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Interested in joining our team? We welcome talented and motivated individuals. See our current openings.


Please note that we DO NOT hire ad hoc therefore DO NOT send an e-mail to request a position unless there is one (internal or external) available!

Lab openings

(updated on 31.10.2025)

PhD position

We have a PhD position open as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) project MetaExploreUltrahigh-throughput exploration of metagenomic sequence space to discover and engineer novel biocatalysts and bioactive compounds, coordinated by the University of Cambridge in UK.

If you are interested in applying, please follow this link. (Deadline 31.12.2025)

The PhD candidate at NTNU will work in close collaboration with the PhD candidate to be recruited at SINTEF. You can find SINTEF’s announcement at the this link.

For information about all other PhD positions available within the MetaExplore consortium, please visit the project website: https://metaexplore.eu

The topics/research areas that we are interested in:

  • Transcriptional and translational regulation
  • In vitro transcription
  • Metagenomics
  • Microfluidics
  • Single-cell studies
  • Deep learning
  • Lab automation

Postdoctoral research

If you are planning to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship (MSCA, Horizon Europe, HFSP, DFG, FEBS, Humboldt, EMBO, NSF, ERC, DAAD, and alike) and are interested in working in the Lale Lab please contact Rahmi.

Ph.D. projects

We would be happy to support your application for internal (NTNU) or external Ph.D. positions. If you are interested in pursuing an application please contact Rahmi.

Please note that we DO NOT hire ad hoc therefore DO NOT send an e-mail to request a PhD/postdoc position unless there is a position (internal or external) available!

Master's projects

We are interested in discussing Master’s thesis projects with prospective students. Please contact Rahmi to discuss potential projects.