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Spring 2025 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/spring-2025
‘The great gift of Easter is hope’ by Basil Hume Dear Patients and Carers, Welcome to the Spring Newsletter. As we take time to enjoy the wonderful weather and see all our green spaces and gardens flourish again, we are mindful of facing difficult financial times.
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New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer
Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments
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Chicken and egg mystery solved in new DNA book for younger readers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dna-childrens-book
New children’s book about genetics answers the age-old question of which came first, written by genetics experts working at the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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New DNA origami technique promises breakthroughs in medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/dna-origami
Scientists have developed an innovative method to customise and strengthen DNA origami structures, which could lead to advances in medicine, biotechnology, and beyond
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Major endorsement for new space mission to find ‘Earth 2.0’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/luvoir
Initial designs show some similarities to JWST, with a segmented telescope assembly and large sunshade to be deployed in orbit. But LUVOIR would boast a segmented mirror up to 16m in diameter – compared to the current record 6m diameter array fitted to JWST.
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Event will showcase support offered to Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/showcase-support-leicestershire-small-and-medium-enterprises
The success stories of a project designed to support Leicestershire businesses and organisations will be revealed at a special showcase hosted by the University of Leicester.
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If you don’t know where you’re going you’ll end up somewhere else
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/11/03/if-you-dont-know-where-youre-going-youll-end-up-somewhere-else/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 3, 2016 When I was growing up in a small farming community in the west of Ireland there weren’t many options for a teenager on a Saturday night.
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Lose Yourself on Mars with Attenborough Arts Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/lose-yourself-on-mars-with-attenborough-arts-centre/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 There’s no place like… Mars. Book a 30-minute slot and utterly lose yourself… The Attenborough Arts Centre “Mariner 9” exhibition has been extended.
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Chasing shadows at Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/17/chasing-shadows-at-jupiter/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 July 2020 On July 17 th , 11am-4pm, Leicester planetary scientists Dr. Tom Stallard and Dr.
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PlanetarySeminar: Magnetopause surface eigenmodes: Theory, observations, and simulations.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/05/17/planetaryseminar-magnetopause-surface-eigenmodes-theory-observations-and-simulations/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 May 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday May 26th, 2021, Dr Martin Archer from Imperial College London will be presenting a virtual seminar titled: “Magnetopause surface eigenmodes: Theory, observations, and simulations”.