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Multicellular Organisation: An Introduction to Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/bs1060
Module code: BS1060 This module will provide an introduction to cellular and systems physiology of the human body with an emphasis on homeostatic mechanisms.
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Expedition 352: Izu-Bonin-Mariana Forearc
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2014-15/izu-bonin
July 2014 - September 2014 The principal aim of Expedition 352 is to examine magmatic evolution, chemostratigraphy and arc crustal accretion processes associated with subduction initiation in intra-oceanic convergent margins.
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Gospel Choir aiming for success in national finals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/gospel-choir-aiming-for-success-in-national-finals
Members of the Leicester University Gospel Choir (LUGC) have been selected as one of eight finalists to be taking part in the national finals of the University Gospel Choir of the Year competition taking place on Saturday 14 March.
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Rajinder Bhuhi
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/people/business-advisory-board/rajinder-bhuhi
Rajinder Bhuhi is a business leader with a wealth of experience leading and managing the delivery of innovation growth programmes (activities and engagement events), employability (skills development and industrial placements)and entrepreneurial and incubation support...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 22 30 April
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-22-29-april
Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the Civil Safety and Security Unit has written a piece for Think: Leicester where she discusses how a well-co-ordinated national, international and community based effort is urgently needed to facilitate the recovery and restoration phases in Nepal.
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New robot to detect Parkinson’s disease could be used on humans in the next 5 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/parkinsons-robot
Parkinson’s disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain called the substantia nigra. As a result, dopamine – a chemical that helps to regulate movement of the body – drops.
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Rosemary Deem Awards for Social Science Doctoral Researchers
https://le.ac.uk/cssah/research/funds/rosemary-deem
Award value: maximum of £1,000 per individual doctoral researcher Minimum of 10 awards per year Applications reviewed on a three-monthly rolling basis until all funds awarded Application form Applications to be sent to: doctoralcollege@le.ac.
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A giant black hole in the Milky Way
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.
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Leyshon Griffiths
https://le.ac.uk/people/leyshon-griffiths
The academic profile of Dr TR Leyshon Griffiths, Associate Professor/Consultant Urological Surgeon, Head of Year 4, Professionalism Support Unit Lead at University of Leicester
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SAPPHIRE hosts successful interdisciplinary workshop on antibiotic prescribing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2018/10/16/sapphire-hosts-successful-interdisciplinary-workshop-on-antibiotic-prescribing/
Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on October 16, 2018 Is antibiotic overuse compromising the efficacy of current drugs? Are we going to run out of effective antibiotics? What interdisciplinary approaches may be useful...