Making connections: Professor Joe Sventek
Professor of Communications Systems Joe Sventek is exploring human–computer interaction and intelligent router design to revolutionise the world of home networking.
Getting rabies under control: Professor Sarah Cleaveland
Pioneering research carried out by Glasgow Professor Sarah Cleaveland led to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Glasgow securing a grant of close to $10m from the Gates Foundation to eliminate rabies in low-income countries.
Gaining vital fieldwork experience: Professor Steven Driscoll
The site of a Pictish royal palace and a major prehistoric ritual site the SERF project is exploring these two episodes of landscape use.
The quest for global security: Denis Fischbacher-Smith
Denis talks about his research on evacuation of cities during natural disasters/terrorist attacks and trafficking in port cities
Solving our energy crisis: Professor Lee Cronin
An interdisciplinary team of biologists, chemists and engineers at the University is hoping that their groundbreaking research into ways of manufacturing clean energy directly from the sun will provide an alternative to fossil fuels.
From laboratory bench to patient bed: Professor Tessa Holyoake.
Professor Holyoake’s group has refined methods to both identify and isolate the most primitive stem cell population in this disease and is uniquely placed to develop and optimise biochemical and molecular methods to investigate these cell samples.
Exploring how museums transmit cultural identity: Dr Sabine Wieber
With funding of EUR 2.5 million from the European Commission, the MeLa Project brings together nine European partners to investigate and compare the role of major public museums and libraries in addressing contemporary challenges such as globalization, European integration and new media.
The power of microbes: Dr Chris Quince
Dr Chris Quince is in for the count. His research into the role microbial communities play could have an impact in solving some of the major problems facing society.
Watching the pennies: Vivien Beattie
The financial crisis has catapulted the areas of audit market research and company disclosure into the spotlight.
A holistic approach: Professor Rowland Kao
The work of Rowland Kao, Professor of Mathematical Population Biology, helps to advise government policy on the prevention and control of infectious diseases that are of vital interest to UK farming.
Benefits of international collaborations: Professor Rod Murray-Smith
Professor Rod Murray-Smith leads the Inference, Dynamics & Interaction Group, and is also a member of the Human–Computer Interaction Group.
Understanding the Roman Republic: Catherine Steel
In a five-year ERC-funded project led by Professor Catherine Steel, Glasgow researchers are examining textual records of fragments of Republican oratory that remain from public speakers other than Cicero – the most well documented orator. The aim is to achieve a better comprehension of how the Roman Republic might have worked in practice.
Getting to the heart of vein graft success: Professors Andrew Baker and Colin Berry
The University is currently at the centre of a groundbreaking £3.9m project to develop gene therapy to prevent heart bypass graft failure. Glasgow Professors Andrew Baker (principal investigator) and Colin Berry (trial chief investigator) lead the team.
Finding new ways to explore the heart: Professor Godfrey Smith.
Professor of Cardiovascular Cardiology Godfrey Smith is investigating the electrical origins of the condition in the hope that his research might translate into effective therapies.
Doing the maths to find a match: Dr David Manlove
Computing Scientist Dr David Manlove has been collaborating with NHS Blood & Transplant since 2008 on their kidney exchange matching scheme.
Developing expertise: Dr Luis Angeles
Dr Angeles is director of the Centre for Development Studies, which looks at development from an economic perspective.
Exploring how new media is changing our world: Dr Tim Barker
Dr Barker explores how artists have used new technologies in innovative ways and looking at the cultural implications of art, science and technology collaborations.
Does religious education work?: James Conroy
Professor James Conroy has conducted a detailed analysis of pupils’ experience of religious education as a shaping influence in secondary schools across the UK
Detecting bipolar disorder earlier: Dr Daniel Smith
Through his current research, Dr Smith hopes to find ways to improve the early recognition and early treatment of bipolar disorder, which will in turn improve long-term outcomes.
The origins of plantation slavery: Professor Simon Newman
For nearly 10 years, Professor Newman has been investigating the origins of plantation slavery as it existed in British America.
The right location: Dr Matt Davies
Dr Matt Davies has been making the most of the research opportunities in environment and sustainability that the south-west Scotland offers.
Appreciating new potential: Professor Réne De Borst.
As the holder of the new Regius Chair of Civil Engineering & Mechanics at Glasgow, Professor René De Borst plans to pursue world-class research and inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers.
Mapping the nerve pathways of the spine: Professor Andrew Todd
Professor Andrew Todd draws on more than 30 years’ research into the spinal cord to examine how nerve pathways are organised to help us to feel sensations like pain and itch, and how the circuits that control these pathways operate.
The meaning of marriage: Professor Eleanor Gordon
Professor Eleanor Gordon investigates the changes in the working class families and marriage and how it helps us understand the cultural and social history of Scotland.
The power of information: Dr Yunhyong Kim
In the new and rapidly advancing field of blog archiving, Dr Yunhyong Kim believes that sharing information between research areas holds the key.
The optimal environment for researching chemokines: Professor Gerard Graham
Since Professor Gerard Graham identified a novel regulator of stem cell proliferation that turned out to be one of the first chemokines ever pinpointed, he’s been firmly wedded to this particular molecule family.
Understanding Perception: Professor Fiona Macpherson
In the philosophy of mind, the big question that everyone would like to answer is what the relationship is between brain and mind. While scientists investigate what goes on in the brain, Professor Fiona Macpherson wants to investigate the nature of the mind.
Searching for gravitational waves: Professor Sheila Rowan
Professor Rowan is interested in optical materials in particular and is studying materials suitable for use in super-sensitive mirrors.
City life: Professor Ade Kearns
Professor Ade Kearns leads the Go Well project, which looks at how your community and neighbourhood can affect your health and wellbeing.
Digitising Gaelic language and culture: Professor Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
Celtic and Gaelic studies researchers are looking to the future by digitising archives that will bring the Gaelic language, culture and history to a modern audience.
Leading the way in virology research: Professor Massimo Palmarini
The creation of the Medical Research Council – University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) has placed Glasgow at the cutting edge of international virology research. The CVR represents the UK’s largest grouping of human and veterinary virologists.
Mathematical models for physiology: Professor Xiaoyu Luo.
Professor of Applied Mathematics Xiaoyu Luo is an expert in the modelling and numerical simulation of fluids and structures in physiology.
Chinese health and society: Professor Jane Duckett
Professor Jane Duckett wants to discover how Chinese people's perceptions of their health case system affect how they use the services available to them.
Learning from experience: Professors Gareth Jenkins and John Christie
Ultraviolet-B light is potentially damaging to all living organisms. Exploring the biology behind this, Professors Gareth Jenkins and John Christie published a joint paper on UV-B photoreceptors
Editing Burns for the 21st Century: Dr Pauline Mackay
A research assistant in the Centre for Robert burns studies Dr Pauline Mackay is working on digitising Burns memorabilia.
Data insights: Professor Adrian Bowman
Statistics is a field that offers students the chance to combine rigorous scientific methodology with important real-world applications.
Difficult decisions: Professor Andy Briggs
People think that economists are only interested in money, but Professor in Health Economics, Andy Briggs, is interested in the health impact of healthcare interventions.
Understanding copyright in a digital age: Professor Martin Cloonan
Professor of Popular Music Martin Cloonan is an expert in the politics of popular music, with a particular interest in issues concerning censorship and freedom of expression.
Protecting our cultural antiquities: Professor Simon Mackenzie
Professor Simon Mackenzie from the Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research is looking at how objects of cultural significance become caught in illegal trafficking.
Nanoscale manipulation: Professor Miles Padgett
Professor Miles Padgett is head of the Optics Research Group at Glasgow. The group comprises 15 academic, postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers who are pioneering new techniques that will change the way that scientists create and engage with experiments on a nanoscale.
Learning from the common fruit fly: Professor Julian Dow
Glasgow is also at the forefront of insect physiology – alongside his biomedical research Professor Dow is studying Drosophila as a model insect for insecticide development.
Sounds of change: Dr Jane Stuart-Smith
Dr Jane Stuart-Smith and a research team in the University’s School of Critical Studies are investigating the evolution of the Glasgow accent over the course of the century using state-of-the-art acoustic imaging technology.
Modifying the brain to change perception: Professor Gregor Thut
Professor Gregor Thut has worked in leading psychology and neuropsychology units around the world honing his skills in electroencephalography, transcranial magnetic stimulation and other techniques for studying brain activity.
Reaching for the stars: Dr Patrick Harkness
The University has launched an ambitious space technology research programme which will focus on expanding its existing expertise in space-related science and engineering.
Promoting human rights: Dr Kurt Mills
Dr Kurt Mills is a key member of the Glasgow Human Rights Network, which brings together researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to address human rights issues.
Mapping maternal health: Julie Clague
Research at Glasgow aims to understand how religion motivates people to behave in certain ways, and how this impacts on health.