General Information

A alternative way of doing your internship

The Genomics Student Lab is a research training lab by and for students, where the university is linked directly to non-academic entities in the life sciences sector.

Lab set-up

• 10-15 students + 1 full-time supervisor + many ad-hoc UvA experts
• Master, Bachelors and HBO students
• The students jointly run the lab and their projects
• Project topics often come from life sciences companies, non-academic institutes such as the RIVM

Internships

• Students can start their training at the beginning of February each year (exceptions exist - inquire)
• MSc internships: at least 5 months, BSc internships: at least 5 months
• Possibility for: wet-lab (laboratory) internships, dry-lab (bioinformatics) internships or a combination of both

Benefits

• Possibly gain experience with a project driven by a non-academic partner
• Gain experience in R&D and with non-academic researchers
• Preparation for a career outside academia
• Experience with multi-disciplinary project work and availability of various experts
• Learn to deal with (new) own responsibilities in project work
• Get acquainted with life sciences research
• Opportunity to help shape the direction of research with their your ideas
• "Personal awareness" about skills, aspirations, educational focus and career choices
• A distinctive educational edge compared to other students