Key Facts
Internship Overview
This internship will provide you with essential skills and knowledge to become a successful cancer researcher. It will equip you with the knowledge and understanding of performing literature reviews in bioimaging areas such as cell imaging, super-resolution fluorescence microscopes, and molecular imaging. To stay competitive in the field of biomedical research, universities and organizations need experienced imaging experts with research skills and an understanding of cutting-edge methods like super-resolution imaging. This 4-week internship is designed to equip you with the knowledge you need to apply in bioimaging research. It will train you to perform research in an international research environment.
Through the 4-week virtual internship, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills required to participate in biomedical science research. It aims to provide essential knowledge for developing your early research career in the molecular biology field.
Internship Journey
The online distance-learning internship will provide opportunities to receive expertise from the Cambridge Centre for Innovation and Development (CamCID) researchers. This internship includes four weeks of research-based tasks.
Week 1: Literature review
During the first week of your research internship, you will gain experience in literature reviewing and finding articles using research databases and search engines.
Week 2: Developing a research proposal
You will gain knowledge of writing your research proposal. You will develop your research idea in week 2 and learn to develop a research plan for your own idea.
Week 3: Data analysis
In week 3, you will learn to perform data analysis and statistical analysis in research. You will be given different practice tasks to perform data/image analysis.
Week 4: Research project
You will work on a short literature review project and apply your knowledge of molecular biology and cell biology in your project. The project aims to improve your academic writing, research, critical thinking, and literature search skills.
Fees and Funding
UK and International: £179 (including electronic certificate fee).
Entry Requirements
A minimum of 6 months of education in cell biology, biochemistry, bioimaging, biomedical science, or other relevant areas is recommended.
The mentioned qualification requirement is for guidance and it is required to successfully complete the virtual internship. All our online training and courses are taught in English. You must have good English language skills.
Career Opportunities
This virtual internship is designed to aid professional development in the field of cell imaging and/or bioimaging research, enabling you to further your expertise within an existing career path or to change career direction, for example, into Biomedical Imaging Expert.
Certificate of Completion
After successfully completing all the tasks of 4 weeks, you will be provided with an e-certificate for completing a virtual internship at Cambridge Centre for Innovation and Development (CamCID).
Delivery and Development
This virtual internship is delivered on Moodle Learning platform with a mentorship session.
It is designed by the CamCID Research Team (graduates and researchers from multiple high-ranked universities).
May include additional material by our partners
How To Apply
You will be offered the virtual internship place after the registration fee is paid by following 'Register Now'. However, we may close the registration early if all the available places are filled. Therefore, early registration is highly recommended.
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Research Internship (Virtual)
Bioimaging
Start Date: 29 April 2021
Places available: 10
Duration and Delivery: 4 weeks (Online)
Workload: 6-8 hours per week (part-time)
Entry requirements: A minimum of 6 months of education in cell biology, bioimaging, biochemistry, biomedical science, or other relevant areas is recommended.
Fees: £179 (UK and International)
Registration: Register Now
Contact:
Elisa Hampson