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• Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows

  Date: 13 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang

  A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression...

• World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat

  Date: 15 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia

  A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the...

• Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

  Date: 1 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/heart

  Study reveals underlying genetic risks for a type of heart attack largely affecting younger women

• University launches pioneering new centre to study bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria

  Date: 16 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/martha-clokie

  A pioneering new centre to study bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria has officially launched at The University of Leicester.

• A study by a Leicester scientist has answered the 100-year-old question about how chromosomes get their iconic X-shape

  Date: 20 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/chromosome-x-shape

  A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Panne at the University of Leicester and Dr Benjamin Rowland at the Netherlands Cancer Institute...

• Pint of Science festival returns to Leicester

  Date: 19 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pint-of-science

  Tickets have launched for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, which will see more than 20 scientists take to the stage in venues...

• Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees

  Date: 14 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees

  A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.

• Pioneering vascular research receives major boost from the British Heart Foundation

  Date: 30 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/professor-bown

  The British Heart Foundation has awarded nearly £900,000 to a University of Leicester professor to continue his pioneering heart valve research.

• University of Leicester experts set to launch global health research project in Nepal

  Date: 21 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/nepal

  A £10 million project lead by experts from the University of Leicester to improve healthcare in the subcontinent has taken a step forward with a...

• Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score

  Date: 13 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/lung-health-genes

  New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for...