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Study shows genetic link to fatal health condition could aid future treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/study-shows-genetic-link-to-fatal-health-condition-could-aid-future-treatment
Thousands of lives could be saved every year after it was discovered a fatal cardiovascular condition could be linked to four genes, research has found.
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PhD Opportunities in Physics and Astronomy 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/21/phd-opportunities-in-physics-and-astronomy-2023/
We are pleased to announce the launch of our PhD Studentship opportunities for 2023 across the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Experiencing Evelyn Waugh: Reflections of a Complete Works Student Volunteer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/02/13/experiencing-evelyn-waugh-reflections-of-a-complete-works-student-volunteer/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on February 13, 2019 Isabella at CWEW headquarters, University of Leicester Hailing from the University of Melbourne, English Literature student and Evelyn Waugh enthusiast, Isabella Hanger got in touch with the Complete Works, in...
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Patient safety
https://le.ac.uk/sapphire/research/patient-safety
Overview Patient safety is defined as the prevention, avoidance and amelioration of harms stemming from medical mismanagement and is traditionally viewed through a clinical lens.
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Overcoming Challenges in Strangulation Research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/01/30/overcoming-challenges-in-strangulation-research/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on January 30, 2024 Harriet Smailes PhD Student Undertaking research in the area of strangulation is vital to better understanding the nature and extent of these acts.
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Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/healthy-ageing-leicester-genome-maria
Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
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university of leicester staff blog School of English Flannery O’Connor and Charles Dickens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/05/02/flannery-oconnor-and-charles-dickens/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on May 2, 2014 My first year as a research student has been full of ups and downs. Mainly I have been overwhelmed with the amount of information I feel that I should know.
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A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies: book launch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2018/07/31/a-global-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies-book-launch/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 31, 2018 On July 4th 2018, the eminent scholar of empire, Professor Philippa Levine (University of Texas, Austin), launched my edited volume, A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies, at the annual conference of...
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Space Park Leicester developing technology for ultra-clean mini-lab to potentially contain extra-terrestrial samples returned to Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-technology-ultra-clean-mini-lab-extra-terrestrial-samples
University of Leicester’s science and innovation park to lead on a European Space Agency project to build a Double-Walled Isolator (DWI) to support analysis of extra-terrestrial samples, to reduce the risk of cross contamination on Earth
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Events
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Events in the University of Leicester School of Computing and Maths