About Cell-Science Summer Internship

Science Gurus has been conducting a Cell-Science Summer Internship Program since 2012. The objective of this program is to educate next generation scientists about rational drug design & discovery in the biotechnology.


Program Director:
Jagath Reddy Junutula, PhD cellscience@sciencegurus.org
Sr Vice President, ModMab Therapeutics and Board Chairman at Science Gurus


What will you be learning and doing during the internship?

  • Introduction to Biotechnology
  • Overview to the drug discovery & development process
  • Bioinformatics and its applications
  • Cancer (What, Why, How) signaling and pathways
  • Cancer therapies - Classification and Mechanisms
  • Cancer Immunotherapy, Stem Cell and Nano particle therapies
  • Project work that applies various Bioinformatics tools
  • Visit to local Biotech company

Duration: 8 weeks during June - July months in every calendar year


Summer Internship program will also have featured guest lectures by experts from Pharma/Biotech companies and will host two unique workshops intended towards career development. Students will have an opportunity to work on the Bioinformatics project for 8-weeks and have to do oral presentations and submit assigned homework assignments and project reports.


Interested applicants can send to above listed e-mail IDs his/her CV along with a letter describing why he/she is interested in this Internship.


Eligibility: Students must complete Junior-year in the High School.