Data Science & AI placement student Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
Piloting a method to create gene association networks from RNA-seq data. Applying this method to different datasets with the aim to identify key disease genes and genes affected by treatment. Creating a web app to allow scientists to compare subnetworks and explore networks. Presented work in meetings, attended various talks to learn about AI in drug development.
Skills
Yes, developed python skills- matplotlib, creating network visualisations, dash app development, GitHub, shell scripting, R coding, presenting and communicating complex ideas, biology understanding- drug development, transcription, translation, cell signalling.
Responsibilities
Yes, I have been given the independence and space to work on my project and research how to move forward with it. Given the responsibility to create a web app to present results.
Support & Guidance
A lot of support given from weekly meetings with supervisor and manager. Encouraged to reach out to other team members if need help with anything.
Culture
Very friendly atmosphere, feel valued as an employee and encouraged to speak out about any concerns. The company holds a lot of social events for early talent and interesting talks.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my placement a lot. A large group of other placement students here made the experience very enjoyable.
Yes
I would recommend researching a bit about drug development so you know about the overall process.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science, Data Science, Science
East of England
July 2024
