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

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

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 ‬

📢 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.

Seen on today's walk. Scottish Paranormal. "A team of Paranormal researchers with a primary goal to scientifically demonstrate the existence of the afterlife"

Albums of Scotland: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead. Released on the Blanco y Negro label in 1992.

🧵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. Save and share the post!

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

Sunday social ride in the Yorkshire sunshine 🌞

A great example of how core facilities innovate as well as support research 👏

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...

My 50th blood donation today. Pretty proud of that 😄🩸

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

Our 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

Job opportunity for a flow cytometry core facility manager Edinburgh

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.

📢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!

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 💙

A bit of filming in the lab for the @genscot.bsky.social study today.

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!

Top 3 films set in Edinburgh. 3. The Illusionist 2. Sunshine on Leith 1. Eurovision song contest: the story of fire saga