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Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime
A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.
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Children with multiple long-term conditions hospitalised with COVID are almost three times more likely to die, new study shows.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/covid-children
Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others.
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 3-4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/08/07/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-3-4/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 7, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team. Yineng Hello, I’m Yineng Zhu.
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Pig spleens sourced from abattoirs could help reduce the need for live animal testing research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/pig-spleens-sourced-from-abattoirs-could-help-reduce-the-need-for-live-animal-testing-research-shows
New research published by researchers from the University of Leicester, Leicester’s Hospitals and University College London (Dr Giuseppe Ercoli, who was a post-doctoral researcher at Leicester at the time the work was conducted, now works at UCL) has developed a...
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Social science video sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/social-science-video-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events . Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .
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Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/creative-industries-policy-and-evidence-centre-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 A place for finding evidence on the economic value of the creative industries led by Nesta with a consortium of UK universities including LSE, Birmingham, Edinburgh and the...
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Exposure to aircraft noise linked to worse heart function
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/aircraft-heart
University of Leicester researchers worked with UCL on analysis of heart imaging data from people who lived close to major airports in England.
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Transforming policy
https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/impact/transforming-policy
Home Office report (2016) Home Office report (2018) Commission For Countering Extremism Report (2019) Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport Report (2020)|Finally, the CHS has shaped the development of new policies, strategies and laws by being appointed as members on...
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University backs campaign for statue of iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-joe-orton-statue
joe orton statute the joe orton statue appeal|The University of Leicester’s involvement with, and celebration of, the legacy of Leicester playwright Joe Orton continues with the announcement of a crowdfunding appeal to raise money for a statute.
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Undergraduate to present on food security at international symposium
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/undergraduate-to-present-on-food-security-at-international-symposium
Third year Natural Sciences undergraduate student Sonal Chagan has been accepted as a speaker at the first UK International Student Sustainability Research Symposium on 15 April 2016 at the University of Southampton.