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• ‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on

  Date: 18 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary

  Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his...

• Sixty years of Genetics in Leicester

  Date: 16 Dec 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/genetics-anniversary

  The Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester has a storied and illustrious history, marked by groundbreaking discoveries, pioneering...

• Radiographer lecturer receives MBE at Windsor Castle

  Date: 22 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/claire-robinson-mbe

  Radiography senior lecturer Dr Claire Robinson beams with pride having received an MBE for services to forensic investigation.

• Turi King returns to our screens with DNA Family Secrets

  Date: 18 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/dna-family-secrets

  Professor of Genetics Turi King returns to our screens on September 27th on BBC Two at 9pm for another heart wrenching series of DNA Family Secrets

• “Richard III is a good conversation opener…”

  Date: 7 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/sarah-hainsworth

  Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE, looks back at the most thrilling chapter of her career.

• Getting the Richard III discovery team back together 10 years on

  Date: 6 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/richard-iii-podcast

  The team behind the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III has reunited for a podcast series.

• Discovery of King Richard III’s remains named as one of the decade’s ‘extraordinary discoveries’

  Date: 30 Dec 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/king-richard-iii-remains-named-extraordinary-discoveries

  The discovery and identification of King Richard III’s remains by leading academics at the University of Leicester have been named as one of the...

• Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

  Date: 8 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting

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• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  Date: 23 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• Richard III exhibition to appear for first time in Ireland

  Date: 22 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/richard-iii-exhibition-to-appear-for-first-time-in-ireland

  The ‘Richard III Discovered’ exhibition, led by Professor Turi King from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, is arriving next week for...