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• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/law/research

  Leicester Law School is a research-led department committed to producing the highest quality of scholarship while recognising the important relationship between excellence in research and in teaching. Find out more about the research undertaken by the School.

• Targeting toxins

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/targeting-toxins

  In 2015, a team from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation used X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular structure of pneumolysin.

• Leicester Professor goes platinum for clinical research excellence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-professor-goes-platinum-for-clinical-research-excellence

  A Leicester Professor has been recognised with a Platinum Clinical Excellence Award by the Department of Health and Social Care.

• Pyramid of Geezers how to assemble a perfect human pyramid

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/pyramid-of-geezers

  Physics students have calculated the formula for a perfect human pyramid – and have found that the best suited candidates to achieve maximum height are groups of men, women and children.

• Breakthrough research to diagnose children with asthma

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/breakthrough-research-to-diagnose-children-with-asthma

  A number of studies to better understand asthma – including how to diagnose and monitor the condition in children – will be conducted by Leicester researchers.

• Could female traders reduce market crashes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/could-female-traders-reduce-market-crashes

  Researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester have shown that increasing the proportion of female traders makes the market more volatile, but at the same time can reduce the occurrence of the most extreme crashes.

• Leicester academic appointed to first ever Government LGBT Advisory Panel

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/21-government-lgbt-advisory-panel

  Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Associate Professor in Hate Studies within the Department of Criminology, has been appointed to the Government’s first ever LGBT Advisory Panel by Penny Mordaunt, the Minister for Women and Equalities.

• Expert opinions cover advertising partnerships equality future technologies USChina relations and faith in Britain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/expert-opinions-cover

  Professor Neil Chakraborti from the Department of Criminology has been quoted in a Stop Funding Hate article about the Co-op Group’s announcement that it plans to continue its advertising partnerships with the Daily Mail, Daily Express and Sun.

• Founder of group for survivors of rape and gender based violence in talks with our University over research links

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/founder-of-group-for-survivors-of-rape-and-gender-based-violence-in-talks-with-our-university-over-research-links

  An activist who survived a harrowing rape and carjacking, and went on to establish a Foundation for victims of sexual and gender based violence, is in discussion with our University over establishing a research partnership. Ms.

• Urine test is breakthrough for high blood pressure patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/urine-test-is-breakthrough-for-high-blood-pressure-patients

  A research team including Leicester scientists has shown that a urine test leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling to regularly take their blood pressure lowering tablets.