Dr Michael Capeness is a Lab Manager in the School of Biological Sciences.  For Technician Week 2024 he has shared this insight into a one of his days.   08:05 – I Arrive. First in, it’s nice and quiet. The coffee machines goes on, followed by my computer. Priorities first. 08:10 – I walk around […]

Sarah Little is an anaesthesia assistant at the University of Edinburgh’s Small Animal Hospital, part of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.  As part of Technician Week 2024, she is sharing what a day in her role looks like. The first thing I do when I arrive in the anaesthesia department at 8:30am is […]

I volunteered earlier this month to take part in the Easter Bush Science Outreach Centre (EBSOC) project Skills lab, which aims to raise pupil awareness of technical and laboratory based careers, particularly among pupils who are undertaking a National 5 qualification in Lab Skills. This project aims to focus on pupils undertaking the Lab Skills […]

Research Laboratory Technician at the School of Engineering, Gordon Paterson, tells us about his role, why he cares about sustainability, and how he is making a positive difference in his place of work. College of Science and Engineering staff profile What are the key parts of your role? Ensuring that the lab experiments are functional […]

In the video below Tammy Piper, Tissue Bank Manager at The Biomarkers & Companion Diagnostic Group, CRUK Edinburgh Centre, shares her career journey, tells us more about her role and explains some techniques she uses in the laboratory.  

2021 here we are. How has your working life changed over the last year? Here at the Genetics Core, like so many other workplaces across the UK, we closed our doors in March 2020. A surge of planning began; how do we work from home? What is expected of us? How do we adapt our […]

All University of Edinburgh technical staff can register with HEaTED and start to benefit from the networks, training and resources they offer. Find out more about the support they offer by reading their brochure.  HEaTED Brochure (7.44 MB PDF)

A central tenet of the Technician Commitment is Visibility; to ensure that all technicians within the University of Edinburgh are identifiable and that the contribution of technicians is visible within and beyond our University. The University has an important role to play here ensuring that technicians are represented on websites and publicity as well as […]

Frances is a Lab Manager in the Centre for Inflammation Research in the QMRI, BioQuarter. She kindly shares some thoughts on her experience of becoming Professionally Registered as a Chartered Scientist (CSci)   In 2019, I started to think about my contract ending in 2021. After working with the same PI for over 18 years […]

Carolynn is a Research Technician in the Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences in the QMRI, BioQuarter. She kindly shares some thoughts on her experience of becoming Professionally Registered as a Registered Scientist (RSci)   After attending a seminar promoted through the Technician Commitment from the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) I became interested in becoming […]