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• Informatics student wins prestigious business start-up partnership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/informatics-student-wins-prestigious-business-start-up-partnership

  A new technology developed by a Leicester student that will allow commuters to talk to transport services through social media has received support from a highly competitive start-up programme.

• How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome

  Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...

• PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition

  30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.

• One in three high blood pressure patients failing to take medication study suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/one-in-three-high-blood-pressure-patients-failing-to-take-medication-study-suggests

  One in three people who suffer from high blood pressure are failing to take medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals, a new study led by our University has suggested.

• Leicester experts support Singapore in diabetes fight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-experts-support-singapore-in-diabetes-fight

  Expertise in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes developed in Leicester will be used in Singapore’s 'war on diabetes'.

• Life-changing results of world first blood cancer drug trial revealed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/life-changing-results-of-world-first-blood-cancer-drug-trial-revealed

  Researchers from the University and Leicester’s Hospitals have announced a breakthrough advance in the results of the world-first clinical trial with actual patients of a new drug to treat particular blood cancers.

• UK governments urged to reconsider the practice of collective worship and religious observance in schools

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/uk-governments-urged-to-reconsider-the-practice-of-collective-worship-and-religious-observance-in-schools

  The majority of schools in the UK are required by law to organise acts of collective worship (England, Northern Ireland, Wales) or religious observance (Scotland) for their pupils - but what is the purpose of collective worship/religious observance? A report launched today...

• Social scientist joins crew of Tall Ship for D-Day landing commemoration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/social-scientist-joins-crew-of-tall-ship-for-d-day-landing-commemoration

  Dr Jim McDermott (pictured), an Associate Tutor with the School of Management and a member of The Royal British Legion, is setting sail to retrace the routes taken by the ships and landing craft during D-Day on 6 June 1944 to the Normandy beaches.

• Former Universities Minister David Willetts to give public lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/former-universities-minister-david-willetts-to-give-public-lecture

  This Thursday (11 June), we are giving you the chance to hear the man who has shaped higher education policy for the past four years talk about the future of UK science and innovation. The Rt Hon.

• How sexual violence in conflict can be combatted through new forensic DNA collecting methods

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/how-sexual-violence-in-conflict-can-be-combatted-through-new-methods-for-collecting-forensic-dna

  Dr Lisa Smith (pictured) from the Department of Criminology has launched a new project to investigate alternative ways of collecting DNA evidence from victims of sexual violence in conflict zones and displaced communities, including refugee camps.