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• Novel approach identifies people at risk of developing TB

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/tb-study

  A novel approach to studying the progression of tuberculosis (TB) from infection to disease has identified and treated people at increased risk of developing the disease that current methods of testing would not.

• Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see

  New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.

• Suzie Imber Wins the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/08/24/suzie-imber-wins-the-royal-society-rosalind-franklin-award-and-lecture/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 August 2021 Enormous congratulations to Dr. Suzie Imber this prestigious award in the 2021/22 Royal Society prize list.

• Injuries

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/injuries

  After excavation, the bones were carefully cleaned with water and soft brushes. This revealed more significant injuries on the skeleton, to add to those visible when the remains were first uncovered.

• Research aims to help patients with Type 1 diabetes to exercise safely

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/research-aims-to-help-patients-with-type-1-diabetes-to-exercise-safely

  People with Type 1 diabetes in the East Midlands are invited to test and develop an education programme on diet and exercise safety, which can be key to managing their blood glucose levels.

• Exhibition of artist and writer Rigby Grahams works

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/exhibition-of-artist-and-writer-rigby-graham2019s-works

  An exhibition showcasing the works of the late artist and writer Rigby Graham (1931-2015) is on display in the Library.

• Un Americans: Ideological Dissent, Patriotic Subversion and Isolating the "Other" in the USA

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/un-americans

  British Academy Research Development Award (£111,404) July 2009 - June 2012 Dr George Lewis When supporters of Sarah Palin decried Barack Obama as "un-American" during the 2008 presidential elections, they were drawing upon a history as old as the United States...

• Fat Cat salaries: read and weep!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/fat-cat-salaries-read-and-weep/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Fat Cat Tuesday On the 5 th January 2016 top bosses salaries  FTSE CEOS will already have exceeded the average annual pay of many workers (£27,645) according to the High Pay...

• Video-tastic #LearningCommunity

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/12/03/video-tastic-learningcommunity/

  Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on December 3, 2018 Some of the #Learning Community: – creating storyboards for video production.

• Physics Research Bites are back! The Solar System from JWST

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/10/physics-research-bites-are-back-the-solar-system-from-jwst/

  Interested in getting a glimpse of the latest research happening right here at the University of Leicester? Join us Friday 14th October in Room E (F23) of the physics building for the first Research Bites talk of the year; featuring Dr Henrik Melin discussing the recent...