Image collections

Viking Genes image archive.

Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh (home to ORCADES and VIKING I)
Doorway 3, the Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh (where we project-led the Orkney Complex Disease Study (ORCADES) and the Viking Health Study - Shetland (VIKING I)
Professor Jim Flett Wilson in the Scottish isles
Professor Jim Flett Wilson in the Scottish isles
Jim talking to the BBC about our BRCA2 finding in Whalsay
Professor Jim Flett Wilson filming with BBC Scotland in 2024
(BRCA2 finding in Whalsay, Shetland)
Viking Genes validating variants for return of results in 2023
Dr Shona Kerr and Prof Jim Flett Wilson
Dr Shona Kerr and Professor Jim Flett Wilson picking plasma
Lab scientist Camilla during the process to validate actionable variants
Lab scientist Camilla during the process to validate actionable variants
Looking to the Berry, Hoy, Orkney
Looking to the Berry, Hoy, Orkney
Da Lang Ayre, Northmavine, Shetland
Da Lang Ayre, Northmavine, Shetland
Sunset at the Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney
Sunset at the Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney
Maeshowe Neolithic chambered tomb, Stenness, Orkney
Runic graffiti, Maeshowe Neolithic chambered tomb, Stenness, Orkney
Callanish Standing Stones, Lewis
Callanish Standing Stones, Lewis
Scarista Beach, Harris
Scarista Beach looking to the Harris hills, Isle of Harris
Pulse wave analysis in the ORCADES study in 2010
Pulse wave analysis in the ORCADES study, Kirkwall, Orkney, in 2010
Jim's pulse wave analysis
Prof Jim Flett Wilson's pulse wave analysis – left, the radial (forearm) pulse; right, the derived central (aortic) waveform – pressure versus time, showing the augmentation index, and other traits relating to arterial stiffness.
ORCADES clinic, Victoria St, Kirkwall, Orkney, with Ba' (mass ball game) barricades Christmas 2009
ORCADES clinic, Victoria St, Kirkwall, Orkney, with Ba' (mass ball game) barricades Christmas 2009
Kirkwall ba game
Kirkwall ba' game
ORCADES mobile clinic van 2006
Okney Complex Disease Study (ORCADES) mobile clinic van in Sanday, Orkney in 2006
Our nurse Linda in Westray, Orkney – bloods were flown to the hospital lab in Kirkwall every day for biochemistry measurements
Our nurse Linda was also the aerodrome marshal, in Westray, Orkney – bloods were flown to the hospital lab in Kirkwall every day for biochemistry measurements.
The late Stewart and Annie Thomson, Shirva, fair Isle, Shetland - both participants in Viking Genes
The late Stewart and Annie Thomson, Shirva, Fair Isle, Shetland - both participants in Viking Genes
Hannah Stout and Jimmy Wilson playing the accordion, Fair Isle, Shetland - coronation day 1937
Hannah Stout and Jimmy Wilson playing the accordion, Fair Isle, Shetland - coronation day 1937
Wilson research group 2017
Jim Wilson Research Group 2017 – Xia Shen, David Clark, Peter Joshi, Jim Wilson, Nicola Pirastu, Francisco Camino-Ceballos, Kat Kentistou, Kate Schraut, Paul Timmers, Katie Barnes
For access to other images, please email at viking@ed.ac.uk and we'll respond as soon as we can.