From what I understand, this group wasn't actually funded to look for superconductors but instead for materials to aid in quantum nanoscience - so the claim isn

From what I understand, this group wasn't actually funded to look for superconductors but instead for materials to aid in quantum nanoscience - so the claim isn't that they don't know how to read their instruments but rather that they aren't well-versed enough in superconductor research to appropriately design/test for the phenomenon.