InTent Internship Programme 2025 (#IIP): Paid Internship for Bachelor/Master Students in Life Scienc

📍 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 

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. 

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. 

• Design and conduct experiments to improve insect detection via airborne eDNA sampling 

Design and conduct experiments to improve insect detection via airborne eDNA sampling 

• Perform DNA extractions, PCR, qPCR, and metabarcoding 

Perform DNA extractions, PCR, qPCR, and metabarcoding 

• Analyze and interpret biodiversity data, including statistical analysis 

Analyze and interpret biodiversity data, including statistical analysis 

• Optimize sampling strategies and molecular workflows 

Optimize sampling strategies and molecular workflows 

• Contribute to assay development for metabarcoding of insects 

Contribute to assay development for metabarcoding of insects 

• Document findings to support ongoing R&D 

Document findings to support ongoing R&D 

• Work independently while receiving close mentorship from the scientific team  

Work independently while receiving close mentorship from the scientific team