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Rt Hon David Blunkett MP to speak on Active Citizenship

Former Home Secretary, David Blunkett will deliver the inaugural Crick Memorial Lecture, given in memory of the late Professor Sir Bernard Crick.

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Researchers develop molecular 'LEGO kit' to create nano-cubes

Scientists have devised a molecular 'LEGO toolkit' which can be used to assemble a vast number of new and functional chemical compounds.

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Computer scientists play key-role in UK’s first three-way kidney transplants

Computer scientists 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.

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Focus on fish as study aims to assess stock levels

Sea anglers, conservationists and scientists have joined forces to investigate novel ways of assessing inshore fish stocks.

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Alcohol and obesity mix to create deadly liver disease cocktail

Drinkers who are overweight are much more likely to develop deadly liver disease, according to scientists.

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Two Glasgow researchers awarded fellowships to take expertise to Harvard

Two researchers within the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre have secured research opportunities at Harvard University in the United States.

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Major conference to discuss the war in Afghanistan

The Scottish Centre for War Studies at the University of Glasgow is marking its fifteenth anniversary by hosting a major international conference to discuss the on-going conflict in Afghanistan.

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Glasgow’s Worm Hunter makes book award shortlist

Professor David Crompton's book is one of six nominated for this year’s oddest book title award.

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Glasgow spin-out technology to reach wider market

Reactivlab, a University of Glasgow spin-out company which specialises in animal health diagnostic technology has been taken over by the Avacta Group.

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Professors appointed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Eight academics from the University of Glasgow have been honoured in this year’s Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship Presentations

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