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Discovery of a new gene enables the diagnosis for patients with rare lung disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/hirst
As part of a large international research collaboration, scientists at the University of Leicester have helped identify a new candidate gene involved in the development of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD).
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Groundbreaking workshop at Space Park Leicester sparks carbon removal collaboration with UNDO
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/space-park-undo
Event with Space Park Leicester and carbon removal innovators UNDO explored potential synergies in environmental research and data science.
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Calculations reveal Santa travels at 0.5% the speed of light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/21-calculations-reveal-how-quickly-santa-travels
Calculations reveal how quickly Santa travels Santa and reindeer|University of Leicester students have worked out just how fast Santa Claus has to travel to deliver all of his presents on time On Christmas Eve night, Santa Claus and his reindeer fly around the world...
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Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression, Latin America launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/legislative-observatory-on-freedom-of-expression-latin-america-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 Legislative Observatory on Freedom of Expression Latin America launched A special project of the the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE)...
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Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo
University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in environmental data on deforestation impacting coastal ecosystems
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Emeritus Professor Ron Whittam FRS
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/ron-whittam
The University has learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Ronald Whittam FRS.
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Bioinformatics and Cancer Molecular Biology MSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/bioinformatics-and-cancer-molecular-biology-msc/2026
This is for you if...you want to combine your interest in computing and bioinformatics with the study of the molecular and cell biology of cancer to develop a career in biological research.
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Backward schedule your Christmas turkey (under finite resources)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/12/06/backward-schedule-your-christmas-turkey-under-finite-resources/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on December 6, 2017 In this week’s blog, Dr Nicola Bateman, Associate Professor Operations Management ( nab34@le.ac.uk ) uses operations management to get all the bits of your Christmas dinner on the table at the same time.
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‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/01/one-of-the-most-remarkable-men-in-the-entire-history-of-archaeology/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on August 1, 2017 Two hundred years ago, on 1 August 1817, the adventurer-Egyptologist Giovanni Belzoni, described by Howard Carter, with good reason, as ‘one of the most remarkable men in the entire history of...
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Sherry in the filing-cabinet – and as for the milk-jug …
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/13/sherry-in-the-filing-cabinet-and-as-for-the-milk-jug/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on July 13, 2016 Our current exhibition from the Special Collections, ‘”Strangers in the Land”? Impressions of India’, explores the attitudes and reactions of the British in India, from the early 17 th century to the...