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Leicester scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-scientist-wins-prestigious-royal-society-of-chemistry-award
A researcher from the University's College of Medicine has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Toxicology Award for 2017.
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Leicester alumnus listed as one of the 10 Faces to Watch in 2015
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-alumnus-listed-as-one-of-10-faces-to-watch-in-2015
27 year-old musician Ben Webb (pictured), an alumnus of the University, has been listed as one of the Independent’s 10 Faces to Watch in 2015, which includes musicians, dancers, and stars of the stage and screen who their critics believe are “rising stars ready to take the...
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How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/how-fandom-can-be-viewed-as-a-form-or-substitute-for-religion
The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for followers is to be explored at an international conference hosted at Leicester between 28-30 July.
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Leicester study to improve crop plants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants
Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.
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Writer Robert MacFarlane to speak at event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/writer-robert-macfarlane-to-speak-at-event
Revered British writer Robert MacFarlane will be delivering the free public Annual Creative Writing Lecture supported by Santander Universities on Thursday 10 March.
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Conference to explore the lasting scars of conflict
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/conference-to-explore-the-lasting-scars-of-conflict
Military welfare during the British Civil Wars and how the lasting scars of these conflicts influenced the nation for generations to come will be explored at a conference between 7-8 August at Newark Museum, Nottinghamshire, organised by the Centre for English Local History.
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Conference to examine the complex history of immigration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-examine-immigrations-complex-history
Immigration, its causes and its consequences, may be a contentious topic in the 21st century, but it is by no means a new phenomenon.
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Richard III interest in India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/richard-iii-2013-interest-in-india
News of the discovery and research into Richard III has been of global interest – but the University of Leicester news team were a little surprised to find a photo of a boy in India sporting a Richard III T-shirt.
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Bacteriophages
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages
Bacteriophage (phage) are small viruses that infect bacteria. They are either lytic: they undergo a productive infection within a bacterial cell causing death or they are lysogenic. The study of phage can be utilised for the treatment of antibiotic resistant infection.
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Animation raises awareness of emotional impact of type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/animation-raises-awareness-of-emotional-impact-of-type-2-diabetes
Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, a health researcher from the Leicester Diabetes Centre, has created a whiteboard animation for World Diabetes Day (14 November) to bring awareness of the emotional impact that comes with living with type 2 diabetes.