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• PHOTO GALLERY University receives biggest ever gift from an individual 27 million

  Date: 7 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/university-receives-biggest-ever-gift-from-an-individual-ps2-7-million

  Our University has received its biggest ever single gift from a private individual - £2.

• Leicester reaches 200 article milestone on The Conversation

  Date: 2 May 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-publish-200-articles-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 3.

• Simple urine test could stop lung attacks and improve the lives of people with COPD

  Date: 26 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/simple-urine-test-could-stop-2018lung-attacks2019-and-improve-the-lives-of-people-with-copd

  A team of scientists at our University working in partnership with Mologic has unveiled an innovative technology which could “hugely improve” the...

• Easter eggs hot cross buns and the microorganisms that help create them

  Date: 12 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/easter-eggs-hot-cross-buns-and-the-microorganisms-that-help-create-them

  With supermarket shelves filled with chocolate at this time of year, little thought goes into how the humble cocoa bean eventually becomes the...

• Cutting-edge science to be enhanced with new talent

  Date: 3 Apr 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/cutting-edge-science-to-be-enhanced-with-new-talent

  A research institute at our University is significantly expanding through the recruitment of fresh new talent to accelerate the impact of its...

• Expert opinions cover British Summer Time and Henry VIIIs six wives

  Date: 23 Mar 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-british-summer-time-and-henry-viiis-six-wives

  PhD students Liz Round and Katie Bridger, from the School of History, Politics and International Relations, debate Lucy Worsley’s ‘Six Wives’...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Research brings hope of new treatment for asthma sufferers

  Date: 27 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/research-brings-hope-of-new-treatment-of-asthma-sufferers

  Improved treatments for people with severe asthma are a ‘step closer’ after a research team led by Dr Ruth Saunders from the Department of...