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                    Digital showcase wins prestigious awardhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/digital-showcase-wins-prestigious-award A project that showcases the lives of British scientists involved in some of the most remarkable scientific and engineering discoveries of the last century has won a prestigious award from the Royal Historical Society. 
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                    Neptunes weather studied by Leicester scientisthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/neptunes-weather-studied-by-leicester-scientist Dr Sarah Casewell (pictured) of the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been involved in a study to examine the weather on Neptune. 
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                    Expert opinions cover publishing difficulties political rivalries Donald Trump and RRS Boaty McBoatfacehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/expert-opinions-cover-the-difficulties-of-being-published-when-covering-hard-to-classify-topics Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for the Times Higher Education about the difficulties of being published when writing about difficult-to-classify topics, such as those of an interdisciplinary nature. 
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                    Michael Sackin (1942-2019)https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/michael-sackin It is with great sadness that we pay tribute to Michael Sackin, former member of the Department of Microbiology and conductor of the Leicester Sinfonia Orchestra. 
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                    Alex Kellerhttps://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/alex-keller The University has learned, with regret, of the death of Professor Alex Keller who taught history of science and technology at Leicester 1963-1997. 
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                    Leicester academic leads international research study into potential new biomarker for breast cancerhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-academic-joins-international-research-study-into-potential-new-biomarker-for-breast-cancer An academic from our University is leading an international collaborative research study, funded by Cancer Research UK, which uses recently launched technology to evaluate a potential new biomarker for prediction of disease progression in women with breast cancer. 
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                    Nephrologyhttps://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/nephrology Nephrology research in Leicester is carried out by a team of clinical and non-clinical academics from both University and NHS backgrounds. Topics of interest encompass laboratory, clinical and epidemiological studies in kidney disease. 
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                    The Top 10 priorities for adult heart surgery researchhttps://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/top-10-priorities The surveys and workshops held as part of the Priority Setting Partnership identified the following 10 questions as the priority areas of research for adult heart surgery. Quality of life How does a patient’s quality of life (QOL) change (e.g. 
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                    MBE awarded to ‘unsung hero’ university champion of regional business engagementhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/anjuu-trevedi-awarded-mbe Anjuu Trevedi awarded MBE in the 2021 New Year Honours list, for services to business innovation and to the economy in Leicestershire. 
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                    Peoplehttps://le.ac.uk/timms/people Meet the team behind the Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) at the University of Leicester.