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• Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting

  A brand new interview with Sir Alec Jeffreys IW2oSGB-MaE|At 9.05am on Monday 10 September 1984, a discovery in a laboratory at the University of Leicester changed the way criminal investigations were carried out.

• Up to 1 in 3 of older people with schizophrenia might have undiagnosed diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/03-diabetes-mental-health

  Researchers linked with the University of Leicester have found high rates of diabetes in schizophrenia which is often overlooked.

• Britain's colonial past reinterpreted

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/natural-heritage/colonial-countryside

  A ground-breaking collaboration between the University of Leicester and the National Trust.

• Simon North

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/simon-north

  It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Simon North, a Cleaner for the University. Simon passed away on Wednesday 30 October, he is survived by his girlfriend Tara and was a loving father to his daughter Tania and grandfather to his two grandchildren.

• Leicester scientists investigate link between air pollution and type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-scientists-investigate-link-between-air-pollution-and-type-2-diabetes

  An interdisciplinary team of scientists from our University and other institutions has played a pivotal role in research investigating a possible link between air pollution and the rise in type 2 diabetes.

• Geologists reveal omnipresent effects of human impact on Englands landscape

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/geologists-reveal-2018omnipresent2019-effects-of-human-impact-on-england2019s-landscape

  ‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from our Department of Geology.

• Leicester researcher building bridges between industry and academia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-academic-building-bridges-between-industry-and-academia

  As part of a collaboration between Professor Simon Wagner from our Department of Cancer Studies and GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) Discovery Partnerships with Academia (DPAc) in Stevenage UK, Dr Ana Sousa Manso (Research Associate from Leicester Drug Discovery & Diagnostics,...

• Beautiful 19th century images of Egyptian monuments shed light on rediscovery of Ancient Egypt

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/beautiful-19th-century-images-of-egyptian-monuments-shed-light-on-rediscovery-of-ancient-egypt

  The rediscovery of Ancient Egyptian monuments, temples and tombs during the 19th century by pioneering adventurers will be charted as part of a new exhibition running at our University until 12 November.

• Voices of mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/voices-of-mental-health

  Research by Professor Martin Halliwell has broken new ground in deepening our understanding of the history and politics of mental health.

• Leicester Lecture to examine profound impact of current global trends on future health and medical care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-lecture-lecture-to-examine-2018profound2019-impact-of-current-global-trends-on-future-health-and-medical-care

  Our prestigious Frank May Clinical Sciences Lecture series will feature the forthcoming lecture 'How health in the U.K. will change over the next 20 years; the good and the bad' on 23 October.