So we are at Day 0 - packing crates for lab move have arrived. We are moving exactly 2 floors down to level 1. We get the ‘keys’ to the new lab space tomorrow. Some instruments switched off and the start of Operation Lab Tetris is on Ruth Andrew Scott Denham Cate Duff

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Really pleased to be part of this winning team University of Edinburgh Technicians - shame to miss it but celebrating with Natalie Homer in Bath

Next up we have the Innovation Award.

And the winner is: The Technician Steering Committee!

A cross-Uni committee of individuals that include research technicians, technical managers, technical specialists and Human Resources.

Congratulations to you all!

Now halfway through the ceremony we have the Inspiring Others Award.

This year’s winner, Margarete Heck, sadly passed away last year so her award has been accepted by her husband and daughter.

Margarete was Personal Chair of Cell Biology and Genetics Research.

Ian Prior presenting University of Liverpool's Research Technical Professional Pathway at the beginning of Day 2 of #TSNConf24 ! Ian Prior

How exciting! Technician steering committee won a Staff Recognition Award for Technician Week!

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Very inspiring start from Anneke Lubben University of Bath at #TSNConf24

I was pleased to chair a session this afternoon at TSN2024 from UK Research and Innovation and the initiatives and progress made for RTPs over the past 5 years. Last year RTP-led equipment bids to Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research were most successful. Food for thought! UK Technology Specialists Network #TSNConf24

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Met with Prof Mandy MacLean The MacLean Lab this afternoon University of Strathclyde Over the years with Ruth Andrew EdUni Mass Spec Core with shared students and post docs we’ve developed great Mass Spec methods and studied estrogens in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Great collaboration!

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Burlington House again today. This time for a Society for Endo meeting - helping to shape the future. Popped into the Brains exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute The Crick before heading back on the train north. #recognition #endocrinology

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We've done it again #TeamMassSpec - winning the Journal of Biological Chemistry #MethodsMadness for the fourth time in a row. Quite simply the superior analytical technique is on the top step of the podium once again.

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Pleased to see this out now in Cell Reports. Studying CYP11A1 and role of Pregnenolone in osteoclast development during bone metastasis. joanna simpson and I profiled steroids incl pregnenolone in cell supernatant #massspec EdinUniCVS Edinburgh Medical School EdUni Mass Spec Core #steroids