Intent Internship Programme 2025

vor 1 Woche

Zürich, Schweiz InTent Vollzeit

**Key Facts**:
**Location**: DNAir AG, Office Zürich
**Duration**: Starting June/July 2025, for approximately 3 months
**Format**: Onsite
**Sector**: Biodiversity Tech / Environmental DNA (eDNA) / Sustainability
**Salary**: Paid internship

**About DNAir**:
**DNAir AG** is opening a new frontier in **biological intelligence** by capturing **biodata from the air**. Their technology reveals hidden dynamics of non-human life—from biodiversity patterns to pest and pathogen risks—transforming invisible biological signals into actionable insights for **conservation, agriculture, and land-use**. With a multidisciplinary team at the heart of Zürich’s innovation hub, DNAir is pushing the boundaries of how we monitor nature.

**About the Position**:
This is a **science-driven, hands-on internship** focused on optimizing air sensor technology to improve the detection of **insect biodiversity through airborne environmental DNA (eDNA)**. You’ll collaborate with DNAir’s molecular team and co-founders to design experiments, refine molecular workflows, and extract meaningful biodiversity data from thin air—literally.

**Your Role & Responsibilities**:

- Design and conduct experiments to improve **insect detection** via airborne eDNA sampling
- Perform **DNA extractions**, **PCR**, **qPCR**, and **metabarcoding**
- Analyze and interpret biodiversity data, including **statistical analysis**
- Optimize sampling strategies and molecular workflows
- Contribute to assay development for **metabarcoding of insects**
- Document findings to support ongoing R&D
- Work independently while receiving close mentorship from the scientific team

**About You**:

- You’re studying **molecular ecology, biology, or a related discipline**
- You have **some lab or field experience**—though it’s not a must
- You’re comfortable with **DNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, and statistics**
- You enjoy solving technical challenges and working on complex scientific questions
- Bonus**:English is a must**and **French or German is a plus**
- Most importantly: You’re curious, driven, and eager to contribute to sustainability through science

**Your Benefits**:

- You are working closely with the co-founder team, and our science and engineering partners, to use biodiversity tech devices for the detection of insects.
- Mentorship and guidance from a passionate engineering and molecular science team
- Participation in the **InTent Internship Kick-Off (mid-July)** and the **Geneva Summit (end of September)**
- Join a global community of like-minded students who are passionate about making a real difference—challenging the status quo to create a more sustainable future for our planet and society

**About IIP - Ready to Make Waves in Sustainability?**:
By joining, you’ll become part of a global community of changemakers, all working to build a more fair, resilient, and nature-positive world. This is more than just an internship—it's your chance to help shift the status quo and create real impact.

**#TakeAction** and shape the future of biodiversity monitoring with **DNAir AG**.

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