Appointment to Regius Chair of Botany
Professor Michael Blatt, currently Professor of Plant Physiology and Biophysics at the University of London, has been appointed to the Regius Chair of Botany with effect from 1st January 2001.
New computing power to explore origins of matter
The Universities of Glasgow & Edinburgh have won funding to develop computer systems to cope with high volumes of data generated by CERN experiments.
Putting tomorrow's materials under the microscope:
Grant gives Glasgow world-class resource to aid new technology.
£3.5M grant towards understanding how plants relate to environmental stress
Professor Hugh Nimmo and colleagues in the Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow have been awarded some £3.5M of funding to create a centre of excellence for plant cell signalling and metabolic regulation.
New Dean for Education Faculty
Dr Hirek Kwiatkowski of the Department of Curriculum Studies has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Education with effect from 1 August 2001.
