Connecting students with science  Applications are now open to find 25 MRC researchers and technical experts for the next I’m a Scientist Medical Research Zone in March 2020. Shonna Johnston, Flow Cytometry Facility Manager at the University of Edinburgh Queen’s Medical Research Institute, shares why more technicians should give it a go.   Earlier this […]

About: The NTDC is holding a photo competition for technical staff across the country. As always, our aim is to promote the vital role that technicians play in their workplace. Submit a high-resolution photograph of you and your work – this can be anything you are responsible for making or maintaining in your workplace. Let […]

I was given the opportunity to attend the STEMM Change Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: A Technician Lens report launch at the Royal Society of Chemistry on the 14th of November 2019, as a representative of the University of Edinburgh Technician Steering Committee (TSC). This event was a standalone component of the STEMM Change annual conference, […]

The first edition of our brand new Technician Newletter is out.  With updates of what’s going on at each campus, national technician news and more, click the image, or the link below to check it out! (Links open as pdfs) Technician Newsletter October 2019

On September 18th the annual Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Technical Conference was held in Birmingham and I was one of a small number of attendees from the University of Edinburgh. The IST is an independent body which is firmly committed to the enhancement of professional development and recognition for technical and specialist staff […]

The 4th Technician Commitment signatory event was an opportunity for signatories to come together to share ideas and their experiences of the Technician Commitment so far – what is working, successful and to be celebrated and what is more challenging and requires further effort, resource and perhaps a re-think. The event also saw 8 new […]

There’s a whirlwind out there.   Add to the many things that you do already and help others with, what more can you fit in ?   Everyone feels stretched at times and it’s so important that whilst doing your role well you also feel you are gaining recognition whether that’s a word of thanks or praise […]

The first TechNet event for Edinburgh University technicians based at the Western General Campus took place on Thursday the 13th of June. What is TechNet I hear you ask?   TechNet is an opportunity for you to join a group that feeds in to a larger network of University of Edinburgh technicians. TechNet meetings are […]

I left University with a lower than desired grade, and after becoming a wet-lab technician, I was unaware of any opportunity to be assessed for expertise. No one has ever marked my ability to produce a clear image showing DNA fragments on an agarose gel, nor tested my ability to troubleshoot a faulty gel-tank. I […]

Spring has sprung here at the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility and at the Genetics Core excitement grows as that means it’s time for another Team Away Day. Can you hear the groans as the thought of Team Building resonates through the laboratory? Alas! What a great day it was.   Similar to last year, the […]