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, […]

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 […]

Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Technical Conference 2018 Photo from left to right: Scott Denham (ECRF Mass Spec Core), Fiona Alderson, Caroline Delahoyde and Richard Blair (School of Engineering). The annual IST Technical Conference was held this year in September in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and a number of colleagues from the University of Edinburgh attended. The […]

The aim of the Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS) is to ‘bring together scientists, technical and administrative staff working in or in close association with core facilities, research infrastructures and shared resource laboratories in life sciences and biomedicine’.  The third biennial CTLS conference was held from 1st– 4th July 2018 in Ghent at the […]