Internship Opportunity: Hands On Experience with OpenTrons Flex

Supervisor: Matin Nuhamunada, M.Sc., Ph.D.

In this internship, you will be working to develop a protocol to automate high-throughput detection and sequencing of adenylation domain (AD) and ketosynthases (KS) from bacterial samples, for the bioprospection of PKS and NRPS compounds.

Internship Tasks

As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience in:

• Programming liquid handler (OpenTrons Flex)
• Develop a combinatorial PCR approach
• Library Preparation and Sequencing with the PromethION platform (ONT)

Internship Details

• Project starts as soon as possible (February/March)
• Project duration is for 1-2 months
• Location:
  • Laboratory of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology UGM
  • Integrated Genome Factory
• This is an unpaid internship, designed to provide invaluable hands-on experience, professional mentorship, and the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that will enhance your skills and career prospects.

Eligibility

• Open to active students at UGM
• Recent UGM graduates are also encouraged to apply
• Available to work on site

How to Apply

• Fill the application form here
• Send your CV, academic transcript, and one page motivation letter to [email protected] and CC to [email protected] with “OPENTRONS INTERNSHIP - your name” as the subject.
• Submit your application as soon as possible, on the 27th of February at the latest.

Acknowledgements

This project conducted in collaboration with Universitas Teknologi Sumbawa (UTS), Synbio.id, INSERM - Sorbonne Université, and Integrated Genome Factory internship program.