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International studies confirm positive effects of weight loss medicine for people with obesity-related heart failure
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/obesity
The results of two studies, led by Professor Melanie Davies, Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, using weight loss medication, semaglutide, have now been published
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Joanne Miksza
https://le.ac.uk/bhf-accelerator/people/previous-researchers/joanne-miksza
Biostatistician jm830@leicester.ac.uk Background Joanne completed an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Economics with the Open University before gaining an MSc in Medical Statistics at the University of Leicester.
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REF2021 highlight for Psychology and Vision Sciences
https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/ref2021
Learn more about Psychology and Vision Science's performance in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021)
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Cybersecurity UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/cybersecurity-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Recently the UK government revealed research on the most hacked passwords. You can download the top 100,000 from the National Cyber research centre.
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Leicester academic acknowledged by UN for contributions to peace and inclusivity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/sarah-jane-fox
Dr Sarah Jane Fox has been recognised for her work on using drones for peaceful purposes.
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Frederick and Mary Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/frederick-and-mary
Frederick was our second Principal and under his leadership it expanded rapidly. He, and his wife Mary, lived on the campus with their sons Richard, David and John.
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2023 news
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/news/2023
Please see below for articles published in 2023. Pneumococcal capsule expression is controlled through a conserved, distal cis-regulatory element during infection David G. Glanville; Ozcan Gazioglu; Michela Marra; Valerie L. Tokars; Tatyana Kushnir; Medhanie Habtom; Nicholas J.
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Information for students
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/refugeap/students
Learn more about the RefugEAP course aims, features, frequently asked questions and how to apply.
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Emoji is the fastest growing language
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode and the launch of Emoj.li.
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Centenary Inaugural Lectures: Black Holes to Giant Planets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/02/centenary-inaugural-lectures-black-holes-to-giant-planets/
Members of the School of Physics and Astronomy are invited to two Professorial Inaugural Lectures in September.