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Professor Colin Selman   Qualified in Biological Sciences in Glasgow in1994.  He gained his PhD in Durham in 1998. Prior to becoming Professor of Biogerontology (Physiology of Aging and Welfare) at Glasgow in 2013, he has held a number of

Alison McRae is a network and partnerships entrepreneur with over 20 years of economic development, communications and innovation experience. As Senior Director at Glasgow Chamber of Commerce she is responsible for a strategic partnerships portfolio -working across a range of organisations

Stuart Harris-Logan is Keeper of Archives and Collections at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and author of ‘Raising the Curtain,’ a monograph tracing the school’s 175 years since its inception as the Glasgow Athenaeum.  He is the founder and chair

Shackleton’s forgotten heroes – the Ross Sea party By Peter Mackay on 13.9.22 Peter Mackay  is  a former Scottish Office civil servant, Head of the Scottish  Office Industry Department, who was educated at Glasgow High School and St Andrews University.

President’s letter August 2022 Some of you reading this may be unaware of the activities of the Kelvin Probus Club, in which case here is a brief outline of what we are about. If you live West of the River

Sir Kenneth Calman was Scotland’s first professor of oncology and is the only person to have ever been appointed Chief Medical Officer of both Scotland and England. He subsequently became Vice Chancellor of Durham University and was a recent Chancellor

Tick Diseases in Scotland   Alex, a second year PhD student, at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) asked the question ‘Is tick-borne disease a growing threat?’  A question she endeavoured to answer in her well detailed

Abstract  The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow was founded in 1599 by surgeon Peter Lowe, physician Robert Hamilton and apothecary William Spang. They set out to improve the standards of medicine and surgery in the West of