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Biodiversity and Behaviour
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs1070
Module code: BS1070 This module will provide an introduction to the vast diversity of plants and animals.
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Anaerobic facilities
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/about/facilities-and-services/biophysical-instrumentation-and-anaerobic-facilities/anaerobic-facilities
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester has a number of Belle Technology glove boxes.
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Leicester researchers develop novel heart pump to help people with heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-novel-new-pump-to-help-people-with-heart-failure
SZ92jwoXe1k|Dr David Adlam, Associate Professor and Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Piyal Samara-Ratna, Mechanical Engineer in the Space Research Centre, have joined forces to combine medical and space research to develop a pump...
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Leicester’s Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope helps in groundbreaking discovery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-cryo-electron-microscope-cte
The Titan Krios Cryo-electron microscope, based at the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, has provided a significant part of the data that enabled researchers to understand the structural basis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a head...
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Protein levels in urine are reliable measure of effectiveness in kidney disease research says study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/14-protein-urine-kidney-disease
An international consortium of doctors and scientists, including members from Leicester’s Hospitals and the University of Leicester, has found that protein levels in urine are a reliable way to measure the effectiveness of a medicine, device or treatment on the progress of...
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Satellites are making our food more secure and sustainable, says Leicester expert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/satellites-space-technology-food-sustainable
Earth observation expert Professor Heiko Balzter speaks as University of Leicester holds Food and Land Use Summit, where Leicester experts demonstrated how the space sector is playing a role in monitoring land use, tracking deforestation, and assessing agricultural...
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Supporting student wellbeing at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/supporting-student-wellbeing
Plans to support students’ mental health and wellbeing, ensuring that all students, whether they are self-isolating or not, have the support they need on and off campus at the University of Leicester.
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Breakthrough research breathes hope into a new treatment for asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/breakthrough-research-breathes-hope-into-a-new-treatment-for-asthma
An international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Leicester and Glasgow, have announced findings that could pave the way to a new treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reverse the key hallmarks of inflammatory lung disease.
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UK experts call for a refined, universal definition of long COVID
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/covid
Two leading UK experts in infectious diseases who played a major research role during the pandemic have called for a refined, universal definition of long COVID
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Sneaking a peek at the ring of a 180km crater
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/sneaking-a-peek-at-the-ring-of-a-180km-crater
Researchers from the universities of Leicester and Montpellier will be heading to the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico to participate in a drilling expedition that addresses the science behind the Chicxulub impact structure.