Sally Morgan, the School of Engineering's Technical Manager and Chair of our Technician Steering Committee, joins us to discuss the upcoming Scottish Technical Conference. Follow us on Linked In More information on our hosts and guests can be found on our websiteBy Technically Edinburgh

Mike Capeness is the Lab Manager for Professor Louise Horsfall’s lab in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. With a background in microbiology and a career that began as a trainee technician at the University of Nottingham, Mike has built up a wide range of experience in lab management, health and safety, training, purc…

Charli and Lee chat to Laurence Dawkins-Hall about professional registration for technicians. Find out what it is, why you should consider it and how the university can support your application in this feature-length episode with our special guest. Laurence Dawkins-Hall is a professional registration assessor and mentor for the Science Council alon…

Charli and Imogen chat to Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Facility Deputy Manager & NACWO about his role managing a technical team, their work facilitating Aquatics research and how fish are the future. This episode is split into two parts, both now available to download. Follow us on Linked In More information on our hosts and guests can be found on o…

Charli and Imogen chat to Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Facility Deputy Manager & NACWO about his role managing a technical team, their work facilitating Aquatics research and how fish are the future. This episode is split into two parts, both now available to download. Follow us on Linked In More information on our hosts and guests can be found on o…

In the 6th Episode of Technically Edinburgh we are joined by Marta Esquiva Diaz, a research technician in the Baker lab in Cardiovascular Sciences (CVS) in the Queens Medical Research Institute. Marta moved to the UK in 2019 after completing her degrees in Spain and worked in industry for a few years before joining the University earlier this year.…

Selina Aragon from the Sustainable Software Institute joins hosts Lee Murphy and Charli Corcoran to discuss their upcoming Research Software Camp, running from the 18th - 29th November 2024 with the theme Digital Skills for Research Technical Staff Selina talks to us about what research software is, who works with it, why its important for technici…

Dr David Brown is the Estates and Technical Manager for the School of Chemistry. He recently won the 2024 Technician Award for Contributions to Infrastructure and Facilities for his efforts in helping the school to overcome the challenges caused by losing access to large areas of lab and office space due to RAAC. David talks to hosts Lee Murphy and…

Lindsay Jarvis is a Clinical Skills Teaching Technician at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine. She chats to Lee and Charli about her experiences of secondments, her application to be an Associate Fellow of the HEA, the Edinburgh Technical Collaboration's mentoring scheme and her experience of Imposter Syndrome. Follow us on Linked In Mo…

Edith Paxton is a Core Scientist at the Roslin Institute. She won the 2023 University of Edinburgh Technician Award for Contribution to Research and Innovation for her work on Trypanosoma, her contributions to managing a research space and her recognition on numerous papers over the last few years. Edith talks to us about her work, her career and h…

A podcast by Technicians, all about Technicians at the University of Edinburgh. Our very first episode of Technically Edinburgh has hosts Lee Murphy and Charli Corcoran chatting to Sarah Little, an Anaesthesia Assistant from the University of Edinburgh's Small Animal Hospital, part of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Sarah was shortli…