Health professionals in Scotland will become leading experts in multimorbidity

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:17:00 BST

A new generation of healthcare professionals will be trained to become world-leading experts in multimorbidity – one of the most significant healthcare challenges in both the UK and globally.

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University of Glasgow cloisters

UofG research projects win backing from Royal Society of Edinburgh

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:00 GMT

Researchers across the University of Glasgow's four College will benefit from new funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Research Awards.

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Vital new insights into deadly African sleeping sickness disease

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:00:00 GMT

A newly published extensive body of research into Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, has revealed new insights into the deadly parasitic disease that threatens the lives of millions of people in 36 sub-Saharan African countries

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University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance

UofG lends support to £6.5m quantum computing consortium

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Researchers from the James Watt School of Engineering are part of a £6.5m consortium which aims to accelerate the development of quantum computing.

An illustration of the 'stellar graveyard', the relative masses of all the gravitational wave signals contained in new discovery catalogue paper
An illustration of the 'stellar graveyard', the relative masses of all the gravitational wave signals contained in new discovery catalogue paper

Key role for UofG in major new gravitational wave detection catalogue

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:00:00 GMT

University of Glasgow astrophysicists have played key roles in the development of the largest-ever catalogue of gravitational waves.

Principal's lodge, main building and tower
Principal's lodge, main building and tower

UofG researchers contribute to £5.7m quantum computing project

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT

UofG researchers are part of a £5.7m research project which is setting out to develop a cryo-electronic chip to enable future quantum computers.

Human facial expressions communicate complex emotion information

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:00:00 GMT

New research shows that the emotion information transmitted by facial expressions appears to be just as diverse, rich, and complex as the faces themselves.

PFA Scotland is backing research into the causes of dementia in football players

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:00:35 GMT

The players’ union is funding recruitment of a small number of former players to the ongoing PREVENT Dementia study, a collaboration between PFA Scotland and researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, designed to explore the risk factors associated with dementia in former footballers

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Main Building above trees

Update on independent review of our approach to addressing Gender-Based Violence

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:48:00 BST

Update on independent review of the University’s approach to addressing Gender-Based Violence

DogPhone could empower ‘pandemic pups’ to stay in touch with their owners

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:00:00 GMT

A new system called DogPhone is the first of its kind to empower animals to use the internet to contact their owners.

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View of main building from Park Circus

New project aims to bring solar-powered wireless internet to South African kids

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A new initiative which aims to provide solar-powered, wireless broadband internet access to South African schoolkids living in informal settlements with is gearing up for its first test run.

The founders of Vector Photonics: l-r Prof Richard Hogg, Dr David Childs, Dr Richard Taylor
The founders of Vector Photonics: l-r Prof Richard Hogg, Dr David Childs, Dr Richard Taylor

Major national award for UofG semiconductor laser spinout

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A company established as a spinout from the University of Glasgow’s has won a significant national award for their semiconductor laser technology.

An image of simulations of the magnetic twists in the solar atmosphere produced by Dr David MacTaggart of the School of Mathematics & Statistics
An image of simulations of the magnetic twists in the solar atmosphere produced by Dr David MacTaggart of the School of Mathematics & Statistics

Research casts new light on processes behind solar eruptions

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:00:00 GMT

New research into the powerful magnetic fields which form inside the sun and cause violent eruptions could help predict solar flares.

Bench-to-bedside drug design could lead to new Alzheimer’s Disease treatments

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:00:00 GMT

An international team of scientists and pharmaceutical collaborators have made a breakthrough ‘bench to bedside’ discovery, ten years in the making, which they hope will advance the future treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease in patients

Illustration of kidney organs highlighted in red
Illustration of kidney organs highlighted in red

People with chronic kidney disease are vulnerable to hospitalisation

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 01:00:00 GMT

People with multiple health conditions – known as multimorbidity – are at risk of unplanned admissions to hospital. Now, new research has found the rates of hospitalisation in these people are even higher if one of their conditions is chronic kidney disease

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Formula meal replacement diets an effective method for type 2 diabetes management

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:01:01 GMT

A new finds that low energy diets with formula meal replacements are the most effective methods of weight management and remission in adults with type 2 diabetes, while the macronutrient content is not important to outcomes

Dwayne Spirteri, a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, who helped advise on the development of the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme, is photographed in the University’s flagship James McCune Smith Learning Hub. Credit University of Glasgow.
Dwayne Spirteri, a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, who helped advise on the development of the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme, is photographed in the University’s flagship James McCune Smith Learning Hub. Credit University of Glasgow.

UofG launches James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is launching a new employer-supported scholarship programme to fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research.

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Cancer cells resist chemotherapy by helping their neighbours cheat death

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:30:00 GMT

Glasgow scientists have uncovered important information about how cancer cells become resistant to certain treatments, according to research

A painting of The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots by Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)held in The Hunterian's Collection.
A painting of The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots by Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)held in The Hunterian's Collection.

Sorry Mary Queen of What?

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 GMT

How much does the nation really know about Scotland’s most famous monarch? A new UofG and FutureLearn free course, The Life and Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots, aims to answer and bring her back into mainstream focus.

An artist's impression of how the STEP reactor might look once construction is complete, with a cutaway section to show a reaction underway
An artist's impression of how the STEP reactor might look once construction is complete, with a cutaway section to show a reaction underway

Thousands of jobs for Ayrshire a STEP closer

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT

The next phase of assessments is underway at Scotland’s only shortlisted location for the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant.

Principal's lodge, main building and tower
Principal's lodge, main building and tower

UofG set to support development of 6G tech with £2.6m grant

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is setting out to build a world-leading facility to test 6G communications systems after securing a £2.6m equipment grant.

Researcher working in the laboratory
Researcher working in the laboratory

RACE inflammatory arthritis research centres awarded EULAR excellence status

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:00:00 GMT

RACE, a University of Glasgow-led national centre for research into inflammatory arthritis, is proud to announce that all four of its partner University Rheumatology units – in Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle and Oxford – have been awarded five year EULAR Centre of Excellence status until either 2025 or 2026

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Dr Antonia Ho

Dr Antonia Ho wins prestigious prize for outstanding COVID-19 research

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:01:00 GMT

Dr Antonia Ho has been named as one of four leading scientists, whose ground-breaking COVID-19 research shaped national and international responses to the pandemic.

An artist’s impression of C-type asteroids and space dust raining down on the Earth early in its formation, carrying with them some of the water that formed the Earth’s oceans.
An artist’s impression of C-type asteroids and space dust raining down on the Earth early in its formation, carrying with them some of the water that formed the Earth’s oceans.

Space dust analysis could solve mystery of the origins of Earth’s water

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:00:00 GMT

An international team of scientists may have solved a key mystery about the origins of the Earth’s water, after uncovering persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit - the Sun.

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Teaching and Learning building image

UofG’s Lighthouse Lab recognised at THE Awards

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:51:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow’s Lighthouse Laboratory project has won the Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year trophy at the seventeenth annual THE Awards.

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University of Glasgow is recognised with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:12:03 GMT

The University of Glasgow is recognised with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education

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Coronavirus image

COVID-19 Delta variant may have increased ability to evade vaccine-induced immunity

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:00:11 GMT

Vaccines are effective in decreasing hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 infection but the emergence of viral variants of concern may diminish their efficacy.

Gilmorehill and the main building looking south from the Library
Gilmorehill and the main building looking south from the Library

‘Origami’ diagnostic test could help hepatitis C treatment

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:00:37 GMT

A new test for hepatitis C which uses origami-style folded paper to deliver fast, accurate and affordable diagnoses could help the global fight against the deadly virus.

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Campus

University of Glasgow leads COVID-19 research response in Scotland

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) is at the heart of COVID-19 research response in Scotland and the UK

University of Glasgow cloisters
University of Glasgow cloisters

UofG research projects win backing from Royal Society of Edinburgh

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:00 GMT

Researchers across the University of Glasgow will benefit from new funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Research Awards.

Dwayne Spirteri, a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, who helped advise on the development of the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme, is photographed in the University’s flagship James McCune Smith Learning Hub. Credit University of Glasgow.
Dwayne Spirteri, a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, who helped advise on the development of the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme, is photographed in the University’s flagship James McCune Smith Learning Hub. Credit University of Glasgow.

UofG launches James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is launching a new employer-supported scholarship programme to fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research.