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PhD student challenging the scientist stereotype at Soapbox Science event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/phd-student-challenging-the-scientist-stereotype-at-soapbox-science-event
A Leicester PhD student will be speaking about her involvement in Leicester’s Juno group at an outreach event aimed at increasing the visibility of women in science.
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Expert opinions cover gravitational waves pornography and the Sex Buyer Law
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/expert-opinions-cover-gravitational-waves-pornography-and-the-sex-buyer-law
Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written an article for The Conversation discussing the LIGO experiment to detect gravitational waves in space.
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Introductory Physical Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch1203
Module code: CH1203 Physical chemistry is often referred to as the infrastructure of all of chemistry. It concerns the application of principles from physics - principles that underpin life as we know it on earth - to the study of chemical systems.
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Introductory Physical Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ch1203
Module code: CH1203 Physical chemistry is often referred to as the infrastructure of all of chemistry. It concerns the application of principles from physics - principles that underpin life as we know it on earth - to the study of chemical systems.
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Introductory Physical Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch1203
Module code: CH1203 Physical chemistry is often referred to as the infrastructure of all of chemistry. It concerns the application of principles from physics - principles that underpin life as we know it on earth - to the study of chemical systems.
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Centre for Exoplanet Research
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/exoplanet-research
The Research Centre for Exoplanet Research explores exoplanet formation and discovery, and observations of transiting exoplanets and brown dwarfs
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Alumnus and entrepreneur encourages students to "be bold and don't settle"
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/alumnus-and-entrrpreneur-encourages-students-to-be-bold-and-don2019t-settle
The founder of the satellite technology company Planet, whose mission is to image the whole Earth every day, has been interviewed about his experience at University and how it led to the creation of his game-changing organisation.
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Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target
A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.
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Introduction to Molecular Techniques
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7001
Module code: MB7001 Searching for novel cancer-causing genes researchers requires methods for manipulating the genetic material. For example, molecular cloning allows us to study the function of a gene and how cell behaviour is affected when that gene is altered in cancer.
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Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7004
Module code: MB7004 The development and use of appropriate anti-cancer therapy rely on the accurate diagnosis of cancer. Therefore, it is important to be able to differentiate between normal and malignant tissue under the microscope.