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  • News and publications

    https://le.ac.uk/lemid/news-and-publications

    A selection of publications and recent press releases on microbiology or microbiology-related subjects that highlight the impact of the LeMID (Leicester microbial sciences and infectious diseases) Centre, as part of the University of Leicester.

  • Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi

    A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.

  • Generous donation to enhance pioneering kidney research at Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/kidney-research

    Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received another major boost thanks to a £1 million donation

  • Liz Anderson

    https://le.ac.uk/inspirational-women/liz-anderson

    Professor Liz Anderson completed a graduate nursing course at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, working on a cardio-thoracic surgical ward before moving to Leicester to train and work as a Midwife and Health Visitor.

  • Between Diaspora and the 'Land of Israel': Jewish Dress, Migration and Belonging, 1880s-1948

    https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/jewish-dress-migration-belonging

    External partners and collaborators|Dress expresses intimate feelings of belonging and identity. A focus on dress is especially rewarding when looking at migrant societies in which people from diverse backgrounds have often different ideas of how one should dress and why.

  • Glynis Wright MBE

    https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/glynnis-wright

    Dr Glynis Wright MBE is an alumna of the University of Leicester and a well-known businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 to train for the legal profession.

  • Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

    In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

  • 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...

  • Sami Zubaida

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida

    We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.

  • Upcoming conference to celebrate 30 year anniversary of DNA fingerprinting discovery

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/upcoming-conference-to-celebrate-30-year-anniversary-of-dna-fingerprinting-discovery

    In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the landmark discovery and application of DNA fingerprinting by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the University is hosting a conference to share new innovations in forensic science on Wednesday 15 April.

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