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Positive impact
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/positive-impact
Explore our research and teaching for positive change
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PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition
30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.
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Researchers recognised for public engagement skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/researchers-recognised-for-public-engagement-skills
Winners of a competition that challenged our researchers to summarise their research in a mere three minutes have been announced.
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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
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 and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.
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Leicester academics explore possible BAME and COVID-19 link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/bame-covid-bmj
In a new paper published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), academics at the University of Leicester highlighted possible reasons why people from BAME backgrounds may have a higher incidence and severity of COVID-19.
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Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting
A brand new interview with Sir Alec Jeffreys IW2oSGB-MaE|At 9.05am on Monday 10 September 1984, a discovery in a laboratory at the University of Leicester changed the way criminal investigations were carried out.
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Exploring the hidden world of eighteenth-century male bodies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/exploring-the-hidden-world-of-eighteenth-century-male-bodies
Dr Sarah Goldsmith from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has been selected as a ‘New Generation Thinker’ for 2018 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the BBC, where she will be gaining skills in disseminating research...
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How sexual violence in conflict can be combatted through new forensic DNA collecting methods
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/how-sexual-violence-in-conflict-can-be-combatted-through-new-methods-for-collecting-forensic-dna
Dr Lisa Smith (pictured) from the Department of Criminology has launched a new project to investigate alternative ways of collecting DNA evidence from victims of sexual violence in conflict zones and displaced communities, including refugee camps.
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News and case studies
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/news
Browse news relating to the Division of Biomedical Services.
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Acknowledgements
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/meet-the-team/acknowledgements
A project such as this could not have succeeded without the contribution of many individuals and organisations.