I am hiring - I am looking for a senior research technician to work in the busy sequencing team, with a particular focus on our long-read platforms @pacbio.bsky.social & @nanoporetech.com
Appy here: lnkd.in/eCEeb_3b
Closing 16th Jan 2026
I am hiring - I am looking for a senior research technician to work in the busy sequencing team, with a particular focus on our long-read platforms @pacbio.bsky.social & @nanoporetech.com
Appy here: lnkd.in/eCEeb_3b
Closing 16th Jan 2026
A recurrent sequencing artifact on Illumina sequencers with two-color fluorescent dye chemistry and its impact on somatic variant detection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.27.678978v1
29.09.2025 21:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
IGC is looking for a Core Facility Bioinformatician to provide bioinformatics expertise and support to researchers across the Institute, working at the intersection of computational and experimental science. Find out more and apply by 13 October: edin.ac/3R5dEBU
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
Head shot Lee Murphy
For National #TechnicianWeek, Head of the Genetics Core in the Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility @leemurphy.bsky.social writes about the funding and training opportunities available to technicians through TSN ROKS 👉
edin.ac/4g604dp @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social @uoetechnicians.bsky.social
Old Jack's boat!
05.08.2025 17:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I now, for a short time at least, get a view of the castle from my house!
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📢 Save the date! 🗓️
Tuesday 26 August, 2025 | 10:00 – 15:30 | Playfair Library, Edinburgh
Generation Scotland are delighted to announce a forthcoming Symposium: Looking back at GS’s achievements and learning over the past 20 years.
More details and registration information will be shared soon.
Save me a cap 😁
26.05.2025 12:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Seen on today's walk. Scottish Paranormal. "A team of Paranormal researchers with a primary goal to scientifically demonstrate the existence of the afterlife"
24.05.2025 12:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Albums of Scotland: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead. Released on the Blanco y Negro label in 1992.
17.05.2025 07:52 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!
These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.
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The Current Landscape of Plasma Proteomics - comparing Olink, Somalogic and Mass Spectrometry
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
That's me registered for Genome Science. I just need to decide on an abstract to submit. www.genomescience.org.uk
01.05.2025 16:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Well done! And thanks for the genotyping acknowledgement!
30.04.2025 17:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Sunday social ride in the Yorkshire sunshine 🌞
27.04.2025 14:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh man, that looks good. Roll on the weekend! 🍺
04.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A great example of how core facilities innovate as well as support research 👏
28.03.2025 13:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Confirmed: the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will begin in the UK
www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/the-g...
Genome Science UK is coming to Newcastle: 9th-11th July 2025
Earlybird registration & abstract submission now open - please spread the word!
See you all in Newcastle in the summer! 😎🧬🧬 🌞 #Genomics
- please keep checking the website for up-dates
www.genomescience.org.uk/2025-03-07-G...
Picture of a 50th donation badge and certificate
My 50th blood donation today. Pretty proud of that 😄🩸
14.03.2025 11:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to be awarded funding from WellcomeTrust for InFrame research cultures project for “RTPs : Recognising Leadership and Expertise (RELAX)” to highlight role of #technicalspecialists as research leaders. @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #corefacilities
10.03.2025 21:23 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Our first video in a new mini series! 🥰 Created with the amazing Helios (helios-media.co.uk) and volunteers. Thank you Zak for sharing why we need YOUR help to improve the understanding, treatment and prevention of conditions & highlighting the importance of young people in research! www.gen.scot
26.02.2025 14:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Job opportunity for a flow cytometry core facility manager Edinburgh
25.02.2025 10:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week we have been testing the Olink Reveal kit. This uses a sequencing read output to look at 1036 proteins, providing a broad look at the proteome along with deeper profiling of inflammation. Pretty impressed with the kit, analysis is ongoing.
20.02.2025 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0📢Join our mental health study for ages 12-15 living in Scotland: www.gslonelinessteens.com This research takes place on an app, looking at experiences of social interactions and loneliness. We are proud to have developed this study with young people, ensuring their voices are heard in our research!
20.02.2025 10:32 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you to @leemurphy.bsky.social and the rest of the lab for showing us how our DNA helps with health research! 🥰
We had a brilliant time filming with Helios Media 🤩 (content coming soon) If you’ve joined, do remember to return you sample to us! And there’s still time to join at www.gen.scot 💙
Doing well. Day trip to Dumbarton today!
16.02.2025 11:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks for posting these Liz 👏
16.02.2025 08:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A bit of filming in the lab for the @genscot.bsky.social study today.
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We are back for 2025 with our 7th episode!!
Our fin-tastic chat with Paul Strachan, BVS Aquatics Deputy Manager, drops later this week!
We had a lot of fun talking about what it's like being a #zebrafish Technician and why fish are the future!
