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
Greetings and welcome to the 32nd year of the Kelvin Probus Club! Not so many years ago members of the public were introduced to the phrase ‘lifelong learning’, to remind those getting on in years that being pensioned off didn’t
2020 Lockdown – A series of blogs using Slack Thanks are due to the blog writers who entertained us on the Slack App during the Lockdown. They helped keep us entertained during our normal break but, as they say, we
John is an upland ecologist based at SRUC’s Hill and Mountain Research Centre at Kirkton and Auchtertyre Farms, near Crianlarich in Perthshire. After gaining a BSc Honours degree in Botany and Geography from Durham University in 1989, John worked for
Professor Andrew Roe : Aversion therapy: a new approach to treating infections that are resistant to antibiotics Professor Andrew Roe threw members in at the deep end. On the basis of current trends, increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will kill 10
Earth’s last frontier – the depths of the oceans Perhaps Peter’s key point is that world’s oceans are still largely unexplored today despite the fact that the oceans account for 70% of the globe’s surface. Indeedserious scientific study of the
2019 Sep-10: University of Glasgow Campus Redevelopment Plans – Kirsty Craig (Biog) (Talk) Sep-24: Developing Countries: charity or transformation – Duncan MacLaren (Biog) (Talk) Oct-08: 21st century challenges for Africa – John Briggs (Biog) (Talk) Oct-22: Glasgow City Region City
President’s Report Interesting Times Most of you will have forgotten that in my letter to you last summer, I observed we lived in ‘interesting times’, a reference to the ancient Chinese Curse. Little did I know how much more interesting
