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• Expert opinions cover the Stoke byelection rocks and Indian banknotes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-trump-rocks-an-indian-banknotes

  Inès Hassen, Researcher at the Centre for Urban History and Teaching Fellow in French Studies, discusses how the cultural and economic history of Leicester serves as a beneficial reference in a world in need of hope.

• Leicester academic praises scheme allowing working class children to shine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-academic-praises-scheme-allowing-working-class-children-to-shine

  A University of Leicester scientist has discussed his involvement with an educational opportunities programme, organised by The Sutton Trust, that inspired him to pursue his studies in planetary science.

• Event to showcase leading tuberculosis research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/event-to-showcase-leading-tuberculosis-research

  World TB Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and to promote efforts to eliminate the disease.

• Leicester academic secures grant to research technological advancements in UK energy system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-academic-secures-grant-to-research-technological-advancements-in-uk-energy-system

  A researcher at the University has secured a grant worth £459,000 for a project which will explore the vast potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

• 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.

• Professor Daniel Teta

  https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/daniel-teta

  Find out more about Professor Daniel Teta, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. He is Professor of Nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

• Automobility and the Urban Environment in Nagoya and Birmingham

  https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/automobility-and-the-urban-environment-in-nagoya-and-birmingham

  The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Automobility and the Urban Environment in Nagoya and Birmingham project.