Search
-
Black Lives Matter
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/black-lives-matter
Academics in the Centre for American Studies have put together a list of resources for anyone interested in learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement.
-
Forensic pathologist recounts experience investigating torture in Syria
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/confessions-of-a-torture-investigator
Dr Stuart Hamilton, a leading pathologist from the East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, is used to dealing with death and injury - in his line of work, investigating the cause of death in individuals is part of the job.
-
Galina Mukamolova
https://le.ac.uk/people/galina-mukamolova
The academic profile of Professor Galina Mukamolova, Professor in Microbial Physiology Departmental Director of Research at University of Leicester
-
Professor Kamlesh Khunti receives Lifetime Achievement Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/kamlesh-khunti-award
A distinguished Leicester academic who has earned himself a global reputation has been presented a top accolade for his remarkable career achievements.
-
Foodborne disease
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/foodborne-disease
Food-borne infections are a direct cause of mortality, but can also increase susceptibility to other communicable and non-communicable diseases.
-
Attenborough Arts Centre Presents: ‘Out of the Blue: Landscapes of Chronic Illness’ by Joanna Holland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/joanna-holland
“Several years ago, I suddenly lost all my colour vision – apart from the colour blue. A blue so vivid that it hurt to look at it. I didn’t know at the time, but I was experiencing cyanopsia (everything tinted with blue) and photophobia (extreme light sensitivity).
-
Leicester Oral History Archive collection compilation
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/loha/loha-compilation
The Leicester Oral History Archive is an extensive collection of over 500 interviews with a wide range of interview topics such as health, childhood, education, housing and many others. This is a smaller compilation of 49 interviews from the project.
-
Nucleus genomics
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/nucleus
Find out more about the Nucleus genomics facility, based in the Core Biotechnology Services at Leicester.
-
Research shows new way lungs respond in asthma attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-shows-new-way-lungs-respond-in-asthma-attacks
A team led by Professor Andrew Tobin (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) and Dr Yassine Amrani (Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation) has discovered a new way in which the lungs operate during asthma that could lead to new treatments for...
-
Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings
The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies.