Glasgow projects showcased in UK research report

Five projects at the University of Glasgow have been selected as being among the most important research projects taking place in universities today. The Big Ideas for the Future report, published by Research Council UK (RCUK) and Universities UK, pulls together the leading research projects currently taking place across British universities. The publication of the report forms part of the second annual Universities Week, which takes place from 13-19 June 2011, and aims to increase public awareness of the wide and varied role of the UK's universities. Research from all fields, including science, social sciences, engineering, the arts and the humanities, was eligible to be included in the report and Glasgow's projects were selected from hundreds of submissions. The report is narrated and backed by high-profile celebrities such as Lord Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London; Alice Roberts and Professor Iain Stewart. The projects included in the report are: Three-way kidney transplant matching software , developed by David Manlove in the School of Computing. Algorithms allow doctors to match the kidneys of three or more donors to patients in order to perform simultaneous transplantations.