{"id":248,"date":"2020-05-01T16:05:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccap2020.sams.local\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2022-04-04T15:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:57:09","slug":"karen-mackechnie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/karen-mackechnie\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen MacKechnie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"248\" class=\"elementor elementor-248\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd8f10c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd8f10c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adc2634\" data-id=\"adc2634\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-deb4eb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"deb4eb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c1ccdf\" data-id=\"8c1ccdf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c0b52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4c0b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/profile-pic-q1a98ttdgbp5ifg7rkg4bggxsi8ukyxen2wlf4e61g.jpg\" title=\"Karen MacKechnie\" alt=\"Karen MacKechnie\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b695eff\" data-id=\"b695eff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-577de24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"577de24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Karen MacKechnie\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>CCAP Support Scientist<\/em><\/span><\/h4><p>I&#8217;ve lived in Oban all my life and have had various jobs in different career sectors. I joined the CCAP team in February 2017 as a part time laboratory assistant preforming the main task of preparing sterilised culture media but quickly became involved in other tasks and taking on more responsibilities which led to becoming a full time support scientist and deputy laboratory manager. I am now extremely lucky to have a job I enjoy, much to the envy of friends and family.<\/p><p>As a support scientist for CCAP, I am responsible for the sub-culturing and maintenance of many stains in the collection including the cyanobacteria, brown algae, and protozoa which can be supplied to customers. I support other cryopreservation and molecular activities within CCAP and I\u2019m also involved in the phytoplankton monitoring programme at SAMS.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sams.ac.uk\/people\/support-scientists\/mackechnie-karen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAMS Profile<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:karen.mackechnie@sams.ac.uk\">karen.mackechnie@sams.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen MacKechnie\u00a0CCAP Support Scientist I&#8217;ve lived in Oban all my life and have had various jobs in different career sectors. 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