With the deadline for entries to the 2025 Technician Image Competition under one week away, I caught up with last year’s winner, Jaye Ross, to find out more about the winning images. Jaye is a recent biology graduate, but in 2024 she was working as a Research Technician Intern at the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility […]

This year’s Scottish Technical Conference took place on a stunningly sunny day in Glasgow, set against the backdrop of the magnificent Bute Hall at the University of Glasgow. As my colleague and I admired the hall’s breathtaking architecture, it felt like the perfect setting to bring together such a vital and vibrant community of technical […]

Celebrating Technicians at the CMVM Staff Recognition Awards Last month, the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM) celebrated the remarkable achievements of its staff at the annual Staff Recognition Awards. With 260 nominations submitted from across the College, the event highlighted the outstanding contributions of individuals and teams over the past year. We’re especially […]

Several Technicians have been recognised as Highly Commended in the 2024/2025 Changemaker Awards. The Changemaker Award recognises current students and staff who have made a noticeable positive impact by undertaking an impactful socially responsible or sustainable project or by inspiring others to act in a more  socially responsible or sustainable way. 23 University staff, students and […]

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 […]