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 […]

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 […]

Takeshi Fujisawa, is a Senior Scientist and Laboratory Manager at the BHF Cardiovascular Biomarker laboratory in Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences in the QMRI, BioQuarter and shared some thoughts on his experience of becoming Professionally Registered as a Chartered Scientist (CSci)   “I was thrilled to be awarded Chartered Scientist from the Science Council and gain […]

Stuart Reid is a research assistant in Malcolm Dunlop’s Colon Cancer Genetics group at the IGMM. This is what he has to say on his Professional registration experience:   “I had been thinking of becoming professionally registered for a while. When the Professional registration fund was launched in Sept 2019 it gave me the impetus […]

Stuart Martin is a Wet Laboratory Support Technician in the School of Engineering and shared the School’s experience of hosting a Foundation Apprentice in their team.   “There has been a bit of concern amongst technicians about the sustainability of our jobs and the work that we do due to the lack of visibility around […]