Location: Gent, Belgium 

Start date: September 2026 

Duration: 6 months 

Work Model: On-site

Work Pattern: Full Time/40 h per week

About the job 

As our Research Intern, you'll join an R&D laboratory environment focused on experimental research and process optimization.

From day one, you'll support hands-on laboratory activities aimed at improving the performance, capacity, and throughput of existing research platforms. Working alongside experienced scientists, you'll execute experiments, analyze outcomes, explore new approaches, and contribute to addressing scientific and technical challenges.

This internship offers the opportunity to develop practical laboratory experience while gradually becoming an independent contributor within an innovative research environment.

Ready to grow your skills while helping shape the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you'll be empowered to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life while supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.

About Sanofi 

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main responsibilities:

• Execute laboratory experiments in a hands-on research environment.

• Support flow cytometry and FACS-based activities as part of ongoing research projects.

• Contribute to optimizing research workflows and improving platform performance and capacity.

• Analyze experimental results and use findings to support future experiments.

• Research scientific literature and explore innovative approaches to technical challenges.

• Collaborate with scientists and subject matter experts across the research platform.

• Gradually take ownership of assigned activities and work increasingly independently following onboarding.

About you  

To excel in this role you will need to have:

• You're currently in the final year of a Bachelor's degree or pursuing a Master's degree in Biosciences, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, or another related Life Sciences discipline.

• Strong curiosity, learning agility, and enthusiasm for experimental scientific research.

• A practical, hands-on approach and enjoyment of laboratory work.

• The ability to work independently, solve problems proactively, and adapt to changing priorities.

• Resilience and a willingness to learn from unsuccessful experiments.

• Strong written and spoken communication skills in English.

It would be an advantage if you also have:

• Previous experience with flow cytometry or FACS sorting.

• Experience working with yeast cells.

• Previous laboratory or academic research experience.

• Dutch language skills.

Why choose us? 

• Stretch your skills through apprenticeships, internships, graduate programs, and international experiences that grow with you. 

• Learn from inspiring mentors and collaborative teams while contributing to real projects that shape the future of healthcare. 

• Build your future with access to the latest tools, digital innovation, and continuous learning that keep you ahead of the curve. 

• Explore more with personalized development plans, short-term gigs, and internal mobility across functions and countries. 

• Grow in a purpose-driven company where your voice matters and your work helps improve millions of lives. 

• Thrive in inclusive, flexible workplaces that support your personal and professional well-being. 

• Launch your career with a company that invests in you — and empowers you to reimagine what’s possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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