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• Leicester strikes partnership with biotech experts Isogenica to develop personalised cancer treatments

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/ktp

  Patients could benefit from bespoke cancer-fighting treatments with fewer side effects thanks to a new partnership between a biotech company and a UK university.

• DNA analysis

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/dna-analysis

  Simply extracting the DNA from the remains wouldn’t tell us the identity of the individual. It requires comparing DNA from the skeletal remains with that of known relatives.

• The term “antimicrobial resistance” has little meaning to the public and should be renamed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/antimicrobial-resistance

  The public is failing to take antimicrobial resistance seriously and it could all be down to the scientific terminology used.

• Astronomers look ahead to first light from JWST

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/jwst-time-allocation

  • Professor Nial Tanvir and Dr Rhaana Starling are co-investigators (co-Is) of a programme which will use spectroscopy to map the distribution of elements formed by gamma-ray bursts.

• Leicester astronomers play key role in groundbreaking movie of the cosmos by new observatory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/astronomers-groundbreaking-movie-cosmos-new-observatory

  The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which University of Leicester space scientists have contributed to, reveals dazzling first images

• Juno and Leicester – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/23/juno-and-the-university-of-leicester/

  University of Leicester's history in space and planetary sciences, and the relation to the Juno mission today.

• A Week in the World of Waugh

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/07/18/a-week-in-the-world-of-waugh/

  Posted by isabellacaldwell in Waugh and Words on July 18, 2014 David Wilson Library When journeying to Leicester on Monday morning, I was somewhat daunted by the prospect of the future week, a week where I would be experiencing the working life of the research associates...

• New Year Honours for University of Leicester Chancellor and Professor both leading the way in space science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/new-years-honours-emma-bunce-maggie-aderin-pocock

  A space scientist, whose influence has reached throughout the solar system, and the University’s Chancellor, who encourages students to ‘reach for the stars’, are among this year’s recipients of New Year’s Honours.

• Groundbreaking event marks the start of extension to Students Union building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/groundbreaking-event-marks-the-start-of-extension-to-students-union-building

  Construction has officially commenced on an ambitious £21 million extension to the Students’ Union building.

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.