LifeArc | Life Sciences: Biology Research

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 7-8 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to LifeArc. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 7-8 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to LifeArc. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at LifeArc. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced7-8 hoursNo gradesNo assessments

Welcome to our programme! We are so excited to have you here.

LifeArc started out as MRC Technology, commercialising scientific research funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), and today we are a leading U.K. medical research charity. We are self-funding, using our investment portfolio to support our charitable activities. We partner and work with academics, industry, charities and patient groups to unlock the potential of early-stage science.

During this programme, you will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a LifeArc team member and complete tasks that replicate the work that our Biology Research team does every day. You’ll learn how to optimise experimental conditions, analyse data to determine optimal conditions, synthesise evidence and collaboration and present your results.

We hope this programme provides a great resource for you to upskill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at LifeArc!

Skills you will learn and practice:

Critical Analysis

Information Extraction

Research Design

Data Visualization

Statistical Analysis

Programming

Data Reporting

Data Analysis

Collaboration

Communication

How it works

Tasks in this program

Task One: Optimise experimental conditions

1-2 hours

Design a multiplexed experiment to optimise an in vitro neuronal differentiation protocol

What you'll learn

Hands-on experience in experimental design for fibroblast-to-sensory-neuron differentiation.
How to understand the differentiation protocol steps, including lentiviral particle generation and cell culturing.
How to develop research skills in optimizing conditions and interpreting results.

What you'll do

Analyze the differentiation protocol for optimization needs.
Complete an Excel template for experimental design.

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"What I liked most about the program is the clear and well organized tasks instructions. It helped me understand more about this research area at ease even though it’s is a quite demanding task."-- Student from Université de Tunis

"Communication primarily occurs through digital channels such as email, video conferencing, and collaboration tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams."-- Student from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith

"ITS A GREAT LEARING EXPERINCE ITS BRINGS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE FIBROBLASTS AND HELP ME TO SEARCH MORE FACTORS RELEATED TO THE FIBROBLASTS AND THE SENSORY NEURONS"-- Student from Adikavi Nannaya University

"This virtual internship covered many aspects of a real research project, from experimental design to data analysis of results using R and teaching many invaluable skills that can be taken into a future career."-- Student from King's College London, University of London

"I like how flexible it is, so I can finish the course according to my own time and pace. The structure of each task is quite clearly laid out and the website is quite self-explanatory, so I was able to complete the programme independently. I also like that there are additional resources for further reading, and example answers for me to check my wo..."-- Student from Imperial College