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• New Years Honours Professor Paul Boyle and Professor Melanie Davies awarded CBEs

  Date: 30 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/years-honours-professor-paul-boyle-and-professor-melanie-davies-awarded-cbes

  Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Boyle, has been appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.

• 2015 in news - a selection of key stories from across the year

  Date: 21 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/2015-in-review-key-stories-from-across-the-year

  Now that 2015 has come to a close, catch up with some of the key University news stories from the past year.

• Research offers reassurance over multiple artery procedures for heart attack victims

  Date: 17 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-offers-reassurance-over-multiple-artery-procedures-for-heart-attack-victims

  A new study led by Dr Gerry McCann, NIHR Career Development Fellow from the University and Leicester's Hospitals, has examined the effects on the...

• Geneticist in major project to breed new varieties of wheat

  Date: 14 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/geneticist-in-major-project-to-breed-new-varieties-of-wheat

  Our University has been included in one of three high-value, long-term research projects totalling £13.

• Infants under 12 months most at risk of physical abuse

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/infants-under-12-months-most-at-risk-of-physical-abuse

  Research co-authored by a Professor from our University has found infants under the age of 12 months are most at risk of serious physical abuse.

• 25 years ago Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys solved the mystery of what happened to notorious Nazi war criminal

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/25-years-ago-professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-solved-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-notorious-nazi-war-criminal

  25 years ago yesterday (18 November, 1990), the Leicester Mercury ran an article about genetic fingerprinting pioneer Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys,...

• Unique NHS autopsy service wins healthcare innovation award

  Date: 9 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/unique-nhs-autopsy-service-wins-prestigious-healthcare-innovation-award

  The implementation of the first true NHS located Post-Mortem Computed Tomography service by Leicester forensic pathologists and radiologists has...

• Leicester receives world-class bioscience investment

  Date: 5 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/leicester-receives-world-class-bioscience-investment

  Our University has been awarded over £1.5million in order to advance knowledge and understanding in three key areas that impact on health.

• Secrets of our ancient animal ancestors may be revealed through oldest DNA sequences

  Date: 28 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/secrets-of-our-ancient-animal-ancestors-may-be-revealed-through-oldest-dna-sequences

  700 million year-old DNA sequences from ancient animals have been unearthed by researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Warwick, shedding...

• Leicester Cathedral named one of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands

  Date: 28 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-cathedral-named-one-of-the-top-five-most-haunted-places-in-the-midlands

  In time for Halloween, ITV has compiled a list of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands - and Leicester Cathedral is ranked among them,...