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18th Century minister’s theorem helps scientists map out cell signalling | |
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have successfully exploited statistical inference and mathematical modelling to discover how cells communicate. In a world-first, a multidisciplinary team of statisticians and computer scientists led by Prof Mark Girolami; molecular pharmacologists led by Prof Miles Houslay and Prof Graeme Milligan; together with cancer biologists led by Prof Walter Kolch, used Bayesian-inference-based modelling to establish which pathway was utilised in a particular cell signalling event. |
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Computer scientists play key-role in UK’s first three-way kidney transplants | |
Computer scientists from the University of Glasgow are playing a key role in the NHS’s living donor kidney transplant programme which saw the first multiple kidney transplants involving three couples take place at the end of last year. They have devised a computer program which matches donors to patients whose original willing donor is clinically incompatible, enabling organs to be swapped anonymously between people on the same day in different parts of the UK. | |
Prestigious appointments for Statistics Professor Marian Scott | |
Marian Scott OBE, Professor of Environmental Statistics, has been appointed a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) for a term of three years with effect from 1st February 2010 and has joined the Scottish Science Advisory Committee (SSAC), Scotland's highest level science advisory body, as one of twelve leading scientists that provide the Scottish Government with independent advice on a range of science-related topics. This includes how best to capitalise on Scotland’s world-leading research base to benefit Scotland’s economy and its people. |
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Professor Ray Ogden recognised for his outstanding research contribution | |
| Congratulations to Mathematics Professor Raymond Ogden who has been awarded the William Prager Medal in recognition of his Outstanding Research Contributions to Theoretical Solid Mechanics. The medal will be presented at the 47th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science at Iowa State University in October 2010. Professor Ogden will present a plenary lecture to the meeting on that occasion. |  |
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