We've interviewed lots of professionals who've already made the move to live and work in Scotland.

Discover what they say about their new lives working in our life sciences industry.

Dr David Evans, England

Dr David Evans is using his skills with Edinburgh-based SESMOS – a new startup developing biophysical screening technologies for drug discovery companies.

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Dr Asier Unciti-Broceta, Spain

Dr Asier Unciti-Broceta, originally from Algeciras in Spain, south of Andalucia, moved to Edinburgh in 2005. He now works as an Academic Fellow for Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, University of Edinburgh and is Chief Scientific Officer at Deliverics Ltd, the spin-out company he founded sometime later.

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Jan Anderson, USA

Jan moved to Scotland in 2001 from Cambridge, Massachusetts. She now works for Dundee-based Onorach Clinical, a young, fast-growing company that specialises in supporting clinical trials throughout the world.

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Brian Mohr, USA

Brian first came to Scotland four years ago. He chose to settle in Edinburgh where he now lives with his fiancé and works for Toshiba. He hopes to gain permanent residence in the next year.

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Dr Ashok Ganesan, India

Life scientist Dr Ashok Ganesan of XstalBio didn’t think twice when the opportunity to live and work in one of Scotland’s world-class institutions.

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Martin Thomson, Scotland

Working for eye imaging manufacturer Optos, Martin Thomson uses his specialist skills as an optical engineer in a world-leading firm while living in Edinburgh, the city he loves.

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Daria Olijnyk, Poland

During a placement at Dundee University, Daria Olijnyk realised that she wanted to develop a life sciences career in Scotland.

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Marisa Donaggio, New Zealand

Marisa Donaggio, who is originally from New Zealand, works for Tepnel Scientific Services at its state-of-the-art laboratory facility in Livingston.

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Kelly Chung, Taiwan

Kelly Chung first arrived in Glasgow to study for a M.Sc in Pyschological Studies at the University of Glasgow in 2007.  She now works as a Research Assistant for the Academic Unit of Mental Health and Wellbeing in the University's Institute of Health and Wellbeing.

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Christene Leiper, Australia

Australian Christene told TalentScotland about her move from Sydney to Dundee and setting up her own clinical trials company last year.

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Max Bylesjo, Sweden

Swede Max Bylesjo enjoys working for Glasgow-based life sciences firm Sistemic and loves the Scottish sense of humour too.

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Spyridon Tsakas, USA

Spyridon ‘Ross’ Tsakas came to Scotland from the USA to study an MSc and to further his knowledge of business development. He has since established his company Eulysis Ltd and is commercialising his novel system of prolonging the lifespan of drugs.

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Hilal Khalil, Pakistan

Hilal Khalil first arrived in Scotland in 2007, from his native Pakistan, to study for a M.Sc. in Biotechnology at the University of Abertay in Dundee. He’s now researching cell cycle and DNA mutation in cancer cells for his P.hD. at the university.

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Hidenori Meiseki, Japan

Hidenori Meiseki’s career with BioReliance has taken him from the US, back to his homeland in Japan, and more recently to Scotland, where he is a project manager at the company’s Glasgow operations.

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Jamie Rodgers, England

Originally from Newcastle, Jamie Rodgers moved to Scotland 11 years ago. He lives in Inverness with his wife and three children where he works as a Staff Scientist.

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Pauline Barclay, New Zealand

Pauline Barclay left New Zealand to work for ClinTec International in Scotland. Read about how she likes living and working in Scotland.

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Steve Valenti, Scotland

Scottish-born Steve returned to his homeland in 2006 and joined Intercell Biomedical, based in Livingston, as Head of Supply Chain Operations after many years working abroad in New York and Singapore.

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Alison Bishop, England

Twelve years ago, Data Management Director Alison Bishop swapped her London job for a role with contract research organisation PPD in Scotland, and soon discovered that her new life in Lanarkshire was a world away from what she was used to!

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Dr Ann Cooreman, Belgium

Dr Ann Cooreman came to Scotland from the US in 1991. After gaining experience in the life sciences sector, she set up Tissue Solutions together with colleague Dr. Morag MacFarlane, a company providing ethically acquired and fully consented human tissue samples to research organisations and pharma-biotech companies around the world.

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Kevin Price, England

After 30 years in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries Kevin Price was seeking a new challenge - and found it in Edinburgh as Chief Executive of the Scottish Stem Cell Network.

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