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Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees
A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.
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PGR Careers blog University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2014/10/28/you-get-out-what-you-put-in/
PGR Careers blog from the University of Leicester
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/social-epigenetics-lab/publications
Published research in the field of Social Epigenetics involving insects and authored by members or alumni of University of Leicester's Social Epigenetics Lab.
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Electronic frailty index will identify older people at risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/30-frailty-index
A collaborative study involving Professor Simon Conroy from our Department of Health Sciences has been awarded £550,000 from the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme to develop the next version of the multi-award winning electronic frailty index (eFI).
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Nationwide map of air pollution provides insights into nitrogen dioxide levels across the country and within towns and cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-nationwide-map-of-air-pollution-provides-insights-into-nitrogen-dioxide-levels-across-the-country-and-within-towns-and-cities
EarthSense Systems – a joint venture between our University and aerial mapping company BlueSky - has published MappAir® – the first ever high resolution nationwide map of air pollution.
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Mayer IgA Nephropathy Research Group
https://le.ac.uk/igan
Leicester’s Mayer IgAN Research Group leads global efforts to treat chronic kidney disease, backed by major funding and pioneering clinical breakthroughs.
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Autumn 2024 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/autumn-2024
Dear Members of the Patient and Carer Group (P&CG) Welcome to the Christmas edition of the newsletter. At the end of 2024 the Patient and Carer Group can be proud of the extensive teaching offered throughout our healthcare programmes.
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Autumn 2023 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/autumn-2023
Dear Members of the Patient and Carer Group (P&CG) Welcome to the Christmas edition of the newsletter. At the end of 2024 the Patient and Carer Group can be proud of the extensive teaching offered throughout our healthcare programmes.
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Scientists deliver world-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/svom-satellite-lobster-mirror
Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang.
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Pioneering Leicester researcher ready for ‘mind-blowing’ space images
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/naomi-rowe-gurney
Raised in Newbury, Berskhire – on Watership Down, made famous by the fantasy novel – Naomi is also a pioneer as the first Black woman to receive a PhD from Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy.