PhD in Biophysics

A PhD position in the field of cancer cell biology/biotechnology is available in the research group of Assoc. Prof. Kai Sandvold Beckwith at the Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Science, NTNU. The appointment has a duration of 3 years starting from summer/fall of 2026./nThe project will develop new nanoparticle-based cell enrichment approaches to isolate circulating multiple myeloma cells from patient blood samples and characterize them using optical molecular profiling. The PhD candidate will develop multiplexed fluorescence microscopy approaches to measure molecular features of the captured multiple myeloma cells, aiming towards new single-cell based insights into multiple myeloma biology and improved diagnostics./nThe position is funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The candidate will be based in the group of Assoc. Prof. Kai Sandvold Beckwith and will collaborate with Assoc. Prof. Sulalit Bandyopadhyay and the clinical academic group for multiple myeloma research at NTNU and St. Olav’s University Hospital. The immediate leader will be the Head of Department. Location: Trondheim, NTNU.