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• Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/world2019s-biggest-study-of-genetics-of-lung-health-and-disease-allows-scientists-to-predict-chance-of-developing-copd

  The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...

• Youth Peer Mentorship “Upfull Hustlers” Project to Reduce Gang Violence: A Pilot Study in Mon Repos, Morvant, Trinidad

  https://le.ac.uk/criminology/research/research-projects/youth-peer-mentorship

  Youth Peer Mentorship “Upfull Hustlers” Project to Reduce Gang Violence: A Pilot Study in Mon Repos, Morvant, Trinidad.

• Awards and collaborations

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/awards-collaborations

  Find out about recent and current collaborations undertaken by the Centre for Material Worlds Past and Present

• Past events

  https://le.ac.uk/joe-orton/about/past-events

  A myriad of events and celebrations took place around the Joe Orton: 50 Years On project. Learn more about the events.

• Smallpox in Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/05/05/smallpox-in-leicester/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 5, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).

• Caring for our Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/08/06/caring-for-our-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 6, 2015 Visitors to Special Collections often ask how we preserve the rare books, manuscripts and archives in our collection. Much of what we do could be described as preventative care.

• A study by a Leicester scientist has answered the 100-year-old question about how chromosomes get their iconic X-shape

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/chromosome-x-shape

  A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Panne at the University of Leicester and Dr Benjamin Rowland at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have determined at a molecular level how the iconic X-shape of chromosomes is generated during cell division.

• Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows

  Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.

• University of Leicester archaeologists identify ancient Stonehenge gold digging kit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/gold

  University of Leicester archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old gold working tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.

• My internship with Academic Liaison and Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/06/17/my-internship-with-academic-liaison-and-special-collections/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 17, 2016 By James Wilkinson After one of my friend’s mentioned a potential career path in librarianship, and that she was in the middle of undertaking a librarianship internship here at the University of...