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Monday 8th October Sol 62
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/monday-8th-october-sol-62/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 The first of our scoops is going well with the soil vibrated in the scoop to remove any excess.
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University of Leicester Discovering Excellence Staff Awards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/11/01/the-discovering-excellence-awards-finalists/
On Thursday 10 November we have an exciting first for the University; the inaugural Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.
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11th May 2016 Sol 1337
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/11/11th-may-2016-sol-1337/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 11, 2016 Sol 1337 means that we have just reached our second martian year since landing in 2012, Here is a birthday cake to the mission from the ChemCam team in Toulouse.
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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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Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts
A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.
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Spotlight on CLANet -- Deep learning in cell line authentication
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/life-health-sciences/clanet
CLANet is an AI framework developed by Professor H Zhou's and collaborators, and funded by AstraZeneca Ltd. Cell line authentication plays a crucial role in the biomedical field, ensuring researchers work with accurately identified cells.
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Edward Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.
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6th March 2015 Sol 918
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/06/6th-march-2015-sol-918/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 6, 2015 We are in the middle of preparing a 3 sol plan, in the final stages of the Pahrump campaign.
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Wednesday 10th October Sol 64
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/11/wednesday-10th-october-sol-64/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 11, 2012 The camera imaging, ChemCam analyses and scooping are continuing as the small plastic fragment identified to the side of the scoop area is not critical for the arm’s operation.
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27th April 2015 Sol 968
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/27/27th-april-2015-sol-968/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 27, 2015 We are situated at Mt. Shields, having driven along Logan’s Run. I am Geo Science team Lead today, and we are preparing a 2 sol plan.