PhD / Medical Student / Recent Master's Internship in Translatable In Vitro Drug Discovery for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at Roche Roche in Switzerland

Roche is advertising a 12-month RiSE internship in Basel, Switzerland focused on translatable in vitro drug discovery for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The project sits in the Roche Neuromuscular Disorders Lab and is aimed at pushing research toward potential therapies for rare disease.

The opportunity is suitable for a current PhD student, medical student, or recent master's graduate with an interest in muscle biology, neuromuscular disorders, drug discovery, and translational biomedical research. The post highlights hands-on work with neuromuscular organoids, bioenergetics platforms, 3D engineered human muscle tissue, hiPSCs, and molecular biology.

Mentorship and integration into the R&D environment are emphasized, with expert scientists including Daniel Olivieri and Anna Rümmelin. The internship is based in Basel, Switzerland, with a stated start window of August to October 2026.

This is a research internship rather than a scholarship or postdoctoral opening. The post does not mention tuition support, stipend amount, or fee waivers. Applicants should use the provided application link to submit their materials.