Job Description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report?s "Best Hospitals 2025-2026" rankings. When you join our team, you?ll have access to groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and world-class medical education programs. We take pride in hiring exceptional, dedicated professionals who are passionate about advancing healthcare. Our physicians, nurses, and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse communities we serve and are united by a shared commitment to excellence. Together, we foster a dynamic, inclusive environment that drives innovation and supports the gold standard of patient care.

The Proteomics and Metabolomics Core at Cedars-Sinai is seeking a curious, motivated, and detail-oriented Research Associate to support proteomic assay development and production. This role provides hands-on wet lab experience in a collaborative environment equipped with cutting?edge instrumentation, including advanced HPLC and mass spectrometry platforms.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates early in their scientific careers-especially those eager to learn, grow, and develop new laboratory skills while contributing to high?impact research across a wide range of biomedical projects.

About the Role:

In this position, you will:

• Perform a variety of wet lab procedures to support proteomics and metabolomics workflows.
• Assist in developing, optimizing, and validating analytical methods under the guidance of senior scientists.
• Learn to operate and maintain analytical instruments, with opportunities to expand into HPLC, mass spectrometry, and automation systems.
• Contribute to a dynamic Core facility that supports diverse investigators and research needs.

You will join a team that values collaboration, clear communication, adaptability, and continuous learning.

Why Join Us?

You?ll gain:

• Practical experience with advanced proteomics and metabolomics technologies
• Mentorship from expert scientific staff
• Opportunities to expand your technical skillset and contribute to impactful research
• A collaborative environment committed to scientific excellence and professional growth

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor?s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, or a related field
  (BS with 0-2 years of experience, or MS with no professional experience required)
• Basic hands-on experience with wet chemistry and/or biochemical techniques gained through coursework, internships, or academic research
• Willingness and ability to learn new laboratory techniques and instrumentation
• Strong organizational abilities, attention to detail, and good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and maintain accurate lab records
• A positive, flexible approach to problem-solving in a fast?paced, evolving research environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with HPLC, mass spectrometry, or analytical instrumentation
• Exposure to Thermo or Sciex mass spectrometry platforms
• Familiarity with laboratory automation tools
• Experience using or supporting Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

Applicants without these experiences are still strongly encouraged to apply-training will be provided.

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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