Postdoctoral Researcher-Liquid Biopsy Laboratory

Position overview

Position title : Postdoctoral Scholar

Salary range :

$66,737-$80,034. Salary based on experience.

Application Window

Open date : August 18, 2025

Most recent review date : Monday, Aug 18, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date : Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Liquid Biopsy Laboratory (https : / / uclaliquidbiopsy.org ) at the David Geffen School of Medicine, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking highly motivated postdoctoral researchers and scientists to join our dynamic and interdisciplinary team. Supported by the National Cancer Institute, our group brings together scientists, engineers, and physicians from UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Our mission is to develop innovative and noninvasive diagnostic tools to improve detection and monitoring of cancer, prenatal diseases, and neurodegenerative disorders. We focus on liquid biopsy components, particularly extracellular vesicles (EVs), as surrogates of disease lesions. Our strategies integrate analyses of EV biomolecular cargoes, including mRNA content, surface protein markers, and protease activity, to capture disease-specific signatures.

For more information about our research, please refer to the following publications and our website :

• EV mRNA assay : J Exp Clin Canc Res. 2025, 44, 136; Nano Today. 2023, 48, 101746; Adv Sci. 2022, 9, e2105853; Nat Commun. 2020, 11, 4489; Adv Funct Mater. 2020, 30, 20200913; ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019, 11, 13973
• EV surface protein assay : Adv Sci. 2025, 12, e2414982; Drug Resist Updat. 2025, 79, 101207; Hepatology. 2023, 77, 774
• EV protease activity assay : Adv Sci. 2025, e2415289; Adv Funct Mater. 2025, e2422469
• Lab website : https : / / uclaliquidbiopsy.org

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

Preferred qualifications

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter

Reference check authorization release form - Complete and upload the reference check authorization release form

Reference requirements

Please provide the names and contact information for three references.

Apply link :

https : / / recruit.apo.ucla.edu / JPF10568

Help contact : yazhenzhu@mednet.ucla.edu

About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and / or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

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Job location

Los Angeles, CA