Avidity Biosciences Technical Dev Summer Internship for Undergrads with Pell Grants

AVIDITY BIOSCIENCES

Strive to Bring a Profound Difference to our Patients

At Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile and focused on the needs of patients.

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCsTM). Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit

www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT INTERN -- 8 weeks, 40 hrs/week

The internship is looking for a highly motivated student seeking an 8-week internship program within the Technical Development Department of Avidity Biosciences on projects related to providing material for our Clinical Pipeline, which are all the products in development at Avidity. This position will review, gather, and organize process-related data supporting the mAb, siRNA, and Bioconjugate workstreams. The ideal candidate will is expected to be a quick learner who wants to learn about biochemical processing and process development and manufacturing in the Technical Development/CMC space. CMC is an acronym for chemistry, manufacturing, and controls which are crucial activities when developing new pharmaceutical products.

RESPONSIBILITIES
· Review and understand processes involved in the manufacture of our AOCs (Antibody–oligonucleotide conjugates)
Some knowledge of biochemical processes and unit operations such as bioreactors, chromatography, filtration
· Capability of understanding the importance of the data gathered and present/organize for ease of view and trending identification
· Attention to detail and reliability, highly organized and trustworthy to work with highly valuable assets.
· Interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills and ability to work with other research team members.

DESIRED MAJORS/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS + SKILLS
· College undergraduate in a Biological, Bio/Chemical Engineering Major

· Ability to multi-task well and work in a fast-paced environment
· Willingness to learn skills involved in a career in Technical Development/CMC/Supply Chain
· Experience and proficiency with MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Flexible work hours, up to 32 hours per week.

LOCATION
10578 Science Center Dr Ste 125, San Diego, CA 92121