The Josh Clevenger Lab focuses its efforts on crop improvement for sustainable agriculture, with the specific aim of helping small and underserved breeding programs and farmers worldwide introduce genomics into their breeding practices. In this agriculturally-focused position, the intern will learn key genome sequencing and assembly skills in both the wet lab and computationally. Under their mentor's guidance, they will use computational tools to analyze the genome of a plant or animal species. They will also work in the wet lab, assisting in various projects, including DNA extraction and library preparation. The intern will learn about the various methods by which DNA can be extracted and prepared for skim-sequencing and HiFi sequencing.

The intern’s activities will include performing bioinformatics analyses on RNA samples from an immunoprofile analysis. Total message RNA that has been previously sequenced will be examined. Using open-source computational software, the gene expression associated with PTSD individuals compared to those of control groups will be identified and quantitated. Dr. Joseph Ng will serve as the primary mentor to the student, and current technicians and research associates (postdoctoral fellows) in the Ng lab will assist the intern in his/her technical training.

This internship position will support the Genome Sequencing Center's bioinformatics and data analysis efforts. In this position, you will support a team of scientists in manipulating, assembling, and exploring the genomic sequence of organisms relevant to the Department of Energy (DOE). Possible projects include genome assembly, genetic map generation/integration, and next-generation sequence analysis. Main responsibilities will include working closely with informaticists & scientists as they design/implement computational tools for use at the GSC.

The Sara Cooper Lab is focused on cancer genomics. We use a combination of genomic assays to understand the development and progression of cancer. We are particularly interested in how tumors respond to existing and novel therapies. Interns in our laboratory will have opportunities to test the response of cells to well-known and novel drugs in a cell culture system and analyze genomic data using existing statistical methods.

The Communications Department is tasked with communicating the Institute’s mission and raising its profile to all stakeholders, including research partners, donors, government officials, and beneficiaries of research and education. The Communications intern will assist with internal and external communications strategies and execution. The intern will assist in brainstorming and be responsible for implementing tactics in support of Institute communications efforts. Additionally, the intern will write, create, and implement content for the intranet, web, and social media. The applicant should have a general desire and ability to support the communications team in their efforts. The intern should be flexible, curious, and interested in learning about effective communication strategies.

Acclinate is seeking a Communications Intern with an interest in communications or journalism. The intern must have a general desire and ability to support the communications team in their efforts and assist with brainstorming and ideation for content messaging for various social media platforms.

Aunt Katie’s Garden is a 2-acre urban farm and apiary located in downtown Dothan, Alabama. The site is used for both high-density food production (raised beds and wooded high tunnels) and as a community garden where local gardeners can rent plots and participate in CSA programs. We demonstrate that food production can be beautiful and healthy, enhance the quality of life for the neighborhood, and be a great training ground for youth.

The goal of this internship is to allow the student to learn the ins and outs of operating a community garden. They will have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge of growing healthy food for the community, how this food is distributed throughout the community through community-supported agriculture, bed sponsors, local restaurants, and how we process some of our value-added products. The intern will also receive some hands-on training with our community interaction through visitors and social media. The intern will assist the staff and volunteers with digging, planting, watering, and weeding.

The internship opportunity will involve programming to support a clinical genetics research project. Particular focus will be given to the implementation of tools to analyze sequence, variant, and assembly data to identify genetic changes that may be relevant to disease. Applicants should have a strong interest in both computation and biology.

The Nick Cochran lab is focused on genomic contributors to dementias, with a focus on Alzheimer’s and related dementias. We want to understand how neurodegeneration-associated genes are regulated and how genetic variation may affect that regulation and/or risk for disease. We employ both computational and wet lab approaches.

The Economic Development Department is seeking a BioTrain intern interested in biosciences and a career path in entrepreneurship and business at the Huntsville Campus of HudsonAlpha. This intern will assist the Economic Development team with recruiting companies to the campus, working on business retention efforts of the group, and programming about investment, innovation, workforce development, and entrepreneurship. This will include interaction with several of the HudsonAlpha Associate Companies and with HudsonAlpha’s mission areas. The intern will function as part of the Economic Development team, contributing ideas and executing plans for furthering the Institute’s mission. Examples of projects and tasks could include 1) life sciences and biotechnology market research; public policy research; local, state, and federal government data management; workforce development strategies; funding opportunities for incubators, accelerators, and technology parks; and research on investments. These projects may be for the Economic Development team and/or for one or more of the resident associate companies. 2) assist with marketing for economic development strategic goals. This may include generating content for print, web, and social media.

The HudsonAlpha Wiregrass Economic Development Department in Dothan, AL, is seeking an intern with an interest in life sciences and a career path in a business-related field. This position will be located in the HudsonAlpha Wiregrass offices in Dothan, AL.

This intern will assist the Economic Development team with programming for innovative startups, entrepreneurship and small businesses and recruiting technology-based companies to the Wiregrass. The intern will interact with several companies receiving support from the HudsonAlpha Wiregrass team, multiple community and business organizations, and the HudsonAlpha Wiregrass staff.

Examples of projects and tasks could include, but not be limited to, projects designed by and for HudsonAlpha Wiregrass’s supported companies, a variety of market research projects for the Economic Development group, and coordination and support of general HudsonAlpha events. Additionally, this intern will assist with refining economic development content for multiple platforms – including print, web, and social media. The intern will function as part of the Economic Development team, contributing ideas and executing plans for furthering the Institute’s mission.

The HudsonAlpha Finance Department manages all aspects of the Institute's financial operation, including grant and general accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, accounts payable and receivable, and audit relations. The department is seeking an undergraduate or Master’s level student to assist with these financial and accounting tasks. Specific tasks of the intern function may include basic accounting duties, financial modeling, and assisting with budgeting/forecasting.

This position will work closely with the genetic counseling team at HudsonAlpha. Activities will include observing and supporting the provision of genetic counseling at HudsonAlpha and the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine, LLC. The position will also help develop and implement educational resources and programs for healthcare audiences. The selected student will gain hands-on experience communicating complex genomic information in person, over the phone, and in writing.

Interns will be immersed in a leading genomics laboratory, working on a variety of projects relating to human disease and transcriptional regulation. The Myers Lab uses genomic approaches to better understand and classify human disease, focusing on neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer, Huntington, Parkinson diseases, and ALS. Interns can expect to learn a variety of techniques, both on the lab bench and computational, related to using genomics and genetics to study human biology and disease.

Discovery Life Sciences (DSL) is a biospecimen and biomarker specialist serving thousands of scientists across the US and around the world. DSL provides the world’s largest selection of FFPE samples and a diverse disease portfolio for researchers to choose from. The intern in this position will work with the Histology Department to categorize biospecimen samples. To be successful in this role, you must be curious, analytical, detail-oriented, love heavy computer work, and be a team player.

SavantZ is developing a state-of-the-art Humanoid Robot for applications in bio-science, medicine, agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, social services and security tasks. The intern will work with and learn systems engineering, electromechanical design/implementation, electronics and software design and AI skills as they relate to robotics. They will work in our robotics lab, helping to fine-tune the electromechanical systems and develop software in the areas of real-time sensor processing and fusion, image recognition and perception, artificial intelligence, and AI-based learning processes. The intern will be working with a completed prototype or our sophisticated Humanoid. The intern will be supervised by a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Robotics who is a professor in Huntsville and co-founder of SavantZ.

The Information Technology and Cybersecurity organization is seeking an IT/Cyber intern to assist in the development of a cybersecurity profile and security initiatives to help define how to best secure genomic data, systems, and laboratories. The IT/Cyber intern will help evaluate and document core compliance frameworks (i.e., Access Control, Configuration Management, and System Integrity) against the innovative technologies and pipelines used across genomic laboratories.

We are a small, family-owned goat farm specializing in handcrafted skincare products made from goat milk. We are looking for a motivated and creative Marketing and Administrative Intern to help grow our brand and streamline day-to-day operations. This position offers hands-on experience in marketing, customer engagement, and business administration in a friendly, entrepreneurial environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assist in developing and executing social media strategies, including content creation and posting on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
• Help design marketing materials, such as product labels, flyers, and promotional graphics
• Support e-commerce operations, including managing product listings and processing online orders
• Provide excellent customer service by responding to inquiries via email and social media
• Organize and maintain inventory of products and supplies
• Assist with local farmer's market events, including setup, sales, and interacting with customers
• Perform light administrative tasks such as scheduling, filing, and data entry

Since its inception in 1987, CFD Research has worked with government agencies, businesses, and academia to provide innovative solutions within the Aerospace & Defense, Biomedical & Life Sciences, and Energy & Materials industries. The CFDRC Bioscience & Bioengineering group is currently seeking highly motivated individuals to support the testing and characterization of lab-on-a-chip systems for biomedical applications. Specific responsibilities include working with a group of scientists and engineers, providing research and laboratory support on the development of various cellular and biomolecular microfluidic systems, implementing previously developed test protocols, investigating improvements and modifications, and validating and documenting new processes.

The intern in this position will perform basic research for novel pharmacogenomics and/or hereditary cancer risk clinical assays. To support DNA variant identification, the intern will develop and utilize laboratory skills, including DNA extraction, PCR, and DNA sequencing applications. The intern will also support our clinical lab with reagent preparation.

The intern in this position will learn about how molecular genomics is integrated into plant breeding. Additionally, the intern will help conduct field trials on advanced peanut breeding lines, evaluate field plots, and conduct experiments related to using molecular genomics for selection. Work will be done in the HudsonAlpha Wiregrass lab in Dothan, AL, and at the Headlands, AL, Wiregrass Research and Education Center research farm. Fieldwork outside is a part of this internship. The intern in this position will travel to Huntsville, AL, for the BioTrain Boot Camp and for the BioTrain Poster Session (expenses paid). The intern will work in Dothan, AL, for the remainder of the summer. Housing is not available for this position.

The Swaminathan Lab uses genomics and biotechnology to understand traits important for sustainable bioenergy feedstock production. Interns in this position will gain experience with promoter and gene discovery, plant transformation, and transgenic characterization methods. The intern will be part of the CABBI RISE program and the BioTrain Internship program. RISE (Research Internship in Sustainable Bioenergy) is a summer internship program offering bioenergy research opportunities for undergraduates from groups currently underrepresented in STEM. They will interact with both the BioTrain Internships cohort at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, as well as other CABBI-RISE students and faculty. The student will be expected to attend the CABBI retreat at the University of Illinois in June 2025, and other select CABBI-RISE events. Funding will be provided for travel and expenses. The dates for this position will be May 27 – August 1, 2025. This position is funded through a DOE BER Bioenergy Research Center Grant, CABBI, and is targeted at helping students develop research skills and be exposed to career paths in plant genomics and biotechnology. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

The Swaminathan lab uses functional genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics to understand traits/phenotypes important for sustainable energy production. The intern will be exposed to molecular biology, genotyping, phenotyping, plant tissue culture, and biotechnology techniques. We expect the student to be diligent, highly motivated, and interested in careers in plant biology and crop functional genomics.

The Harkess Lab uses comparative genomics to study how flowering plants have evolved and diversified on our planet. We are seeking an enthusiastic intern interested broadly in plant biology and genomics, particularly in how plants have evolved unique ways to undergo sexual and asexual reproduction. The intern will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects related to plant evolutionary biology, developing skills ranging from molecular genetics to genome sequencing and computational genomics.

SynVivo specializes in microfluidic platforms for Tissue and Organ-on-Chip (OOC) models to establish a new standard of predictive tools for understanding human responses in drug development, leading to transformative advancements in personalized medicine. We are looking to fill a Research Intern position for the BioTrain Program (Summer of 2025).

Interns in this program will have opportunities in research and development of cutting-edge organ-on-chip models for therapeutic drug delivery, efficacy, and safety testing. The intern will participate in the development of 3D tissue models to simulate vascular injury and immune responses to preclinical drug candidates.

Research Interns will have both a mentor and a technical manager to help guide them during their research project. In addition to challenging technical work, the BioTrain program offers professional development and social activities designed to help interns have a great, all-around summer internship experience.

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) department is looking for a safety intern who will assist with internal safety and related tasks. These include training, SDS inventory, corrective actions, internal audits, gap analysis, records maintenance, etc. The position will work closely with both the EHS department, other internal departments within HudsonAlpha, and potentially with Associate Companies on-site.

HudsonAlpha Educational Outreach is seeking an undergraduate or Master’s level student preparing for a career in biology education to support the staff in educational programs throughout the summer. The intern will prepare laboratory spaces and materials for programs, prepare activities, and lead educational experiences for a variety of audiences (including middle school campers and community outreach participants). The intern will work alongside in-service educators engaging in multi-day professional learning workshops. The intern will keep thorough records of educational outreach events. The intern will observe teaching in various informal education settings and with various student and adult audiences. The intern will engage as a participant in professional learning for in-service biology educators. The intern will have multiple opportunities to lead instruction and receive feedback from veteran educators. The intern’s research focus will be diving into current educational research to make data-driven recommendations for educator professional learning.

Sentinel empowers confident Nitrogen management through cutting-edge digital solutions, like our N-Time® insights. We provide agronomists and farmers with agronomic insights, streamlined operations, and increased profitability while enhancing environmental stewardship. As an Agronomy Intern you will contribute to data collection, documentation, equipment support, media capture, and field management in N-Time® and other software. Attentiveness, curiosity, critical thinking, self-motivation, and customer orientation will be important skills for succeeding in this position. It is our belief that members of our team perform best when they are given ownership of their role. In this position, you will be given responsibilities that will lead to personal and professional growth opportunities that are unmatched by internships at larger organizations.

Responsibilities may include:

• Analyze data using statistical and other computational techniques
• Leverage N-Time® and other software to support trial execution and data collection
• Assist Sentinel team members with projects that support daily operations
• Collect feedback from partners and users to inform company direction
• Visit fields as needed for data and media collection

Potential projects include:

• Analyze cotton, potato, forage, and sugar performance trials
• Evaluate Sentinel recommendation performance in irrigated and rainfed production
• Systems
• Evaluate Weather source impacts on recommendation performance

The Kodani Lab conducts a comprehensive research program aimed at elucidating the developmental mechanisms disrupted in genetic, pediatric, neurological, and psychiatric disorders. Current projects encompass brain and body overgrowth disorders, as well as concurrent copy number variants associated with autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Interns will receive mentorship from Drs. Kodani and Knuesel, engaging in biochemistry, cell biology, and mechanistic studies. Under guided supervision, trainees will adhere to established operating procedures to investigate disrupted developmental signaling pathways in patient-derived tissues and cells, with the objective of identifying FDA-approved compounds that mitigate disease sequelae. We seek an intern who thrives in a collaborative, growth-oriented team science environment, eager to develop foundational wet lab skills that will advance their scientific career.