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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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Salvador Macip
https://le.ac.uk/people/salvador-macip
The academic profile of Dr Salvador Macip, Professor of Molecular Medicine at University of Leicester
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News and case studies
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/news
Browse news relating to the Division of Biomedical Services.
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Equipment
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/emf/equipment
Browse the equipment available for use in the Electron Microscopy Facility at the University of Leicester.
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Joggers pair up for charity Love Run for Valentines Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/joggers-pair-up-for-charity-2018love-run2019-for-valentines-day
Some say the course of true love never runs smoothly, but the Students’ Union plans to change all of that by hosting a unique Fun Run designed to really get the heart racing. Love Run will take place at 11.
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Lecture series launched in memory of eminent microbiologist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/lecture-series-launched-in-memory-of-eminent-microbiologist
A pioneering cellular microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute in Paris will deliver the inaugural lecture of the University of Leicester’s Dorothy Jones Lecture Series on Friday 17 March 2017 from 12 noon.
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Richard Sandell
https://le.ac.uk/people/richard-sandell
Professor Richard Sandell collaborates with museums, galleries and heritage organisations, exploring the role museum's might play in impacting real people and communities.
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University of Leicester writer, Dr Jonathan Taylor wins Arnold Bennett Book Prize for Scablands and Other Stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/jonathan-taylor-scablands-arnold-bennett
A collection of short stories written by the University of Leicester’s Dr Jonathan Taylor has won the Arnold Bennet Book Prize.
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University of Leicester archaeologists explore city’s Roman past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/university-leicester-archaeologists-explore-city-roman-past
The stories behind Leicester’s rich Roman heritage have been compiled into a book by University of Leicester archaeologists to mark the reopening of the city’s Jewry Wall Museum.
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Bacteriophages
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages
Bacteriophage (phage) are small viruses that infect bacteria. They are either lytic: they undergo a productive infection within a bacterial cell causing death or they are lysogenic. The study of phage can be utilised for the treatment of antibiotic resistant infection.