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• Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts

  A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.

• University researchers show juices from damaged salad leaves massively stimulate Salmonella growth and salad leaf colonisation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-researchers-show-juices-from-damaged-salad-leaves-massively-stimulate-salmonella-growth-and-salad-leaf-colonisation

  Investigations by Leicester microbiologists have revealed that just a small amount of damage to salad leaves can massively stimulate the presence of the food poisoning bug Salmonella in ready-prepared salad leaves.

• Physics and Astronomy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/

  Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.

• How can I manage difficult discussions in group work?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/12/16/how-can-i-manage-difficult-discussions-in-group-work/

  Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on December 16, 2019 Created by Tracy Dix and Alex Patel Conflict, disagreement, discussion, arguing by John Hain (2014) at https://pixabay.

• Groundbreaking research into cancer treatment receives financial boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/liquid-biopsies

  Groundbreaking research to track how cancers evolve and investigate what treatments work best, has received a £455,000 financial boost.

• Distant supermassive black hole shows high velocity sign of over-eating

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/distant-supermassive-black-hole-high-velocity-over-eating-770

  University of Leicester scientists describe how the capture of new matter - lasting a few days and corresponding to several Earth masses - formed a ring around the hole, before being partly swallowed by the hole, with excess matter ejected as a high velocity wind.

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  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/teachingr/author/john_thompson/

  Professor of Genetic Epidemiology

• teachingR: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/teachingr/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Human Rights and Health Care Law

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw7096

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• Key Events in the Evolution of Planet Earth Viewed Through the Geological Lens of Wales - a field course

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl3114

  Module code: GL3114 Journey through 150 million years of early Palaeozoic Earth history expressed through the rock succession of Wales, the birthplace of the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian systems.