Genentech ยท 2 days ago
2026 Summer Intern - AI for Drug Discovery
South San Francisco, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$50/hr - $50/hr
Start in 2026 SpringGenentech is a leading biotechnology company, and they are seeking a highly motivated research intern to join their Small Molecule Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery Team. The intern will develop and apply novel machine learning methods to small-molecule drug discovery tasks, collaborating closely with various scientists and engineers.
BiotechnologyLife ScienceManufacturing
Responsibilities
You will evaluate the impact of recent advances of predictive models for molecular potency/affinity prediction
Application of predictive models that place a variety of physical priors on the problem of potency prediction: GNNs, transformers, geometric neural networks, etc
Collaborate closely on machine learning projects for drug discovery with machine learning scientists, research engineers, computational biologists, chemists, and biologists
Develop and execute a research agenda focused on advancing potency modeling and better understanding the limitations different inductive biases place on the problem
Report and present research findings and developments including status and results clearly, verbally and in writing (publishing in top-tier machine learning or chemistry venues)
Qualification
Required
Must be pursuing a PhD (enrolled student)
Physical or life sciences (Chemistry, Biology, Physics) or quantitative field (Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics)
Strong research interest in geometric neural networks, graph neural networks, representation learning, and chemical properties prediction
Fluent in Python and experience with modern Python frameworks for deep learning (e.g. PyTorch or TensorFlow)
Interest in binding affinity prediction and pose generation for molecular design
Preferred
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
Complements our culture and the standards that guide our daily behavior & decisions: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
Demonstrated computational research experience, as evidenced by publications, public code repositories, or equivalent
Familiarity with pose generation methods, both classical and data-driven (e.g., docking, molecular dynamics, AlphaFold3, etc.)
Experience with one or more cheminformatics or drug discovery toolkits (e.g. OpenEye, Schrodinger, RDKit, OpenBabel)
Experience working with large chemical and biological datasets, including sequence, text, graph, and structure-based data
Benefits
Paid holiday time off benefits
Company
Genentech
Genentech is a biotechnology research company that specializes in genetic testing and personalized medicines.
Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2009-03-26Acquired
1999-07-20IPO
1976-01-01Series Unknown
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Ashley Magargee
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Laird
Vice President
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