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• Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research

  Date: 21 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research

  World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote...

• Leicester DNA research presented to House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

  Date: 15 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-dna-research-presented-to-house-of-commons-science-and-technology-committee

  Written evidence from the University of Leicester about the future of DNA research in the UK has been presented to the House of Commons Science...

• New project explores art and DNA at Leicester

  Date: 14 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-explores-art-and-dna-at-leicester

  Leicester-based artists Ruth Singer and Gillian McFarland have begun working with Dr Turi King, Reader in Genetics and Archaeology, on a project...

• Lecture series launched in memory of eminent microbiologist

  Date: 14 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/lecture-series-launched-in-memory-of-eminent-microbiologist

  A pioneering cellular microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute in Paris will deliver the inaugural lecture of the University of Leicester’s...

• New project to identify Jack the Rippers last known victim

  Date: 9 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-to-identify-jack-the-ripper2019s-last-victim

  Members of the team who undertook genealogical and demographic research in relation to the discovery of the mortal remains of King Richard III...

• Leicester leads study pointing to postcode lottery in aneurysm care

  Date: 9 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-leads-study-pointing-to-postcode-lottery-in-aneurysm-care

  A postcode lottery in access to treatment means people suffering from thoracic aortic diseases are up to four times more likely to receive...

• Leicester hosting ground-breaking conference for Genomes Project

  Date: 7 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-hosting-ground-breaking-conference-for-genomes-project

  Our University will host the inaugural UK Genomes conference on Wednesday 8 March Thursday 9 March at College Court, 150 Knighton Road, Leicester...

• Leicester academic discusses the problems facing preterm babies

  Date: 7 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-academic-discusses-the-problems-facing-preterm-babies

  Dr Samantha Johnson, from the Department of Health Sciences, discussed the long-term development of extremely preterm babies on BBC Inside Out...

• DNA and family history explored in public lecture

  Date: 3 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/dna-and-family-history-explored-in-public-lecture

  The Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society will host a lecture on the relationship between surnames and the paternally-inherited Y chromosome...

• Research reveals air pollution can alter the effectiveness of antibiotics and increases the potential of disease

  Date: 2 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/study-reveals-air-pollution-can-alter-the-effectiveness-of-antibiotics-and-increases-the-potential-of-disease

  Researchers from the University have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air...