relocation support for eligible students
  • Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html

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Company Name: AbbVie
Website:https://careers.abbvie.com/en/job/2026-spatial-transcriptomics-intern-phd-in-cambridge-ma-jid-19330?_atxsrc=HBCUConnect&utm_source=HBCUConnect
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