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• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/11-nihr-funding

  An organisation committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the East Midlands by speeding up the adoption of research and innovation into frontline health and care practice will continue for another five years after being awarded £9 million.

• Revealing branching time in single-cell omics data

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/07-revealing-branching-time-mathematics

  STREAM logo STREAM logo| New single-cell omics technology allows scientists to analyse cell development in ways that were not previously possible.

• £14 million in funding announced for five research projects into land use and Net Zero

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/lunz-hub

  The Land Use for Net Zero Hub, co-led by the University of Leicester and James Hutton Institute, receives £14 million funding for five projects.

• Leicester cardiologist recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/leicester-cardiologist-recognised-kings-birthday-honours

  A leading cardiologist from the University of Leicester has been awarded an MBE for his services to medical research and healthcare as part of the King’s Birthday Honours.

• University of Leicester’s international diabetes researcher becomes Dame

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/university-leicester-international-diabetes-researcher-becomes-dame

  A Leicester doctor whose “constant curiosity” propelled her rise to be among the world’s leading type 2 diabetes and obesity experts has been named a Dame in The King’s Birthday Honours List.

• To settle harsh environments, early humans needed friends – new findings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/harsh-environments-early-humans

  University of Leicester expertise helps to identify the oldest archaeological site in Lesotho, southern Africa and evidence of human occupation as early as 242,000 years ago

• Fire, flood, winds and earthquakes: satellite imagery reveals damage wrought by changing climate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-satellite-imagery

  Earth observation scientists in Leicester release new series of images that paint a picture of our climate vulnerability, released to coincide with COP28

• Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate

  Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.

• Arch-I-Scan blog virtual conference presentation – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2020/10/27/presenting-during-a-plague/

  Arch-I-Scan's first conference presentation at the virtual European Association of Archaeologists annual meeting about the project's approach and trusting AI

• The spacecraft that came before Juno

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/09/12/the-spacecraft-that-came-before-juno/

  Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on September 12, 2016 The Juno spacecraft is not the first to visit Jupiter – this honour goes to the Pioneer 10 spacecraft back in December of 1973.