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Pioneering centre receives £4 million boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/phage-donation
A pioneering centre at the University of Leicester which studies bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria has received a major boost thanks to a £4 million donation.
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Celebrating Leicester’s live music heritage as Radio 2 comes to town
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/gigs
While some of pop’s biggest names will be descending on Leicester this weekend for Radio 2 In The Park, it’s not the first time some of them have graced a stage within the LE1 postcode.
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MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize
See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.
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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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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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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/tem
JEOL 2100 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) is supplied by The University of Leicester for students to use for research.
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Leicester geologist features in international research publication
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-geologist-features-in-international-research-publication
The work of Leicester geologist Richard Walker features in a new online publication by The Geological Society of America. Dr Walker, lecturer in structural geology, is among a number of academics whose research is featured here.
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Projects
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/projects
COVID-19 National Core Study - Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, part of the Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing Core study 2020-2022 Medical Research Council: £430,000; University of Leicester: Project lead: Professor John Gulliver CuBES Copper Basin...
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Manuscripts as Memorials
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/02/22/manuscripts-as-memorials/
Second post by Naomi Milthorpe exploring Huntington's Evelyn Waugh holdings, focussing on the role of manuscripts in self-constructed author legacy.
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Chains of Finance and how they matter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/04/26/chains-of-finance-and-how-they-matter/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on April 26, 2018 In this blog Dr Ekaterina Svetlova discusses her recently published book – an insider perspective on the investment industry – arguing that the industry should be seen more as a chain of...