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University academic shortlisted for prestigious biology award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-academic-shortlisted-for-prestigious-biology-award
Dr Sarah Gretton (pictured) from our Centre for Interdisciplinary Science has been shortlisted as a finalist for the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award given by the Royal Society of Biology.
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University expert to discuss how Leicester could do regeneration differently
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-expert-to-discuss-how-leicester-could-do-regeneration-differently2019
Leicester has an opportunity to learn from the mistakes of gentrification in cities worldwide and to pioneer a unique approach to regeneration that has the potential to become a Leicester brand, according to a Professor from our University.
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Leicester teams lead the podium in Formula 1 aerodynamics race
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-teams-lead-the-podium-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-race
Two teams from the University's Department of Engineering took the top two positions on the podium in the second race of the UniFi Motorsport competition.
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Success for student entrepreneur in national space challenge competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/success-for-student-entrepreneur-in-national-space-challenge-competition
A Leicester student is among only nine young space entrepreneurs to have won a share of £50K for innovative ideas on how to use satellite data to improve life on Earth.
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Mary Curnock Cook CBE
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/mary-curnock-cook
Building on a successful executive career, leading strategic transformation and growth, Mary has a portfolio of non-executive education-related roles including chairing the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology and Pearson’s UK qualifications business, and as a...
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Dr Chris Bayliss' projects
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/phd-projects/bayliss
Browse the PhD projects offered for supervision by Dr Chris Bayliss in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester.
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Microbiologist honoured with bug named after him
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/microbiologist-has-bug-named-after-him
Microbiologist Bill Grant (pictured), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades - he has a bug named after him.
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Discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/discovery-sheds-light-on-how-vertebrates-see
New research led by Professor Sarah Gabbott from the Department of Geology has overturned a long-standing theory on how vertebrates evolved their eyes by identifying remarkable details of the retina in the eyes of 300 million year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.
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International expert in pension and investment issues to speak for new society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/international-expert-in-pension-and-investment-issues-to-speak-for-new-society
The newly established Leicester Actuarial Science Society in the Department of Mathematics is already making an impact as they host the Master of the Worshipful Company of Actuaries and renowned actuary Donald Duval at their next meeting.
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UK climate instruments to measure fluctuations in greenhouse gas levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/uk-climate-instruments-hitch-a-ride-on-nasa2019s-global-hawk
Two cutting-edge science instruments developed by UK researchers have taken to the skies aboard NASA’s Global Hawk research aircraft for the first time.