Talks

David is a Glaswegian born and bred.  He graduated in Medicine from Glasgow University in 1966 and after training in Surgery at the Western Infirmary moved to the Victoria where he remained as a Consultant until retiring in 2007.  Married

Dr Peter Worthington, a professional statistician, returned to academia in the 1980s after serving in the Royal Air Force.  Later, in 1994, he and his wife bought the Isle of Barra Hotel on the Isle of Barra.  After selling the

Gordon Masterton gave members a new perspective on James Watt by comparing his achievements with John Smeaton, an engineer whose life and career overlapped with Watt’s.  While Smeaton was also a great engineer, it was Watt’s 1769 patented steam engine

Professor Gordon Lowe : Lots of Clots in Scots Gordon’s witty title disguised the underlying serious nature of his talk on blood clots, heart disease and related conditions.  I am sure when most of the members will remember from their

James Curran MBE FRSE : Scotland’s contribution to CoP26 – a joined-up Just Transition James Curran, our guest speaker and formerly CEO of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, engineered a novel event for Probus.  This entailed joining an international webinar

Gordon is a civil and structural engineer with international experience in the design and programme management of civil engineering infrastructure. He was appointed to the Chair of Future Infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh in September 2015 and founded the

James originally researched in meteorology/oceanography. Previously CEO Scottish Environment Protection Agency, served on government groups including climate change and biodiversity. Ran own eco-business and, occasionally, worked in consultancy. Was Chair of James Hutton Institute and, currently, serves on Board of

Space Research in a Scottish Context For most of us Massimiliano’s talk on Scottish Space Research was a real revelation.  Scotland may be struggling to build two ferries but elsewhere great strides are being made in space engineering, astronomy and

Summary:  Vaccines against Covid19 have been an important focus of our efforts to combat the pandemic. In this session, Drs Katie Brooks, James Brock and Georgia Perona-Wright will discuss how the vaccines work, how the immune response provides protection, and