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Physiology and Pharmacology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs2013
Module code: BS2013 This module is concerned with developing an understanding of the principles by which drugs affect the physiological function of individual cells that comprise organ systems such as the heart.
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Seven top ten subject areas in Guardian University Guide
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/seven-top-ten-subject-areas-in-guardian-university-guide
The latest figures from the Guardian University Guide have ranked the University of Leicester at 32nd, placing us among the top third of the 119 higher education institutions in the UK listed in their rankings.
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Concert to celebrate life of gifted teacher in Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/concert-to-celebrate-life-of-gifted-teacher-in-chemistry
A concert is being held at the University to celebrate the life of Dr Martin Harger, Emeritus Reader in the Department of Chemistry, who worked in the Department for more than 38 years and died recently after a short illness.
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Physiology and Pharmacology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/bs2013
Module code: BS2013 This module is concerned with developing an understanding of the principles by which drugs affect the physiological function of individual cells that comprise organ systems such as the heart.
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Battlefield feeling changing perceptions of masculinity in war
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/2018battlefield-feeling2019-changes-perceptions-of-masculinity-in-war
A new project led by Dr Holly Furneaux from the School of English will shake up traditional views of masculinity on the battlefield by exploring the heroism of the English ‘Boy Captain’ Audley Lempriere, who gave his life fighting during the Crimean War.
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Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see
New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.
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The first Wide-Field Snapshots of the X-ray Universe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/31/the-first-wide-field-snapshots-of-the-x-ray-universe/
The first truly wide-field X-ray images of the sky have been taken by a pathfinder mission testing Lobster-Eye technology for the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite, writes Prof. Paul O'Brien.
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Mission Control Flight Director Gerry Griffin – National Space Centre Live Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/09/mission-control-flight-director-gerry-griffin-national-space-centre-live-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 December 2020 Join the National Space Centre for a live Q&A session with Apollo 17 Mission Control Flight Director Gerry Griffin, as part of their LIVE Space Q&A sessions this Friday December 11th.
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DEFRA Greenhouse Gas Emissions
https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/defra-greenhouse-gas-emissions
This research project carried out by DEFRA will quantify greenhouse gas fluxes from fenland under different land use to derive recommendations for land management and climate mitigation policies.
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Study reveals mysteries of enzyme mechanism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-reveals-mysteries-of-enzyme-mechanism
An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance by trapping an intermediate in the mechanism of enzymes called heme peroxidases and determining its structure using a beam of neutrons from the heart of a nuclear reactor.