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Response by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to Honorary Degree Oration, July 2004
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/honorary-degree-oration/honorary-degree-response
Professor Jeffreys response to being awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science at the University of Leicester.
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Zoo poo might hold the secrets to new medical treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phages-dudley-zoo-poo
Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, rhinos and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments.
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Social Entrepreneurs podcast
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/growth-accelerator-for-social-entrepreneurs/social-entrepreneurs-podcast
Welcome to 'Social Entrepreneurs' Every day can bring new challenges to social enterprises alongside opportunities for innovation, growth, and creating lasting impact.
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University of Leicester Professor of Astrobiology chosen to attend NATO panel
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/astrobiology-professor-attend-nato-panel
Professor Mark Sims took part in the the NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) Systems Concepts and Integration (SCI) Panel Research Specialists’ Meeting on dual-use space technology
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19th November 2013 Sol 459
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/19/19th-november-2013-sol-459/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2013 As we work in Gale Crater with Curiosity, other Mars missions are being planned and launched.
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ITV drama set at the University to air over Easter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/itv-drama-set-at-the-university-to-air-over-easter
The first episode of the two-part ITV fictional drama based on the discovery of DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester and its first use in a murder enquiry will air over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
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University project provides boost for womens empowerment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-project-provides-boost-for-womens-empowerment
A major international project investigating women academics’ careers in public universities in Pakistan has shattered preconceptions about women-only universities and identified them as progressive spaces that play a major role in developing women personally and...
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University involved in project to help children with asthma
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-involved-in-project-to-help-children-with-asthma
Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced it has developed and received CE mark approval for a paediatric version of the company’s disease breathalyzer, ReCIVA™, which is now being used in EMBER (the East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node).
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Beating health inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/beating-health-inequalities
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Dr Manish Pareek played a leading role in helping understand how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected ethnic minority populations.
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Academic year: 1997-1998
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/97-98
Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 1997-1998.