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Hotspots and minisatellites
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/hotspots-and-minisatellites
Instrumental to Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' refining of the genetic fingerprinting technique were hotspots of activity and minisatellites.
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Peopling Australia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2317
Module code:HS2317 Module Outline In 2001, the Aboriginal Australian sprinter, Cathy Freeman, was awarded the title of World Sportswoman of the Year after becoming Olympic 400m champion at the Sydney Games.
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jbridges: Page 14
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/14/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Andrew Fry
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/andrew-fry
Obituary notice for Professor Andrew Fry, Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester.
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University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview
A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.
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Josh is going for gold with national ice hockey team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/josh-is-going-for-gold-with-national-ice-hockey-team
First-year student at our University Josh Crane will be breaking out his skates and representing university sporting excellence at an international level as part of the GBU Ice Hockey team.
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Local meeting of the minds leads to creative triumph
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/local-meeting-of-the-minds-leads-to-creative-triumph
Following the successful Journeys in Translation event hosted by the University's Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) last year, a group of translating students at our University have worked closely with local poet Pam Thompson to provide their...
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 10
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/10/
Leicester’s Jupiter Research on the BBC Sky at Night Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 September 2021 The BBC Sky at Night team travelled to the National Space Centre for a special show on five years of the Juno mission, featuring...
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Leicester criminologists working with Government to explore motivations behind acid attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-criminologists-working-with-government-to-explore-motivations-behind-acid-attacks
Researchers from our Department of Criminology have launched a major research project, commissioned by the Home Office, into the motivations of offenders who carry and use acid in violent attacks.
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Terrorism
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/cr2025
Module code: CR2025 What are the factors that motivate and sustain terrorist organisations? What is the role of counter-terrorism measures and culture in contemporary controversies, such as the infringement of civil liberties? Many scholars have drawn on the medical model and...