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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.
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April 2022 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/april-2022
Dear Patient and Carers, It’s lovely to say ‘hello’ . Spring is on the way and new life is bursting and blooming all around. Currently, the world can appear to have spun out of control, things can appear uncertain and unknown.
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Delivering Sexual Harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/01/18/delivering-sexual-harassment/
Posted by Jo B in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2018 In our first blog of the new year, Professor Jo Brewis explores the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.
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University of Leicester celebrates top 3% global sustainability ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/22-top-sustainability-ranking
The University of Leicester is celebrating global sustainability success on Earth Day after being ranked 21st out of 766 universities in the world, in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking, placing it in the top 3%.
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Tropical phages
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages/tropical-phages
Tropical phages/temperature dependent bacteriophages switch between lysogenic and lytic phases. At the university, research has been done on the tropical pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei which can cause melioidosis
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Professor Phil Baker to leave his 'home town' University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/phil-baker
Professor Phil Baker, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Enterprise (PVCRE), will be leaving the University of Leicester to take up a new role as Pro Vice-Chancellor Medicine and Health at the University of East Anglia.
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Barbara Cooke
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/author/bc144/
Research Associate for the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project.
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Leicester cosmic explosion expert among exceptional scientists elected as Royal Society Fellows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/cosmic-explosion-scientist-elected-royal-society-fellow
University of Leicester’s Professor Nial Tanvir receives one of science’s highest honours, recognising a career spent studying the Universe’s brightest and most violent explosions
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Gut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer, Leicester study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/gut-bacteria
A cancer study by a Leicester expert has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer;
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Leicester’s Jupiter research cited on new Royal Mail set
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/05-jupiter-stamp
The latest commemorative stamps from Royal Mail celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society. And the work of space scientists in our School of Physics and Astronomy gets a mention. Jupiter’s auroras feature on one of the £1.55 stamps.