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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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Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new pioneering national research centre to investigate the effect of environmental exposures on health.
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May 2025
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/almanac/2024-2025/may
Meetings Other 1 Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee 10.00am Student Skills and Employability Sub-Committee 10.
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Pichia Pastoris
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/facilities-and-technologies/protex/available-vectors/pichia-pastoris
vectors available for expression in p.pastoris
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Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees
A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.
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Theory and Techniques in Chronic Disease and Immunity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7318
Module code: MB7318 This module deals with the fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms and techniques of advanced cell biology, and explores a wide range of theories and mechanisms that provide the basis of research on inflammation and chronic disease.
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Theory and Techniques in Chronic Disease and Immunity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs4318
Module code: BS4318 This module deals with the fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms and techniques of advanced cell biology, and explores a wide range of theories and mechanisms that provide the basis of research on inflammation and chronic disease.
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/publications
Some other publications Nineteenth-century technical innovations in British Country Houses and their estates, by Marilyn Palmer and Ian West. Engineering History and Heritage, Vol 166 Issue EH1.
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NHS COVID patient recovery website launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/your-covid-recovery
A new project to help rehabilitate thousands of patients across the UK who are recovering from COVID-19 has been launched by NHS England in collaboration with NHS Improvement, the University of Leicester, and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).
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A brief history of the Department
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/about/history
Although the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology was only formed in 2015 it has a much longer history. The department was formed from staff of the Department of Biochemistry together with staff of the Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology.