In Bayer’s Crop Science division, we shape agriculture through breakthrough innovation that helps to nourish our growing world, preserve natural resources and deliver better solutions for all farmers. Using the creative spark that comes from human ingenuity, we seek to deliver world-class innovation, set new standards in sustainability, and drive our digital transformation. Our products include high-performance seeds & traits, crop protection solutions, and digital farming tools.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Genomics Discovery and Application Intern, are to: 

• Identify historic data that can be used to test for epistasis;
• Develop a statistical testing framework to identify interactions between introgressed loci;
• Design a follow up field experiment to test for epistasis;
• Establish connections with teams with expertise in data science, genomics and precision breeding.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a M.S. and/or Ph.D. program in Plant Breeding, Bioinformatics or related field;
• Basic programming skills (Unix, R or Python);
• Some knowledge of genetics and statistics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with genomics.