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• Funny bones macabre humour in the Dance of Death

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/funny-bones-macabre-humour-in-the-2018dance-of-death2019

  The haunting tale of a married couple who tragically lost nine of their ten children in infancy and later died in a state of Dickensian poverty sounds like a fitting story for Halloween - but for many people in the 19th century this exposure to death was commonplace and...

• Leicester scientist lends expertise to new Jack the Ripper book

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-lends-expertise-to-new-jack-the-ripper-book

  Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell is due to release Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert on 28 February, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.

• Using DNA fingerprinting to catch a killer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/using-dna-fingerprinting-to-catch-a-killer

  This summer marks 30 years since DNA fingerprinting - discovered by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys right here in the University's Department of Genetics in 1984 - was first used in a criminal investigation.

• PhD student wins prestigious photography competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-louise-corscadden-infectious-diseases-hub

  Bacteria|University of Leicester student Louise Corscadden wins prestigious photography prize. PhD student Louise Corscadden from the University’s Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been named winner of the 2018–2019 Infectious Images Photography Competition.

• Molecular Cell Biology and Genomes

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/nt3004

  Module code: NT3004 'Molecular Cell Biology’ is centred on the principal techniques used in molecular cell biology and allows you to develop your ability to design experiments to test a hypothesis, based on the use of these techniques.

• Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime

  A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.

• Leicestershire girls challenged to uncover the story behind Richard III

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicestershire-girls-challenged-to-uncover-the-story-behind-richard-iii

  Thousands of girls from across Leicestershire are being challenged to find out more about King Richard III as part of an innovative new badge from Girlguiding Leicestershire.

• Study

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study

  Whether you are looking to take the first steps into teaching, or seeking to develop and improve your practice, find out about the range of education courses available at the University of Leicester.

• Post-War British Popular Culture

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ha3475

  Module code: HA3475 This is a module on the history of popular (visual) culture in Britain since 1945 – including cinema, television, comics and popular fiction.

• The Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp2023

  Module code: SP2023 This module sets the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and its aftermath in its historical, literary and cultural contexts.