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Dr Richard Badge's projects
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/phd-projects/badge
Browse the PhD projects offered for supervision by Dr Richard Badge in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.
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Example PhD projects
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/study/research-degrees/phd-md-studentships/phd-projects
Self-funding students or students seeking PhD studentship opportunities are encouraged to view the example projects offered below by supervisors in our department. If you are interested, please contact the relevant supervisor for each project.
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Evelyn Waugh, Cynic?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/01/27/evelyn-waugh-cynic/
A summary of Naomi Milthorpe's research in the Evelyn Waugh Collection at the Huntington Library.
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Statistics for Data Science
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ma7023
Module code: MA7023 The most important method in statistical analysis is the natural extension of simple linear regression models to include several explanatory variables, thus giving general linear models.
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Stirring things up in the Earths mantle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/stirring-things-up-in-the-earths-mantle
New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth’s mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed by a researcher from our Department of Geology.
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Scientists celebrate successful operation of Space Camera
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/scientists-celebrate-successful-operation-of-space-camera
Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are finally able to celebrate after an anxious month since the launch of Astrosat, the first Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations.
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ITVs Code of a Killer concludes tonight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/itv2019s-2018code-of-a-killer2019-concludes-tonight
The concluding episode of the two-part ITV fictional drama ‘Code of a Killer’, based on Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys’s discovery of DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester and its first use in a murder enquiry, will air tonight (13 April) from 9pm.
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How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions
A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.
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Increase in chronic conditions in older people identified in study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/increase-in-chronic-conditions-in-older-people-identified-in-study
The number of older people in England living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by ten per cent in the last decade putting increasing pressure on the NHS, new research has suggested.
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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.