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Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/lung-health-genes
New Nature Genetics study led by Universities of Leicester and Nottingham finds over 500 genes linked to lung health, providing new targets for potential therapeutics
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University of Leicester joins launch of AMAST Network to battle AMR in the agrifood system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/amast
Leicester scientists partner in new network to identify risks of antimicrobial resistance and barriers to action for farms and livestock producers
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The Gillette Advert: The Power of a Story
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/01/23/the-gillette-advert-the-power-of-a-story/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on January 23, 2019 I can’t believe I’m going to write about it. That’s exactly what they want me to do. The new Gillette Advert is fantastic.
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The 3Rs
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/animal-welfare/the-3rs
The 3Rs (replacement, refinement, reduction) are guiding principals for animal research used all around the world.
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Civic engagement partnership to benefit Leicestershire’s communities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/up-partnership
Communities across the county will benefit after Leicestershire’s Civic Universities Partnership was chosen as part of a new national programme.
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Vice-President of the European Commission returns to Leicester to receive honorary degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/vice-president-of-the-european-commission-returns-to-leicester-to-receive-honorary-degree
A former student who rose to become Prime Minister of Finland and Vice-President of the European Commission has recalled his happy time at Leicester as an Erasmus student as he returned to the campus to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
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Peatland protection
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/peatland-protection
Peatlands around the world are being destroyed to make way for plantation development, logging and mining.
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Renowned street artist creates ghostimage of famous playwright Joe Orton in library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/renowned-street-artist-creates-ghost-image-of-famous-playwright-joe-orton-in-library
A renowned street artist has spray-painted a ‘ghost image’ of playwright Joe Orton in our Library – which he hopes will encourage people to reflect on the legacy of the writer.
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Why Leicester?
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/why-leicester
Find out how you can benefit from a geology degree at the University of Leicester.
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Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/wine-and-crime
Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History