Extracurricular Internship (Graduate Internship) - Taverna Group
Pubblicato il 20-08-2026 - Human Technopole in Milano
**APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: May 13th, 2025** **Human Technopole (HT)**is an interdisciplinary life science research institute, created and supported by the Italian Government, with the aim of developing innovative strategies to improve human health. HT is composed of five Centers: Neurogenomics, Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Genomics, and Health Data Science. The Centers work together to enable interdisciplinary research and to create an open, collaborative environment that will help promote life science research both nationally and internationally. **About the Group** The Taverna group studies brain development and evolution, focusing on the role of intracellular traffic and protein glycosylation. **Internship Project Description** **Key tasks and activities** Modelling neurological manifestations of CDGs using human iPSCs-derived organoids and/or neurons. This task includes cell culture, iPSCs maintenance, organoid culture, neuronal cultures and cell phenotyping.
- support immunofluorescence and/or calcium imaging
- acquire expertise in confocal microscopy and super-resolution microscopy
- support image analysis and quantification. **Essential requirements**
- Master’s Degree in neurobiology, cell biology or relevant field
- Experience with cell culture work, in particular with human iPSCs
- Experience with immunofluorescence and light microscopy **Preferred requirements**
- Experience with 2D or 3D iPSCs-derived systems -such as brain rosettes, brain organoids and/or induced neurons
- to model human disorders
- A background in cell biology or molecular biology **Organizational and social skills**
- Excellent communication and team working skills. **Application Instructions**
- a CV.
- a motivation letter in English. **Why Human Technopole**
- HT seeks scientific excellence, we recruit the best scientific talents through international, open calls.
- Our working environment is international, friendly and inclusive. Our scientists work together across disciplines on research topics of biomedical relevance, leveraging synergies between their diverse skillsets and methodological approaches.
- We believe that highly diverse teams yield the best and most innovative results.
- We engage in outward-facing scientific activities aimed at benefiting the national and international research community. Training is also at the heart of our activity, with initiatives and opportunities for our staff, including scientific courses, conferences and workshops. **What we offer**
- Canteen service.
- Guest House upon availability, if needed.
- Access to all training initiatives targeted to HT scientists.
- International research environment with networking and training opportunities.
- Supervision by experienced researchers providing personalized feedback and career advice. **Number of positions offered**:1 **Internship duration**:12 months. **Reimbursement**: ?800€? gross per month **The internship is based in Milan.