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Botanic Garden Festival a roaring success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/botanic-garden
The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden Festival was a resounding success, drawing in crowds of all ages to enjoy a fun-filled day of community spirit.
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Use genetic data to predict the best time of day to give radiotherapy to breast cancer patients, say Researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/15-radiotherapy-breast-cancer
A new clinical study conducted in the HOPE clinical trials facility at Leicester’s Hospitals has revealed the pivotal role that changing the time of day that a patient receives radiotherapy could play in altering radiotherapy toxicity.
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Stem cell research to help fight brittle-bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stem-cell-research-to-help-fight-brittle-bone-disease-osteogenesis-imperfecta
A study involving Professor Raymond Dalgleish (pictured) from the Department of Genetics is to be conducted for the first time involving the transplantation of stem cells into foetuses with the brittle-bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which causes repeated...
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New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite
Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the meteorite’s journey through space to Earth
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Biological Sciences (Genetics) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-genetics-bsc/2026
From human health to food production, genetics impacts many aspects of society. You’ll look at how genetics functions in today’s biosciences, as well as what it takes to work at the forefront of the industry.
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Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-neuroscience-bsc/2026
No computer is more powerful or complex than the human brain. And you’ll get to study the central role it plays in our nervous system – and what can happen when it goes wrong. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.
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Biological Sciences BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-bsc/2026
From the simplest to the most complex organisms, from the molecular level to the evolutionary development of species, the living world is endlessly complex and fascinating. This degree takes you across biological boundaries with the option to specialise in your second year.
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Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-biochemistry-bsc/2026
What are the chemical processes that happen inside all living things? And what do they tell us about the baffling complexity of life? Welcome to the fascinating world of biochemistry. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.
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University of Leicester specialist is recognised for a lifetime’s devotion to cancer research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/dean-fennell
A University of Leicester cancer specialist who has devoted his life to researching an aggressive fatal lung disease has been recognised for his work by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Cosmic blast hunter SVOM to launch with optimal optics from Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/svom-mxt
Mission to find gamma ray bursts is latest to use technology from University of Leicester in x-ray optics